Links for 01-08-2006
Politically incorrect alphabet, garage electron microscopes, Blair and Arnie…
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1 – Bike Lock HolderThis could come in handy when my new cruiser BMX arrives this week…
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Funny, but with a point to make too. Link via MetaFilter.
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3 – The New Cold WarWill the development of robotic workforces in Communist countries provoke a new cold war of ideologies? I’m not sure whether this post is for or against, but it certainly has some interesting points to make.
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Jamais Cascio strikes again. Food for thought.
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Underground soapbox derby racing in NYC – great pictures of defiantly illegal and slightly looney behaviour. If only we had some decent hills round here…Link via MAKEblog.
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“The goal of this project is to build a simple STM that can resolve atoms, with a cost of materials less than $100.00 excluding oscilloscope.” Wow. Just…wow. Garage electron microscopy rules! Link via MAKEblog.
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Not keen on Windows Genuine (dis)Advantage? Me neither. So remove it, already!
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8 – Pinch My RideRFID security not so effective at preventing your SUV going off with someone else.
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Tony B and Der Gubernator announce a plan to sidestep the Bush administration and begin trading carbon dioxide credits between the UK and California. I know, I can’t believe it either, there must be a catch.
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10 – World’s Tallest BikeOver 14 feet above the road surface, in fact. Mad as a sack of spanners. Link via MAKEblog.
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Momus on post-materialism.
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Does what it says on the tin.
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You know, that’s an idea that might just work…if you’d all stop just talking about it and make a plan to get people up there, damn it!
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14 – Firefly fishMore fun with gene splicing! Add firefly DNA to zebra fish, to make creatures that will glow if lowered into polluted water. Weird but true.
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Tinfoil hats at the ready! DARPA has some sneaky satellites on the move, and no-one seems to know for sure what they’re for.
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For once, the UK isn’t lagging behind the US. Curry’s have just started stocking roof-mounted solar panels!
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Looks like someone’s finally made a robotic hand that can do almost everything the human original can…pics and video available.
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Is there an iPod phone in the pipeline? Not like *I* give a crap…my new N80 will do me fine until my next upgrade, thankyou. Link via CyberNetTechNews.
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IBM’s Blue Gene shuffles sadly from the podium, as the world computing speed record moves back to the Land of the Rising Sun.
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