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DARPA-funded fake docs track unauthorized users (Tim Barribeau/The Verge)
Tim Barribeau / The Verge:
DARPA-funded fake docs track unauthorized users — In the wake of Wikileaks, the Department of Defense has stepped up its game to stop leaked documents from making their way into the hands of undesirables — be they e… Continue reading
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Dissolving food stickers also wash your fruit
New York based electrical engineer and designer Scott Amron has come up with an idea that could transform the way industries label fruit and vegetables. You may not pay much attention to that fruit sticker on your apple or orange – though it’s often fr… Continue reading
Company claims it can zap brown eyes blue. Really?
The head of a California medical company says he has developed the technology to turn your pretty brown eyes into deep baby blues. The theory is plausible — but this is risky business, an outside expert says.
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Battlefield 3 Performance: 30+ Graphics Cards, Benchmarked
Are you wondering how your PC will handle Battlefield 3 before buying the game? We pulled a series of all-nighters to get almost every graphics card in our lab tested, in addition to a handful of processors, to answer your performance-oriented question… Continue reading
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Traditional Japanese “Toolbox” to Die For: Keiji Ashizawa’s Hirosaki Knife Box
Hirosaki is a city in northern Japan responsible for the bulk of that country’s apple production, meaning they’ve got a lot of apple trees. In homage to the region, designer Keiji Ashizawa incorporated apple wood in his Hirosaki Knife Box, produced f… Continue reading
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Man Orders Size 14.50 "Monster Slippers", Manufacturer Makes & Sends Size 1,450
Tom Boddingham ordered a pair of custom novelty slippers off website Monster Slippers. Tom, who’s 6’7″ and possibly the son of a Yeti, ordered a size 14.50 for his left foot and 13 for his right because DAMN BRO YOUR FEET ARE A SIZE-AND-A-HALF APART… Continue reading
The US$20,000 Shannon Solo – remote-control, construction industry workhorse carries 500 kg
The Shannon Solo Dumper is an easy-to-operate, remote-control, four-wheel-drive, high-tipper-dumper with a carrying capacity of 500 kg (1100 pounds) and remote-control-range of 100 metres from the operator. Apart from doing a lot of work at cheap rates… Continue reading
Tagged Construction, Remote Control, Safety
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Better Compressed Power Storage from SustainX
A recent patent issued to compressed air energy storage (CAES) company SustainX could provide a significant improvement in grid storage of energy, especially for wind farms and solar power arrays.
Compressed air is one of the preferred methods for sto… Continue reading
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Forget Airplanes, Travel Via Cloud: Floating Zeppelin Network by Tiago Barros
Images: Tiago Barros
In a world where everything seems to operate at hyper-speeds (often at the expense of the environment), we’re well aware of the apparent benefits behind such movements as “slow food” “slow cities” and “slow design.” But what about… Continue reading
Posted in air travel, architects, Design & Architecture, design competitions, trains
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