Filed under: newsGoogle has just released their own avatar based social arena a la Second Life, which is called Lively. It will require a client download and install like the popular MUD, but after that it can be accessed via IE and ...

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Cell phones as diagnostic tools in areas without ultrasound & X-Ray machines via Book of Joe. A professor of bioengineering at the University of California, Berkeley and his colleagues have developed a c...

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Filed under: newsEarlier this year, our friend [Dan Kaminsky] discovered a major DNS issue that could allow hackers to compromise name servers and clients easily. The vulnerability involves cache poisoning, and [Kaminsky] ...

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Nice collection of Pocket sundials. Pocket sundials can be over 1000 years old, arguably making them the world’s first watches - and with no moving parts to break. Typically they were carried by shepherds, where there are a...

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Stunning Kinetic sculpture @ the BMW museum - over 714 metallic spheres "float" in to place creating forms and shapes... via Engadget. Read more | Permalink | Comments...

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Nathan Stubblefield was granted a patent for a "portable" telephone 1908, happy 100th mobile phone! Check out some of the photos! Nathan Stubblefield's 'portable' telephon...

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Wonderful collection of homebrew Nintendo DS music apps via Waxy. Source code available for some of them too. More: Nintendo DS MIDI. Nintendo DS homebrew paint application. DSMidiWifi - Nintendo DS wireless MIDI control...

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If you decide to hang out indoors this week, take a look at this Florida State University gallery of phytochemical micrographs- micrographs are photographs taken throu...

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Filed under: misc hacksA group from Philadelphia PA calling themselves Team pzkpfw decided to recreate a Panzerkampfwagen III, but not entirely according to the original specs. Instead of treads and an engine, they used a system of pedals, gears and chain...

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Filed under: misc hacksWe've seen some fairly impressive mixer projects this year, and the Aurora mixer is no exception. It is a dual channel USB-powered mixer with two linear faders, one crossfader, eight backlit buttons and 24 potentiometers, all ...

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