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No, in a good way!
Quoth the creator, John Boswell: A musical tribute to two great men of science. Carl Sagan and his cosmologist companion Stephen Hawking present: A Glorious Dawn – Cosmos remixed. Almost all samples and footage taken from Carl Sagan’s Cosmos and Stephen Hawking’s Universe series. RIP Dr. [...] Neodymium on Wikipedia Interesting news from Reuters: Worldwide demand for rare earths, covering 15 entries on the periodic table of elements, is expected to exceed supply by some 40,000 tonnes annually in several years unless major new production sources are developed… Among the rare earths that would be most affected in a shortage [...] Researchers at Toshiba’s Akimu Robotic Research Institute created a humanoid robot called Kenji, designed to emulate human emotions. At one point, Kenji’s creators claimed it he could feel love. Things quickly took a turn for the worse, as you might imagine. Quoth MuckFlash: After some limited environmental conditioning, Kenji first demonstrated love by bonding [...] We’re still not 100% convinced that we’re not being fooled by something here, but if it’s good enough for National Geographic, who are we to question?
Opisthoproctidae are even creepier in HD. Via ECTOPLASMOSIS!. Via feigning interest. Coming soon (well, in a couple years) LED light bulbs that are 12 times more efficient than tungsten bulbs1, three times more efficient than CFLs, and will last for 100,000 hours. All for about $3. They also avoid using any toxic materials, like lead: The new LEDs use gallium nitride, which until now [...] Cory Doctorow over at Boing Boing says: Linda Stone — a superconnector of great insight — coined the term “Continuous Partial Attention” to describe a new phenomenon, distinct from multitasking. It’s the attempt to stay involved in as many connections and networks at once as possible, and it can be nerve-wracking, though the temptation [...] There was the post on the MAKE: Blog, er, ten days ago, which means it’s old news, but it’s still pretty darned cool. You remember those merry-go-round thingies in the playground or park when you were a kid? You put your sibling on there, tell ‘em to hold on for dear life, then try [...] I frequently use video games to relax. Somehow grabbing a NPC by the arm, ripping said arm off of NPC, and then beating the living tar out of said NPC with its own arm is very relaxing, not to mention cathartic. Simmer Down Sprinter by Steve Lambert is a different kind of video [...] |
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