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[Video Link] To alleviate the boredom of math class, Vi Hart has taken to experimenting with squiggling. Be sure to check out … Read More >>
XKCD on the password paradox: human factors versus computers’ brute force
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Today’s XKCD, “Password Strength,” neatly illustrates the research from this paper (PDF) by Philip Inglesant and M. Angela … Read More >>
Secret anti-racist shirts covertly distributed to neo-Nazis
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Anti-racist activists snuck trick t-shirts into a music festival with a large neo-Nazi turnout; the shirts bore a crypto-racist … Read More >>
The brilliantly-programmed graphic demos of Assembly Summer
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Digital Tools offers a selection of the demos on show at Assembly 2011 Summer. For the uninitiated, demos are short multimedia … Read More >>
Now Robots Drink Wine Too – Scientists Create ‘Robot Sommelier’
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Robots get to have all the fun. In this case what I’m calling a robot is the electronic tongue created […] Read More >>
How Schools Of Fish Can Lead To More Efficient Wind Farms
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More salmon, please! A new study shows how biomimicry can help generate energy.
A new source of inspiration for wind farm … Read More >>
The MySaver Keeps Your iPhone Cable From Breaking For The 100th Time
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Apple makes a lot of things remarkably well. Cables… are not one of those things. Up until Apple overhauled their laptop … Read More >>
Cube-faced LCD watch
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TokyoFlash’s new 3D Unlimited watch is a mirror-backed LCD watch with an OLED backlight that displays time as faces on a cube. … Read More >>
Light Blue Optics touch interface pico projector passes through the FCC
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Last time we saw Light Blue Optics’ Light Touch, it was deep in the bowels of CES, where we got to play with its … Read More >>
NASA finds DNA components in meteorites, says they originated in space (video)
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So, this is kinda wild: scientists at NASA have uncovered new evidence that DNA components found in meteorites can … Read More >>