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Monthly Archives: May 2011
Report: UPS testing plastic trucks that cut weight by 1,000 pounds [w/video]
Filed under: Etc., Videos
UPS tests composite delivery truck – Click above to watch the video after the jump
UPS is known for its amazing level of efficiency, and that reputation could soon extend to fuel savings thanks to a prototype dubbed CV-23. … Continue reading
Posted in composite truck, cv-23, plastic delivery truck, plastic truck, ups
Tagged Etc., Videos
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Clear Glass Bathtub by Stern McCafferty Reveals Everything in the Bathroom
The clear glass bathtub in the image below is one of the best bathtub designs I’ve seen in quite a while. Designed by architecture firm Stern McCafferty the clear glass bathtub is actually a very simple concept. A piece of glass is used to build the … Continue reading
Posted in Aquarium, Architecture, bathroom, Bathroom Design & Furniture, Bathtub, clear glass, clear glass bathtub, Concept, Furniture, modern apartment, modern design, modern furniture, Modern Furniture & Design, modern home, stern mccafferty
Tagged Design
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Neutra and Eames house numbers from Heath Ceramics
Heath Ceramics and House Industries are launching Heath house numbers, three-dimensional clay tiles celebrating the legendary Neutra and Eames fonts.
The Heath artisans are uniquely qualified to create a three-dimensional ceramic representation of Ho… Continue reading
DIY Flood Levees
Popular Mechanics has a piece up on “How to Build a Homemade Levee.” If that sounds crazy or like more work than the average Joe is capable of, take a look at the above photo, by Arkansas Online photographer Benjamin Krain. It ain’t easy, but it’s do… Continue reading
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Retro Russian import lures older, easier riders
Russia’s Irbit Motor Works, which for decades had churned out its signature Ural motorcycle with sidecar attachment, has found salvation in an unlikely niche market: older American riders.
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D-Wave Sells First Quantum Computer (Michael Feldman/HPC Wire)
Michael Feldman / HPC Wire:
D-Wave Sells First Quantum Computer — On Wednesday, D-Wave Systems made history by announcing the sale of the world's first commercial quantum computer. The buyer was Lockheed Martin Corporation, who will use t… Continue reading
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Chapel Hill Computational Linguists Crack Skype Calls
mikejuk writes “You might think of linguistics as being interesting but not really useful. Now computational linguistics [PDF of original paper] has been used to crack Skype encryption and reconstruct what is being said in a VoIP call. What is surprisi… Continue reading
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Military Transport Airplane Interior Leaves Civilians Nothing to Complain About
Next time you think you’ve got a crappy, complaint-worthy seat on an airplane, take a look at how the U.S. Armed Forces fly troops out to Afghanistan and you’ll probably change your tune. As you can see there’s not a lot of overhead bin space, there’… Continue reading
Posted in Transportation
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Electrons are near-perfect spheres
Electrons differ from being perfectly round by 0.000000000000000000000000001cm, writes Wired UK’s Duncan Geere: “To put that in context; if an electron was the size of the solar system, it would be out from being perfectly round by less than the width … Continue reading
There’s a Secret Patriot Act, Senator Says
You think you understand how the Patriot Act allows the government to spy on its citizens. Sen. Ron Wyden says it’s worse than you know.
Congress is set to reauthorize three controversial provisions of the surveillance law as early as Thursday. Wyde… Continue reading
Posted in Cops and Robbers, Crime and Homeland Security, FBI, Homeland Security, Justice Department, Patriot Act, Ron Wyden, Shhh!!!
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