Links for 17-01-2007
Arphid tattooing, French National Front annoys the natives in SL, exo-skeleton weight-lifting…
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“Somark Innovations announced this week that it successfully tested biocompatible RFID ink, which can be read through animal hairs.” Via Warren Ellis, who justifiably predicts that the geek / body-mod set will be all over this like a rash.
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“The New Yorker’s media writer spills the beans on exactly how he does his job” A great insight into the ‘modus operandi’ of a top-rank journo. His note-taking system alone is a work of obsessive genius.
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A decent piece of Second Life journalism on the recent protests against the French Nationalist party presence in the synthetic world. Weird, but fascinating. This is our future, folks. Where is my pig grenade?
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“Only recently has the idea of habitable planets around red dwarf stars taken hold. But it’s a fascinating one, especially if you take a look at the potential window for life to develop on such worlds.” Life, Jim, but not as we know it.
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“Hewlett-Packard researchers have designed a faster, more energy-efficient chip by packing in more transistors–without shrinking them.” Further up and further in.
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“Already, he says, the suit has stood up to bullets from high-powered weapons, including an elephant gun. The suit was empty during the ballistics tests, but he’s more than ready to put it on and face live fire.” Sci-fi comes to life.
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Does what it says on the tin – from the indomitable PZ Myers, who really knows what he’s talking about.
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“The Dallas Mavericks have broken new ground with a wiki that allows fans to catalog every single game. The wiki is powered by MediaWiki – the same software used by Wikipedia.” An interesting development.
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“If you ever felt inadequate about the size of your biceps or your concave chest, there’s a solution. All you have to do is use your big brain and build an exo-skeleton.” YouTube video of one of the weirdest sports ever.
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“A series of tests run by Chinese scientists on an experimental thermonuclear reactor have found “the artificial sun” is a reliable energy generating process.” For very short periods at a very high energy budget, though.
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“Your boss and other people in power often really have no idea what you and others feel and think, new experiments suggest.” Science validates common sense and observation once again…
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January 21st, 2007 at 12:59 am
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