Knocking off some of that summer BBQ flab will be a little easier Adidas' MiCoach app, which helps you plan and track a cardio regimen. MiCoach uses your phone's GPS to monitor your speed keep up with a targeted pace. More »
I always wondered what would it be like to put together a mass of firework launchers and fire them all at the same time. Now I know. [Random Good Stuff] More »
Spiritual but not religious? Okay, but you'll be hungry in an hour Washington Post (blog) Of course, actual Buddhist enlightenment takes years and years of intense work in meditation with knowledgeable teachers. What floats through American pop ... |
This is a custom toolbox made by H.O. Studley (yes, Studley), the result of "30 years of consistently improving on the organization of the tools." It makes that Craftsman set you got at Sears look like garbage. [PhoenixMasonry via BestMadeProjects] More »
Woohoo! The promised Android 2.2 updates for the EVO 4G have begun rolling out over-the-air. Anyone spot it yet? [Engadget] More »
Confusion Over Kepler's 'Earth-Like' Planets Explained, Science
"NASA's mini fiasco in public communication last week was a scientist's attempt at public outreach gone awry. Kepler mission co-investigator Dimitar Sasselov of Harvard University, speaking at the popular TED talks, tried to convey the excitement of hunting for Earth-size planets orbiting in the habitable zones of other stars. But his sloppy terminology and careless graphics, says Kepler Principal Investigator William Borucki, led to headlines that Kepler had just discovered hundreds of Earth-like planets. That's not true, says Borucki of NASA's Ames Research Center in Mountain View, California. "I'm disappointed one of our members confused people."
Rumors in Astrophysics Spread at Light Speed, NY Times
"Last week, Dr. Sasselov was busy eating his words. In a series of messages posted on the Kepler Web site Dr. Sasselov acknowledged that should have said "Earth-sized," meaning a rocky body less than three times the diameter of our own planet, rather than "Earthlike," with its connotations of oxygenated vistas of blue and green. He was speaking in geophysics jargon, he explained."
Two versions of Microsoft Office 2011 for Mac will be released some time in October, the Home and Student Edition and the Home and Office Edition. Home and Student comes with Word, Excel, PowerPoint, and Messenger, and is priced at $119 for a single-user install and $149 for a family three-pack; Home and Business also includes Outlook and is priced at $199 for a single install and $279 for a two computer multi-pack install. And if you purchase Office 2008 prior to November 30th, you can upgrade to Office 2011 at no charge. [BGR] More »
Deutsche Bank's analyst Chris Whitmore put all portable computers—notebooks, netbooks, and magical devices—together to see how the portable market has changed. Not surprisingly, the three million iPads sold give Apple an impressive boost. But that's not all. More »
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I like this Singaporean house as much as my dream house—also in Singapore. It may not be by the beach, but it looks like it's growing from solid water. The living room itself has water walls: More »
The sun kind of burped yesterday, and sent gigatons (or maybe hellatons?) of material streaming our way – to Earth that is. There is an awesome video of it over at SpaceWeather.com. The particles, mainly electrons and protons in the sub-100-eV range, are expected to reach earth tomorrow (Aug. 3) and could give vigorous auroral activity. I am not sure that northern California is northern enough to see it, but who knows? Take pictures, someone!
Once, about six or seven years ago, on an airplane flight from Chicago to California, I was on the right side of the plane and stared for hours at the shimmering curtains of green and red and purple, slowly waving as if in a breeze. It was an amazing sight!
This has been an fairly quiet solar cycle, and we are now heading to a solar max in three years which is on track to be just over half as intense as the last one in 2001, and the lowest in over 100 years. Too bad, just when I got into amateur radio…
Hello All,
I have a problem which seems to be very strange at least to me.
I have a CNC machine that uses two encoders for the X axis position. The active measuring system is a glass scale encoder. The problem is that when I reference the axis I get a very strange value. If I change th
Determinants and consequences of female attractiveness and sexiness: realistic tests with restaurant waitresses.
“Waitresses completed an on-line survey about their physical characteristics, self-perceived attractiveness and sexiness, and average tips. The waitresses’ self-rated physical attractiveness increased with their breast sizes and decreased with their ages, waist-to-hip ratios, and body sizes. Similar effects were observed on self-rated sexiness, with the exception of age, which varied with self-rated sexiness in a negative, quadratic relationship rather than a linear one. Moreover, the waitresses’ tips varied with age in a negative, quadratic relationship, increased with breast size, increased with having blond hair, and decreased with body size. These findings, which are discussed from an evolutionary perspective, make several contributions to the literature on female physical attractiveness. First, they replicate some previous findings regarding the determinants of female physical attractiveness using a larger, more diverse, and more ecologically valid set of stimuli than has been studied before. Second, they provide needed evidence that some of those determinants of female beauty affect interpersonal behaviors as well as attractiveness ratings. Finally, they indicate that some determinants of female physical attractiveness do not have the same effects on overt interpersonal behavior (such as tipping) that they have on attractiveness ratings. This latter contribution highlights the need for more ecologically valid tests of evolutionary theories about the determinants and consequences of female beauty.”
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I have an older car wash that uses a Red Lion CL 20, the mfg says they no longer can get them, but if I get one they can program it for me. I need to find one. where can I find one?
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University of Miami plans medical school track that will send students to Palm ... Palm Beach Post Out of the ashes of the FAU-University of Miami medical school split earlier this year, two very distinct new MD programs are rising. ... UM to offer new medical program in Palm Beach CountySun-Sentinel |
The Navy isn't taking any chances. It's pushing ahead with research to laser-proof its drones, just in case anyone else has the bright idea of using ray guns to down America's robot planes. More »
For the third year in a row, Discover hosted a panel on science in science fiction at this year’s Comic-Con. This year’s edition was moderated by Phil Plait and featured a great lab-meets-film panel: Jamie Paglia (creator of Eureka); Kevin Grazier (JPL planetary physicist, Science Not Fiction blogger); Zack Stentz (writer for Fringe, Thor); and Sean Carroll (Caltech theoretical physicist, Cosmic Variance blogger).
The conversation was good and lively, with a nice mix of funny and interesting bits. But don’t take my word for it:
As Sean pointed out, we weren’t allowed to include a few of the video clips in this footage, so here are the two clips he brought to show-and-tell: a forward-looking philosophy of the proper relationship between science and narrative, and an example of carefully exploring the logical consequences of an imaginary world:
Damien Crossan's gaming mouse concept looks like the offspring of a Razer mouse and Thing from the Addams Family. Ergonomic? You betcha. See if you still get RSI playing StarCraft on this 11-button monster. More »
My friends in math suggest we, and I mean everybody, convert form a base 10 number system to a base 8, or perhaps 12.
Argument for base 12 http://www.rattlesnake.com/notions/base-12.html
Something on 8 http://www.octomatics.org/
I know the US is so stubborn it has trouble making
