Online storage, writing on water, RFID cloning, exoplanet formation…

• 1 - The Internet Is Your Next Hard Drive
  “New Web-based services don’t just store your data online — they keep it synchronized across your laptop, desktop, and mobile phone.” TechnologyReview discusses online archiving.
  (tags: computer web technology hard drive tools web2.0 internet backup online storage)
• 2 - Make your own Carnage chopper!
  Yet another pushbike chopper hack…I so need more free time and a welding kit!
  (tags: conversion welding hack make howto Choppers bike bicycle art)
• 3 - Technophilia: Google Desktop Sidebar and Gadgets
  More tricks for Google Desktop. That’s one versatile piece of soft.
  (tags: tips howto tutorial productivity software desktop google)
• 4 - Daily Mail-o-matic
  Instant Daily Mail headlines, just press a button! Scarily convincing, and frequently funny. Thankyou, Metafilter.
  (tags: generator headline fearmongering hatred tabloid newspaper Mail Daily politics humour media uk)
• 5 - Device uses waves to “print” on water surface
  Wave generators make the shapes of letters in water…soJohn Keats may indeed one day have ‘his name writ in water’ after all.
  (tags: display alphabet art typography waves engineering Japan technology water)
• 6 - Arphids cloned by haXx0rz - live on stage
  Does what it says on the tin. ‘No more identity theft’, my arse.
  (tags: technology surveillance theft identity security VeriChip conference HOPE cloning hacking arphid RFID)
• 7 - Super-plants from outer space
  Chinese scientists hope that growing plants in the novel conditions of orbit will lead to providential mutations, such as increased hardiness or yield. Crazy idea, but it might just work.
  (tags: experiment science yield crops radiation mutation plant engineering genetic space China)
• 8 - Xylon Bikes - custom wooden bike frames
  That old-fashioned metal bike frame feeling a bit stale, a little too industrial-revolution for you? How about a custom one made out of wood? It might be heavier, but it’ll be infinitely more cool. Link via OhGizmo!
  (tags: unique craft Xylon bikes bicycle frames wooden)
• 9 - Dust and Planet Formation in T Tauri Stars
  Does what it says on the tin. More fascinating deep-space boffinry from Centauri Dreams.
  (tags: exoplanets science telescope physics cosmology formation planet stars space disks dust)
• 10 - Hack Attack: Desktop-integrated internet office
  Don’t need all the features of a pricey name-brand office suite on your computer? Why not take advantage of all the free services available on the web, then - sych them up to your desktop with this how-to guide. Bye-bye, MS Office!
  (tags: productivity autohotkey hacks howto web2.0 service software office ajax)
• 11 - ISS station braces for ‘loud’ Japanese space suit
  The guy’s gonna wear a replica of an outfit from a Manga series. Geeks in space!
  (tags: ISS fan animation Gundam Manga geek colours bright suit flight tourist space Dice-K)
• 12 - Protein-Nanoparticle Material Mimics Human Brain Tissue
  Does what it says on the tin. Link via AdvancedNanotechnology.
  (tags: intelligence artificial research magnetism tissue brain human mimic material composite protein horse nanoparticles metallic)
• 13 - China’s superconducting Tokamak fusion device: first test Aug 15
  Mmmmm, fusion power. Not so practical for current needs, but any SF head has gotta love it.
  (tags: technology generation power physics science discharge plasma test superconductor tokomak reactor experimental fusion hot China)

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