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Jan 262010
via Popular Science – New Technology, Science News, The Future Now by Bjorn Carey on 1/22/10 Here’s Felix Baumgartner’s plan: Float a balloon to 120,000 feet. Jump out. Break the sound barrier. Don’t die. Simple, right? If Baumgartner, a world famous base jumper and skydiver, pulls off the feat, he’ll set the record for the [...]
via Popular Science – New Technology, Science News, The Future Now by Jeremy Hsu on 1/22/10 HULC want longer-lasting batteries!Even the finest super-soldier suit can end up as expensive deadweight if the batteries run out of juice. Lockheed Martin wants to avoid that fate for its robotic exoskeleton by turning to fuel cells that can [...]
via OhGizmo! by Evan Ackerman on 1/9/10 By Evan Ackerman This thing is, seriously, the highlight of CES for me (so far) this year. 3D TVs and eBook readers are fine, but there’s nothing amazing about them. The Airnergy Charger is amazing. This little box has, inside it, some kind of circuitry that harvests WiFi [...]
via Ars Technica by [email protected] (John Timmer) on 1/11/10 Those of us shivering through extended stretches of subfreezing temperatures might be forgiven for getting a bit impatient for the onset of more significant global warming. And, if you’re reading Ars, chances are good that this describes you, as the US and Europe have been blanketed [...]
via WebUrbanist by Delana on 1/8/10 When negative comments are made about public art, they usually revolve around the art being unattractive, too permanent, or a waste of city funds (either for commissioning a sanctioned piece or cleaning up an unsanctioned one). But two different public art projects in France are capturing attention and imaginations [...]
via Engadget by Jacob Schulman on 1/8/10 Attention iPhone owners that have been praying for a physical keyboard forever: your prayers have been answers… kind of. Ion Audio has debuted its iType iPhone keyboard at CES, and we can confirm that it does indeed work as advertised. Once you pop your iPhone or iPod touch [...]
via YouTube on 1/4/10 Fast Crazy Take Off
via The Consumerist by Ben Popken on 12/29/09 As this graph shows, printer ink is rather expensive, and costs more than things like human blood or a barrel of crude oil. [via ReflectionOf. Me]
Jan 082010
via dannychoo.com – Your portal to Japan on 12/29/09 I’ve seen many gaming rooms/collections but this set of photos uploaded by donkey*kong from the Netherlands just blows everything away. Its like a museum! Now this is interesting – all these games were produced by Nintendo?! As for my history of game machines… Sega Mega Drive [...]