Monthly Archives: May 2011

Report: UPS testing plastic trucks that cut weight by 1,000 pounds [w/video]

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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