Links for 29-09-2006
Virgin Galactic unveiling, internet is terror-proof (kinda), Large Hadron Collider facts…
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“Future passengers aboard Virgin Galactic spaceliners can look forward to cushioned reclining seats and lots of windows during suborbital flights aboard SpaceShipTwo…” Better design than the Virgin Cola bottles, at least!
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“…the HUD mask has a miniature LCD panel which displays the diver’s depth, bottom time and cylinder pressure.”
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“As would be expected, results differed greatly depending on the number and specific parts of nodes that were disrupted in the simulations, O’Kelly said.” Not quite as rosy as the headline suggests.
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“The scientists called the device “the first of its kind in operation in the world”, but the report did not specify what tests it had passed.” Progress or propaganda?
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“…spam blogs are quite numerous these days. And one would wonder who actually own these. If the sites have Google AdSense, then … It’s as easy as viewing the page source on the site, and looking for an AdSense publisher ID.”
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6 - PDF OnlineConvert documents into PDF format, online, for free. w00t!
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“…a promise of what’s to come early next year when the craft nears the gas giant planet.”
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A gallery of scale model cities; link via the Kircher Society.
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“…an ion trap quantum computer could be made much smaller than previously expected simply by cooling the electrodes.”
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I have yet to observe these results myself. Meh!
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“It’s the world’s first Schadenfreude Pie, the pie to enjoy while you are reveling in the horrible misfortunes of others.” Scalzi’s never quite recovered from the bacon-cat incident…
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12 - LHC Factoids“The well-known “circular” collider is actually not a circle. It consists of 8 straight sections and of 8 arcs.” Gen up on the Large Hadron Collider at Cosmic Variance!
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“…an exterior lighting system that translates cosmic energy waves into pulsating blue light.”
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For those times when a simple lightswitch just doesn’t look quite right.
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15 - Bruce Sterling in SFSF as in San Francisco, that is. Rudy Rucker reports on a day out with Captain Bruce and his wi-fi hungry wife, complete with pictures.
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“…public relations and marketing concerns have preceded BBH, though this is certainly the first entrance of such a high-profile real-world ad outfit.”
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A retrospective round-up - think ‘Lifehacker’s Greatest Hits’, and you’ll be in the right place.
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Alma Alexander answers that question that every author on Earth must be heartily sick of hearing.
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“Hubble’s managers are still investigating the problem, but they are optimistic that they will be able to use the camera again soon.”
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“One of the key challenges for scientists trying to manipulate matter at the nanoscale is overcoming the static friction - stiction - and adhesion forces that effectively “glue” small objects together.”
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“As with most things related to the BSFA, the definition of “single science fictional or fantastic image” tends to be pretty flexible.” It’s nomination season, boys and girls…
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“A flock of indoor uncrewed aerial vehicles (UAVs) is helping engineers develop smart swarming strategies for larger autonomous surveillance aircraft.” Cool, if a little scary.
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“Scientists are trying to harness the power generated by walking and to tap the vibrational energy produced by trains.”
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24 - The Thin Pill“The question now is whether metabolic syndrome will become accepted – or whether it will be dismissed as bad medicine, the product of an overeager illness industry.” Something about this whole business feels very wrong to me.
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“Possibly the scariest “feature” of the face recognition system is that it can be hooked up to an existing database of naughty people’s mugs which can then be referenced against real world data from a camera.” Nasty.
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“…an electrical storage device that they’re reluctant to call a battery, for the simple reason that it does not use a chemical reaction to store the energy.”
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27 - The LoftCube“…Loftcube is a 39 (or 55) square metre penthouse designed to be helicoptered to the location of your choice – as long as it’s on a rooftop.” Urban space is at a premium, after all…
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