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New silicon-germanium nanowires could lead to smaller, more powerful electronic devices - http://www.newsroom.ucla.edu/portal...
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"Now, researchers from the UCLA Henry Samueli School of Engineering and Applied Science, Purdue University and IBM have successfully grown silicon-germanium semiconducting nanowires for potential use in next-generation transistors. These nanowires — which measure from a few tens to a few hundreds of nanometers in diameter and up to several millimeters in length — could help speed the development of smaller, faster and more powerful electronics, according to study co-author Suneel Kodambaka, a UCLA professor of materials science and engineering."
- Bo Stern
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You Can Now Pair Your iPhone With A Bluetooth Keyboard - http://appadvice.com/appnn...
"This is something every other iPhone user dreams about since over 2 years now and the jailbreak just made it possible. Yes, you can now pair a bluetooth keyboard with your iPhone and it’s already on Cydia."
- Bo Stern
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Scientists, IT community await exascale computers - http://www.computerworld.com/s...
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"Powerful systems that could aid in the fight against global warming are expected by 2018."
- Bo Stern
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Statement from the UK science community - http://www.metoffice.gov.uk/corpora...
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We, members of the UK science community, have the utmost confidence in the observational evidence for global warming and the scientific basis for concluding that it is due primarily to human activities. The evidence and the science are deep and extensive. They come from decades of painstaking and meticulous research, by many thousands of scientists across the world who adhere to the highest levels of professional integrity. That research has been subject to peer review and publication, providing traceability of the evidence and support for the scientific method.
- Bo Stern
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3D Microchips for More Powerful and Environmentally-Friendly Computers - http://actualites.epfl.ch/pressei...
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"The world of IT pursues its race for performance. CMOSAIC could boost the computing performance of central processors by a factor 10 while consuming less energy."
- Bo Stern
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Use your face to unlock the door - http://www.gizmag.com/facial-...
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"The Hanvon CVJB-G107 Face Recognition Time Attendance System and Access Door Lock system can be easily programmed to recognize up to 500 faces to keep out intruders and unwanted guests."
- Bo Stern
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Key to the universe found on the Iron Range? - http://www.startribune.com/local...
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"A long-elusive key to understanding the universe may have been discovered a half-mile below the Iron Range. Scientists announced Thursday that they believe they have detected evidence of dark matter in data collected at an underground physics lab in Soudan."
- Bo Stern
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The Top 10 Unintentionally Worst Company URLs - http://independentsources.com/2006...
This is amazingly funny.
- Jeremy (quasimodo)
Bordering on unbelievable ... ;)
- Bo Stern
Computing with a wave of the hand #fb - http://web.mit.edu/newsoff...
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"A new Media Lab system turns LCD displays into giant cameras that provide gestural control of objects on-screen. And that’s just for starters."
- Bo Stern
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Motorola Backflip leaked, set to be AT&T’s first Android phone #fb #android - http://www.examiner.com/examine...
"It looks like the heavily rumored Motorola Backflip or Enzo as it has been called, is headed to AT&T and better yet, it’s going to be running Android 1.5 with BLUR."
- Bo Stern
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The GAP is bringing back the red and black lumberjack. - http://garin.posterous.com/the-gap...
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Amazon.com: Thermos 16-Ounce Stainless Steel Backpack Bottle: Home & Garden - http://www.amazon.com/Therrmo...
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This thing is amazing. I filled it with coffee this morning at around 7:45am EST and it's still piping hot despite sipping all day. Thanks Megen!
- Benjamin Golub
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Thanks for the pointer, might need one too :)
- Bo Stern
Black hole is half as distant from Earth than once thought - http://www.dailymail.co.uk/science...
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"A black hole is far closer to Earth than first thought, astronomers have discovered. The scientists discovered the hole was in fact about half as distant as previously thought. It is the first time the distance between our planet and the void has been measured accurately. But before you go running for cover you will be relieved to hear it is still 7,800 light years away - with one light year equivalent to 5.8trillion miles."
- Bo Stern
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As such shouldn't present any imminent danger
- Bo Stern
Google demonstrates quantum computer image search - http://www.newscientist.com/article...
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"Google's web services may be considered cutting edge, but they run in warehouses filled with conventional computers. Now the search giant has revealed it is investigating the use of quantum computers to run its next generation of faster applications. Writing on Google's research blog this week, Hartmut Neven, head of its image recognition team, reveals that the Californian firm has for three years been quietly developing a quantum computer that can identify particular objects in a database of stills or video."
- Bo Stern
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O.O
- Kamilah Gill
Maybe they are secretly using this new computing project/power as backend for their new Goggles Android app as Caroline presumably hinted at ...
- Bo Stern
NASA's Wide-field Infrared Survey Explorer - launched! - http://www.jpl.nasa.gov/wise/
"NASA's Wide-field Infrared Survey Explorer, or WISE, lifted off over the Pacific Ocean this morning [yesterday] on its way to map the entire sky in infrared light."
- Bo Stern
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Large Hadron Collider produces first physics results - http://www.physorg.com/news180...
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"The first paper on proton collisions in the CERN Large Hadron Collider (LHC) - designed to provide the highest energy ever explored with particle accelerators - is published online this week in the European Physical Journal C."
- Bo Stern
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Black hole is half as distant from Earth than once thought... but don't dive for cover just yet
| Mail Online - http://www.dailymail.co.uk/science...
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"A black hole is far closer to Earth than first thought, astronomers have discovered. The scientists discovered the hole was in fact about half as distant as previously thought. It is the first time the distance between our planet and the void has been measured accurately. But before you go running for cover you will be relieved to hear it is still 7,800 light years away - with one light year equivalent to 5.8trillion miles. Black holes are a region of space from which nothing, not even light, can escape. The point of no return is called the 'event horizon'. The researchers said their analysis suggested the black hole had developed from a supernova - a stellar explosion from a dying star, and that it received a 'kick' from this propelling it through space at a rate of about 25 miles per second. The dying star eventually collapsed to the point of zero volume and infinite density, creating what is known as a 'singularity'. Around the singularity is a region where the force of gravity is...
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- RAPatton
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WE'RE ALL GOING TO DIE! (one day)
- RAPatton
I still wonder at the "measured accurately" bit. There is still so much guestimation involved with the properties surrounding one.
- Michael W. May
There's no cover from a black hole
- Mo Kargas
Well that sucks.
- Brian Sullivan
I have a friend who did astro-physics and he says there's lies, damned lies, statistics and astro-physics
- Glenn Slaven
and string theory proponents
- Mo Kargas
Thanks, reposted.
- Bo Stern
The Copenhagen Wheel - new bicycle design from MIT - http://www.tgdaily.com/general...
MIT researchers have designed a Bluetooth-enabled bicycle wheel that allows riders to keep track of friends, fitness, traffic and smog via a series of integrated sensors.
- Bo Stern
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LOTR on Blu-Ray - http://bstern.posterous.com/lotr-on...
via tgdaily.com ...
- Bo Stern
What is one place in the world you think everyone MUST visit? - http://www.reddit.com/r...
Mitchell Tsai, zʍıɔ, Durukan Duru and 20 other people liked this
The bathroom.
- DGentry
socotra
- imran
Himalayas..(INDIA).
- dineshviswanath
29°58′45.03″N 31°08′03.69″E
- kartik vaithyanathan
Grand Canyon!
- Bo Stern
lol @ D
- VAL D. Zone
NY and England
- VAL D. Zone
Their nearest ocean.
- Mike Nencetti
Their local library.
- Spidra Webster
New Zealand (they have some really good libraries!)
- Joe Silence is not Santa
New Zealand, but if 7 billion tourists descended then did it wouldn't be worth visiting.
- Kevin Fox
Prague.
- Jandy, ConcertMaven of FF
hmm if we combine some of these answers we have the bathroom of a library in New Zealand that is near the ocean....
- Mike Nencetti
LOL @ Denton
- Admiral Anika
+1 Mike
- Merry Xmas FFeeders - AJ
Hawai'i
- Morgan Haley
Phuket, Thailand - I've been to Bali, Hawaii, and some of the most beautiful beaches in the world, but Phuket beats them all. Be sure to take the boat tours.
- Jesse Stay
South Africa
- Kamath (नमः)
Yellowstone/Grand Teton.
- andrei_c
sicily
- Meg v. Meg v. 1.0.0.1
Mike: As I remember, the bathroom in Auckland's public library was just fine, but maybe not worth a special visit. I'm reluctant to identify anything--seven billion people would wreck southeast Alaska or Bora Bora, which might otherwise be good choices.
- Walt Crawford
Prague.
- Christian (Simply X)
Disneyland
- Rodfather
I say Hawai'i because I want the economy there to be stronger. I plan to retire there someday and need it to be pimped out by the time I'm ready. So go there. Spend lots of money. Thank you.
- Morgan Haley
FriendFeed.com
- Louis Gray
The Librarians in Auckland probably use Friendfeed.
- Mike Nencetti
good one RAP thats why I am here...........
- VAL D. Zone
Amoeba Music?
- Andrew C
Right now? The bathroom! UH Oh Gotta GO!!! ~ aaaaaahhhhhhaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaahhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh
- sofarsoShawn
Edinburgh; Montreal; Cape Breton
- T. Brent, technopeasant
Rome
- Alex Scrivener
Bora Bora Island-http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki...
- ashish
Bora Bora is absolutely stunning, but also really expensive. Also, it's really a disconnect hearing Polynesian people speaking French.
- Kevin Fox
Algeria.
- Itachi
Portugal, specially São Miguel, Azores - http://picasaweb.google.pt/rikhard...
- ovigia
Railey Beach, Thailand
- Alistair (alpinefolk)
Trantor
- Pierre Lindenbaum
Hawaii ,,,, paradise on Earth
- johnpiercy
pretty much EVERYWHERE in New Zealand is close to the ocean.
- Joe Silence is not Santa
Rome
- Amy
Whistler BC Canada. Then again, Tourism Whistler is my employer so I'm paid to say that but I do also believe it personally.
- Andrew Smith
Vladivostok
- gmarketer
Yosemite.
- Christopher Harley
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The Louvre.
- Rochelle
Jerusalem.
- Robert Scoble
Both Steve Wozniak and Larry Page (and Larry's wife) told me that New Zealand were their favorite places to visit, though.
- Robert Scoble
I agree with Rome.
- Cristo
Stormhold
- Charles Ying
One might want to see the polar ice caps while one can. I guess a glance at the thermafrost before it gets thawed would be logical, and all the coastal areas and islands before they are submerged.
- SuezanneC Baskerville
Venice is vulnerable.
- Cristo
The moon.
- imabonehead
meat packing industry =)
- Harsh SIngh
Personally my favorite place to visit was the USS Nimitz while it was in operation. That beats everywhere else I've been. San Quentin is a place I'd love everyone to visit but it certainly wasn't fun.
- Robert Scoble
Auschwitz
- Alex Scoble
While we're at it, every tax payer should visit a sewage treatment plant too.
- Robert Scoble
Margaret River Western Australia. GODS COUNTRY (im not religious)
- Tyson
damn.. did i just tell the world the best secret.. argh
- Tyson
The Alamo, we must never forget the Alamo.
- sofarsoShawn
I'll be honest, the Alamo is really, really, really boring. The history is great, but trudging through the line of a kajillion people wasn't very much fun.
- Jason Huebel
went to the Alamo in early 2004 while i was in San Antonio. there was no line or anything. of course, it was February at the time.
- Joe Silence is not Santa
The hood. Wherever the nearest lower class neighborhood is. The place where there is nothing but liquor stores, gun stores, and Family Dollar. People would appreciate things more if they realized just how much they have. The world might be a better place. Then again...maybe not.
- Rahsheen ™, Coach Rah
Somewhere to get a good view of the Northern (or Southern) Lights
- Ian May
Masada and the Dead Sea.
- Michael R. Bernstein
istanbul - Turkey
- Mustafa
Istanbul and San Francisco:)
- Petek(UCB)_
LOL ! awesome!! @ Mike Nencetti
- Maryam
New York City
- Henny Susilawati
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Cherry Blossom Land, Belleville, NJ...during the 3rd week of April. http://images.google.com/images...
- April Russo (app103)
SuezanneC, don't you think everyone travelling to see the polar icecaps would hasten their demise?
- Ruchira S. Datta
If you like mountains and chocolate as much as I do, Bariloche, Argentina. Horseback ride through the Patagonia
- elizabeth
Sao Paulo, go to the same dumpy open-air restaurant four nights in a row. Talk to everyone who comes up. It will broaden your horizons. Brazilians are genuinely interested in people, especially people who are different from them. In the U.S., we are in too much of a rush. Too inward facing. Second place to go: the old markets of Karachi. Accept tea from the shopkeepers - then others will approach. It’s safe.
- A Mitchell
The (New) World's Happiest Countries - #1: Denmark ... again!? #fb - http://images.businessweek.com/ss...
The center of world happiness is neither an Alpine fantasy getaway nor a topaz Caribbean paradise. It's a cold, windy, maritime nation on the North Sea that Vikings once called home and which was the setting for Shakespeare's Hamlet.
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Funny how the article is *trying* to explain "hygge" ...
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MySpace Eyes Flixster for Acquisition #fb - http://kara.allthingsd.com/2009121...
"Sources said such a deal is not immediately imminent, but that MySpace has been conducting extensive due diligence on the San Francisco-based Flixster, part of a plan to combine it with Rotten Tomatoes, another News Corp.-owned site run by its IGN Entertainment division."
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WiGig fast wireless group finishes standard - http://www.networkworld.com/news...
"The Wireless Gigabit Alliance has completed its specification for a technology to deliver as much as 7G bps (bits per second) over a very high unlicensed frequency band."
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The Deadliest place on Earth? Surviving Cueva de los Cristales - The Giant Crystal Cave - http://www.ironammonite.com/2009...
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"It's 50oC and has a humidity of 100%, less than a hundred people have been inside and it's so deadly that even with respirators and suits of ice you can only survive for 20 minutes before your body starts to fail. It’s the nearest thing to visiting another planet – it’s going deep inside our own."
- Bo Stern
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yep this is going to get shut down when the mine that is pumping out zillions of gallons of water stops pumping the water in a few years. Need to visit as soon as possible......
- Robert Higgins
Amazing.
- Rob Michael (Atmos Trio)
Phenomenal.
- Micah Wittman
These are incredible! I would have thought these were Photoshopped if I didn't see lots more information. The people look like miniatures beside these enormous crystals. I had no idea that crystals could grow so large on Earth. Wonders really never do cease...
- Kamilah Gill
cool
- echostreamer
I watched a NatGeo show on this place. You know that if the coal mines don't stop pumping out the water...All the crystals will collapse. Crazy.
- Christian (Simply X)
Wow
- Mistletoe Glen
Whoa!
- Kol Tregaskes
I want to go there.
- MiniMage TKDteacher of FF
Unbelievable. And me... I don't want to go there.
- Dutch Bloggies
amazing
- martha
Def NOT photoshopped - scientists are loving this op to see the hows and whys of crystal growth... ;-p
- Robyn Hawk
Just Do It - http://jalam1001.posterous.com/tiger-w...
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Just did
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@cpurdy http://twitpic.com/t49n7 - Oracle? ;-)
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work at Oracle and get fine wine selection? :)
- See-ming Lee 李思明 SML
yeah, one follows the other, not sure about in which order ;)
- Bo Stern
Google Phone! - http://www.pcworld.com/article...
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"Back in November Michael Arrington of TechCrunch reported we would see a super-powered, Google-branded phone in early 2010. Arrington's reports appear to be getting some serious confirmation as Google employees are tweeting they're testing new devices running Android 2.1."
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He also predicted there would be a CrunchPad, didn't he?
- SuezanneC Baskerville
True, pray that this project will not get jinxed the same way ... ;-)
- Bo Stern
Google Goggles App Brings Search to the Real World - http://www.switched.com/2009...
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Android only, no iPhone support yet
- Bo Stern
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Amazon Remembers is a fun option until Google Goggles comes to Chrome in general.
- Kamilah Gill
Related, granted although with a slightly higher feedback loop latency ... ;-) SnapTell is also interesting (for books, works fast)
- Bo Stern
oh cool Android only so it works now? didn't realize. cool cool cool!!!
- See-ming Lee 李思明 SML
It works ok, but feels very beta. Brilliant idea and good start though. I thought of this a few years ago (or I should say I *wished* for it a few years ago).
- Adrian
HDI's 100-inch, laser-driven 3D HDTV gets $10k to $15k price tag - http://www.engadget.com/2009...
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"HDI, the California startup with dreams of producing a 100-inch 3D HDTV that's driven by lasers, has just released the first hint of a price range, and as predicted, it ain't cheap. The set -- which has already been deemed a favorite by The Woz -- has reportedly had its first batch manufactured over in China, and we're told that a smattering of 'em should be available by May."
- Bo Stern
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sexy :)
- See-ming Lee 李思明 SML
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