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- Jack Kerouac |
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Boing Boing: Russia spy HQ has giant batman mural in floor |
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12:53 am EST, Dec 14, 2006 |
na na na na na na na na na na na na na......its batman, no, its russian intelligence....no.....its batman. Please someone tell me this is a joke Boing Boing: Russia spy HQ has giant batman mural in floor |
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Get ready for 24-hour living |
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3:47 pm EST, Nov 21, 2006 |
Modafinil is just the first of a wave of new lifestyle drugs that promise to do for sleep what the contraceptive pill did for sex - unshackle it from nature. Since time immemorial, humans have structured their lives around sleep. In the near future, we will, for the first time, be able to significantly structure the way we sleep to suit our lifestyles. "The more we understand about the body's 24-hour clock the more we will be able to override it," says Russell Foster, a circadian biologist at Imperial College London. "In 10 to 20 years we'll be able to pharmacologically turn sleep off.
Interesting article...don't know whether to be horrified or excited about the prospects of working on my thesis 24 hours a day:) Get ready for 24-hour living |
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Bluetooth laser virtual keyboard |
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5:14 pm EST, Nov 14, 2006 |
Remember when you were promised all those amazing future tech innovations? Just around the corner was supposed to be a shining technology utopia with flying cars, personal space travel to distant galaxies, and bio-implantable cell phones. It's almost disappointing enough to make you sit at home and watch old episodes of "Space 1999". Don't lose hope! An amazing glimpse of this promised future has just arrived at ThinkGeek in the form of the Bluetooth Laser Virtual Keyboard. This tiny device laser-projects a keyboard on any flat surface... you can then type away accompanied by simulated key click sounds. It really is true future magic at its best. You'll be turning heads the moment you pull this baby from your pocket and use it to compose an e-mail on your bluetooth enabled PDA or Cell Phone. With 63 keys and and full size QWERTY layout the Laser Virtual Keyboard can approach typing speeds of a standard keyboard... in a size a little larger than a matchbook.
Whoa...this looks really neat...wonder if it actually works well.. Bluetooth laser virtual keyboard |
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RE: Hundreds to compete for rock, paper, scissors title. |
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10:20 am EST, Nov 11, 2006 |
woofus wrote:
I expect Nanochick to pick me up on her way to this. We know how to cheat at this game. It has a prize of $10,000 Canadian. I am going to ask for mine in all dimes. What does that covert to in dollars, like $20.00 or something I think.
Yes....we are going to this damnit:) And they say cheaters never prosper... RE: Hundreds to compete for rock, paper, scissors title. |
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The Thirteenth Floor (1999) |
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6:32 pm EST, Nov 5, 2006 |
This is a fairly entertaining movie The Thirteenth Floor (1999) |
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Self-assembling gel stops bleeding in seconds |
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4:18 pm EST, Nov 5, 2006 |
Swab a clear liquid onto a gaping wound and watch the bleeding stop in seconds. An international team of researchers has accomplished just that in animals, using a solution of protein molecules that self-organise on the nanoscale into a biodegradable gel that stops bleeding. If the material works as well in humans, it could save thousands of lives and make surgery far easier in many cases, surgeons say.
Neat nanotech article Self-assembling gel stops bleeding in seconds |
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6:14 pm EST, Nov 4, 2006 |
Another innovation that might not make the first set of plates is a bar code that will help police officers and state troopers get some information from the plate simply by passing a scanner over it.
The state still isn't sure what information the bar codes will contain.
Ummmm....don't they mean police officers, state troopers, and any number of people smart enough to "hack" a simple bar code....hrm. Georgia to get new tags |
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6:05 pm EST, Nov 4, 2006 |
This is pretty neat...a universal "docking" system for your laptop Logitech® Alto™ |
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