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Lexon’s New Gadgets Brought To You By Corn, Bamboo, and the Sun [Green]
Lexon recently announced a new line of sustainably powered gadgets that are decidedly down to Earth. That is, they're made from bamboo and maize bio-plastics. And let me tell you, corn has never looked better.
If you're in the market for a new calculator, alarm clock, or FM radio, why wouldn't you want it to be made from corn and bamboo? Especially when it looks this handsome.
Not only are the devices made with sustainable materials, they're powered sustainably too: the clocks grab up energy from the sun and the radio has a fold-out crank to get its juice. From the looks of things, that radio doubles as a portable speaker for MP3 players and the like. Just don't bring it around any pandas. [Core77]
Zirconium Welding
dear all...
i have working on fabrication of alloy material now,
we are processing for welding test of zirconium material for a time, but the result still crack on welding line...
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Differences between bolts and studs
Hi all, are there any differences between studs and bolts beside one is threaded along its whole length and the other one has a head? Do they have the same thread pitch and diameters?
Thanks!
Specification regarding HV test, DC Hipod test with regards to IS 325
Sir we need to carry out HV and DC Hipod test regards to three phase induction motor can you provide the details of it.....
Saving energy by using automatic voltage stabilizer?
I have load about 200KVA with voltage drop input range around +/-20%.
Please help to answer me if it can be save the electrical consumption by using the automatic voltage stabilizer?
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Artificial Muscles Let Cadavers Wink; Also, WHHAAAAAAAAT?! [Science]
If there's anything technology has been driving towards, it's the innovation that allows corpses to wink. Finally! But don't worry, there's a use for this for people other than flirty necrophiliacs.
You see, these electroactive polymer artificial muscles use soft acrylic or silicon layered with carbon grease to contract like muscle tissue when it gets a little jolt. It's being tested on cadavers, but the hope is that it'll eventually allow paralyzed folks to blink as well. They're hoping to get it to patients within five years. [UC Davis via Archives of Facial Plastic Surgery via Engadget]
Justice, Empathy, and Chimpanzees: A Talk With Frans de Waal | The Loom
I’ve been following the research of primatologist Frans de Waal on peacemaking among primates for a long time. Earlier this month I finally got to meet him in New York, where we had a conversation about his new book, The Age of Empathy: Nature’s Lessons for a Kinder Society.
I’ve embedded the first of a series of excerpts you can watch on YouTube. You can find all the excerpts here.
Under Rated Power Source
Can using an under rated power source make it pop and smoke? i.e What if I connect a power source rated at 4 Amps to some equipment that may require 6-10 Amps. Will that damage the power source??
Official NASA Budget/Policy Events
Keith's note: Places where you can expect to hear Charlie Bolden and others spell things out:
- 27 Jan: Possible (unlikely) mention in State of the Union message
- 1 Feb: NASA budget press conference
- 2 Feb: NASA event at National Press Club
- 3 Feb: Space and Aeronautics Subcommittee - Hearing: Key Issues and Challenges Facing NASA: Views of the Agency's Watchdogs
- 11 Feb: 13th Annual FAA Commercial Space Transportation Conference
- 12 Feb: The State of the Agency: NASA Future Programs Presentation Don't bother to RSVP - there are no more seats available. Watch it on NASA TV. NASA is only allowing some media (Space News and Nature) into the event (where they can ask questions) while other publications/websites are not being allowed to send representatives.
Prison Maintains Ban on Dungeons & Dragons [Law]
Before being sentenced to life in prison for first-degree homicide, Kevin Singer was an avid fan of tabletop roleplaying game Dungeons & Dragons. His appeal to unban the game in prison failed though, so he won't be rolling anymore d10s.
Apparently officials at Wisconsin Waupun prison feel that D&D "promoted gang-related activity and was a threat to security." They originally banned the game back in 2004—after another inmate expressed "concern about Singer and three other inmates forming a "gang" focused around playing the game."
Singer has since then attempted to appeal that decision on the grounds that it "violated his free speech and due process rights." He lost his lawsuit in federal court and all of his D&D-related materials—including a 96-page scenario manuscript—were confiscated. [Oakland Tribune via Boing Boing]
Picture by Thomas Roche
Parts
What would be the best way to cut out any part made with Lexin or Air Craft Aluminum as a substreaight with an exotic wood vaneer bonded to it. I need it to be cut to exact tolarences so as to fit into factorey specs. The aluminum would be about 3/32 thick and the lexin would be about 3/16 to 1/8
Jon Stewart Fans the Flames of the Apple/Microsoft War by Provoking Bill Gates [Bill Gates]
Bill Gates is about the most mild-mannered and genuinely nice, um, unbelievably rich head of a multinational monolithic corporation that you could imagine. So why is Jon Stewart antagonizing him with anti-Zune and pro-iPhone barbs? Oh, right. Because it's funny.
Warning: Clips are from Hulu, which means they're US-only. Sorry, foreigners, but, well: U-S-A! U-S-A! U-S-A!
Last night's The Daily Show featured Bill Gates as a guest; great choice, except for a little awkwardness early on when one of Jon Stewart's bits included a casual reference to iPods. On the plus side, Jon learned that "Zuuuuune" is a fun word to say. The setup: President Obama has been feeling "detached" from everyday Amurricans, but his attempts to ingratiate himself haven't gone that well:
Bill was good-humored about the whole thing though; after all, this is Jon's mistake. Evidently he doesn't read my reviews, that I work so hard on, because if he did he'd know that the Zune HD is great, a far cry from the punchline the Zune line once was. Thanks a lot, Jon. Way to make me feel small. My insecurities aside, Jon later asked Bill if his retirement opened him up to new opportunities, like, say, owning a certain extremely popular smartphone:
When will this Microsoft/Apple war end, Jon? It's like the Israelis and Palestinians, except in every way. [Hulu]
Making Coffee | Cosmic Variance
My new-espresso-machine wave function has not yet collapsed. In the meantime, via Cynical-C, here are two videos from Intelligentsia Coffee in Venice (CA, not Italy). Making espresso, and making siphon (or “syphon,” apparently) coffee.
Suffice it to say that my level of coffee-making care doesn’t really compete.
PS3 Hacked, Exploit Is Now Available for Your Illicit Pleasure [Hacks]
GeoHot, one of the fathers of the iPhone's jailbreak community, has just released the exploit that'll unleash all sorts of promising PS3 hackery, just like he promised. We can't wait for the homebrew and, frankly, piratical features this enables.
From the source:
This is the coveted PS3 exploit, gives full memory access and therefore ring 0 access from OtherOS. Enjoy your hypervisor dumps. This is known to work with version 2.4.2 only, but I imagine it works on all current versions.
You can find it at his page for now—try it out, let us know how it works! [GeoHot via Kotaku—Thanks Richard!]
Follow Gizmodo’s Live Apple Tablet Launch Coverage on Facebook & Twitter [Announcements]
Can't check our liveblog of Apple's Tablet Event tomorrow? Don't worry, we'll be updating our Facebook and Twitter pages with the breaking news. If you're not already a Gizmodo Fan or Follower, getting into it is super easy, just follow the links below:
Our live coverage of the Apple Tablet launch event starts at 1pm ET/10am PT, Wednesday, January 27, 2010 and both our Twitter and Facebook pages will start updating as soon as news breaks.
Even though well be updating our Facebook and Twitter pages with the most breaking apple noes, the best way to follow our live coverage is still our liveblog. For more info on how to tune in please see our Apple Tablet Event Liveblog announcement or hit live.gizmodo.com tomorrow morning.
Life On Paprika Mars [Imagecache]
This looks so much like Mars I can almost see the Rover in the background. But it's not another planet—it's one of a series of incredible small-scale models by artist Matthew Albanese. Wait until you see the volcano.
Albanese calls the series "Strange Worlds," although the strangest thing about them is the materials they're made from: paprika, nutmeg, cotton— even a stream made from an outdoor patio table.
To achieve such life-like images, he leans heavily on the photographic technique and viewing angle:
Every aspect from the construction to the lighting of the final model is painstakingly pre-planned using methods which force the viewers perspective when photographed from a specific angle. Using a mixture of photographic techniques such as scale, depth of field, white balance and lighting I am able to drastically alter the appearance of my materials.
Amazingly pretty, and pretty amazing. Even more shots can be seen here. [Strange Worlds via The Awesomer]
ARIZONA: J.D. Hayworth takes different stance from McCain on Obama Birth Certificate
Former libertarian-leaning Republican Congressman J.D. Hayworth is challenging incumbent John McCain in the GOP primary for his US Senate seat. He appeared on Chris Matthews, MSNBC last weekend. One of the main topics of discussion was the controversy of Obama's birth certificate.
From Motor City Liberal blog:
MATTHEWS: Are you as far right as the birthers? Are you one of those who believes that the President should have to prove that he’s a citizen of the United States and not an illegal immigrant? Are you that far right?
HAYWORTH: Well, gosh, we all had to bring our birth certificates to show we were who we said we were and we were the age we said we were to play football and youth sports. Shouldn’t we know exactly that anyone who wants to run for public office is a natural born citizen of the United States and is who they say they are? [...]
MATTHEWS: Should the Governor of Hawaii produce evidence that the President is one of us, an American? Do you think that’s a worthy past time for the Governor of Hawaii?
HAYWORTH: No, look…I’m just saying the President should come forward with the information, that’s all. Why should we we depend on the Governor of Hawaii?
Senator McCain has largely deflected on the issue of the Obama birth certificate, and at times, has called such views out of bounds for discussion.
Muybridge, Marey, and Futurism at the Estorick
On the Move: Visualising Action
January 13 – April 18, 2010
Estorick Collection, London
Curated by Jonathon Miller
Although the problem of depicting movement in painting and sculpture had concerned artists for many centuries, the birth of the Futurist movement in 1909 signalled a renewed interest in the subject. Taking as its starting point the Estorick’s own collection of Futurist masterpieces, On the Move draws on a wide range of material in many different media to provide an in-depth examination of this complex and fascinating theme.
Many of Futurism’s pictorial innovations were in fact built on foundations laid during the nineteenth century, when the emerging medium of photography began to reveal previously unseen aspects of reality. The pioneering research of Eadweard Muybridge and Etienne-Jules Marey was of particular importance in this respect. While Muybridge’s iconic studies of animal and human locomotion represented the successive stages of movement in individual frames, Marey captured them on a single photographic plate, creating trailing images of motion that were not only of great scientific interest, but which have informed almost all subsequent analytical representations of movement, from the rhythmical paintings of Giacomo Balla to the famous ‘stroboscopic’ photography of Harold Edgerton and Gjon Mili in the twentieth century.
Occupying a position on the cusp of the arts and sciences, this subject has long been of fascination to the exhibition’s curator, Jonathan Miller. From equestrian paintings of the eighteenth century, to contemporary experiments with long-exposure photography and CAD modelling, this personal selection of works illustrates the full range of artists’ resourcefulness in tackling this most intriguing and elusive of subjects.
Gallery Talks
Saturday afternoons at 15.00 -Informal talks on aspects of the exhibition last approximately 40 minutes and are free with an admission ticket purchased on the day.
Saturday 20 February 2010
On the Move: An Introduction
Jonathan Miller, exhibition curator
Saturday 27 February 2010
‘Mere Kinematic Representation’: The Contemporary Reception of Futurism and Cinema
Prof. Christopher Townsend, Dept of Media Arts, Royal Holloway, University of London
Saturday 6 March 2010
Moving Inside the Head: Representing Movement in the Brain
Prof. George Mather, Professor of Experimental Psychology, University of Sussex
Saturday 20 March 2010
Eadweard Muybridge: The Kingston Bequest
Peta Cook, Curator, Kingston Museum
Saturday 3 April 2010
Photographing Time
Jonathan Shaw, Associate Head of Media and Communication Dept, Coventry University, and contributor to the exhibition
Round Table
Tuesday 16 March 2010, 19.00-21.00
The Legacy of Muybridge and Marey
Discussion chaired by Jonathan Miller.
Tickets £15 (£12 concessions and Estorick members) including entry to the exhibition. Please book in advance on 020 7704 9522. Pay bar.
Photography Workshop
Tuesday 23 March 2010, 19.00-21.00
Freeze! Blur! Snap! Flash!
Learn tips and techniques for capturing movement on camera in this practical workshop led by photographer Clara Cowan. Please bring your own camera (which must have manual option).
Tickets £12 (£10 concessions and Estorick members). Spaces are limited so please book in advance on 020 7704 9522.
Search For a Frozen Camera Could Rewrite History Books On Everest’s First Climbers [History]
In 1924, George Mallory and Andrew Irvine set off to become the first men to climb Mount Everest. Among the gear they packed was a Vest Pocket Kodak camera. They disappeared. Today, a search for their camera could rewrite history.
It was nearly thirty years later, in 1954, that Sir Edmund Hillary and Tenzing Norgay successfully scaled Everest and won history's distinction as the first mountaineers to do so. But Mallory and Irvine's fate remained a mystery, and the possibility that they reached the summit endured. Mallory's body was found in 1999 but didn't provide any conclusive answers on the fate of his expedition.
Now, Everest historian Tom Holzel believes he has pinpointed the location of Andrew Irvine's body, showing up as an "oblong blob" on high-resolution photographs of the mountain. Recovering Irvine's body might mean recovering his Kodak camera, as well as the film that could fill in the blanks on their historic climb.
Holzel plans to launch an expedition to investigate the blob and, he hopes, recover the camera next month. In the event they do find the 90 year old Vest Pocket Kodak, Holzel has prepared an extensive guide on how to handle the very delicate, very important gadget. [Scientific American via Boing Boing]
