Monthly Archives: January 2012

India to pay gold instead of dollars for Iranian oil. Oil and gold markets stunned

India is the first buyer of Iranian oil to agree to pay for its purchases in gold instead of the US dollar, debkafile reports exclusively.  Our sources expect China to follow suit. India and China take about one million barrels per… Continue reading

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Google Earth Reveals Glowing Green Sea Near Scottish Nuclear Power Plant 

2011 was not a good year for nuclear power – we saw Japan shaken by the Fukushima disaster, solar power became cheaper for the first time, and three-eyed fish were found near a nuclear plant in Argentina. Granted these events, you can imagi… Continue reading

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BattleView – Another Game Changer from TNVC

Tactical Night Vision Company is the exclusive distributor for BattleView, a system that is going to save a LOT of lives in the field.

For the first time, a medic can now stick an IV into a vein with the use of a NVD, but without the fear of … Continue reading

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FLIR Scout Review

After reading our critique of Gizmodo’s FLIR review, Everyday Tactical decided to check the item out for a more appropriate review. Check it out…
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SHOT 2012 Followup: Bio-Electric Wound Dressings

This is borderline unbelievable, with staggering implications for our wounded. A company called RHTRLLC has developed a Bio-Electric Wound Dressing that basically cuts the healing time for surface injuries in half.
Yes, in half.
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Building Hierarchal Keyword Lists for Lightroom

One of the things that I really love about Photoshop Elements is its ability to build heirarchal keyword tags. If you aren’t sure what that is, it’s like having subsets of keywords inside of broader keywords. So, let’s say you like to sh… Continue reading

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Maria S.C. Lamp by Pani Jurek

The Maria S.C. lamp, designed by Pani Jurek, looks like a crystal chandelier but is actually made from chemistry test tubes placed into circular plywood bands. Not only is this a cool use of materials, but I especially love that you can fill … Continue reading

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Military’s New Plan to Weed Out Counterfeits: Plant DNA

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The U.S. military’s struggling to prevent counterfeit goods from infiltrating their supply chains. Now, they’re considering a novel approach to give legit wares a mark of distinction: embed them with strands of pl… Continue reading

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Lego Launches Social Media Platform, ReBrick

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Proud to share your Lego building skills, but your Facebook “friends” can’t seem to press Like or tweet about it? Well, you might simply be addressing the wrong crowd! Luckily for you, Lego has just initiated ReBric… Continue reading

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Art Noveau inspired modular bank

The combination of exotic colors and shapes from nature in Dita Svelte‘s modular bank makes this a standout build among fan-made modular buildings. The different gradients of green and earth tones add a complex layer of texture on top of tha… Continue reading

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