Thursday, August 11, 2011

Sandia Labs “Hopper” Robot - Hack a Day


Hideouts or Sacred Spaces? Experts Baffled by Mysterious Underground Chambers - SPIEGEL ONLINE - News - International



Cheap Plastic Made from Sugarcane - Technology Review



Human-Powered Drill Strikes Water in Tanzania, Offers Hope for Cheaper Wells (Video) : TreeHugger



One-Time Pad Encryption Dates Back to Telegraph Codebook - NYTimes.com



Attack of the Deadly Slime: Farm Effluent Ruins French Beaches | Wired Science | Wired.com


How Algorithms Shape Our World, Fascinating TED Talk by Kevin Slavin – Boing Boing



Awesome Vertical Garden With Recycled PET Bottles At Poor Family Home In Sao Paulo : TreeHugger



Reforestation's cooling influence -- a result of farmer's past choices



Grandparents connected to success of human race



New York - Empire of Evolution - NYTimes.com



Cod resurgence in Canadian waters



Lessons From the U.S. Economy's Malaise - NYTimes.com



Polar Dwellers Have Bigger Eyes, Brains | Wired Science | Wired.com



Feds silence scientist over salmon study



Marvelous Destroyers: The Fungus-Farming Beetles | Wired Science | Wired.com



Bottle and Can Scavengers in Brooklyn Make Every Penny Count - NYTimes.com


Practice of Water Banking Questioned in Lawsuits - NYTimes.com



Sneak Peek! Designing The Utility Bike of The Future (Video) : TreeHugger



China’s Plan to Beat U.S.: Missiles, Missiles and More Missiles | Danger Room | Wired.com



Iowa Eclipses Canada in Grain Production, Challenges China in Soybean Production : TreeHugger



New Language for Programming in Parallel - Technology Review



Data Show Weaknesses, Strengths in U.S. Manufacturing - Technology Review


In Cappadocia, Returning to the Cave - On Location - NYTimes.com



Wooden machine belongs in Willy Wonka’s factory - Hack a Day



A Vine Bounces Back Sound to Signal Bats - NYTimes.com



Soybean genetic treasure trove found in Swedish village



Tequila plant could fuel vehicles and help reduce emissions



Life in a Day Distills 4,500 Hours of Intimate Video Into Urgent Documentary | Underwire | Wired.com


Your Genome Structure, Not Genetic Mutations, Makes You Different | Wired Science | Wired.com



Train crash explanation raises more public doubts



Like-for-like photos of life in Mumbai and NYC – Boing Boing



Flying Drone Can Crack Wi-Fi Networks, Snoop On Cell Phones - Andy Greenberg - The Firewall - Forbes



Why Your Dad's 30-Year-Old Stereo System Sounds Better than Your new One



Why Americans Are So Angry - Newsroom: U.S. Senator Bernie Sanders (Vermont)


Researchers Say Vulnerabilities Could Let Hackers Spring Prisoners From Cells | Threat Level | Wired.com



Sun-free photovoltaics - MIT News Office



In Test Tube, Hint of Chemicals Coming Alive - NYTimes.com



Permaculture Emerges From the Underground - NYTimes.com



A Japanese POW in the Soviet Union « Dickiebo – Yesterday's Man!



Glacier National Park, Montana, and Its Fading Glaciers - NYTimes.com


Ultrafine Location Fixes - Technology Review



Introducing RoundTail (TM), a revolutionary custom made bicycle frame that dramatically increases comfort.



Hydroponic Produce Gains Fans and Flavor - NYTimes.com



Who Succumbs to Addiction, and Who Is Left Unscathed? - NYTimes.com



Cities See Another Side to Old Tracks - NYTimes.com



‪NYC 2nd ave subway construction worker, Gary‬

‏ - YouTube


Swede held for building nuclear reactor in his kitchen - The Local



Galactic-Scale Energy | Do the Math



Pewter model of the Texas School Book Depository – Boing Boing



Ultimaker: high-speed, low-cost 3D printer – Boing Boing



Matt Damon explains non-financial motivations and the education sector – Boing Boing



Kinetic sculpture with 1,200 Matchbox-type cars – Boing Boing


The Sign of an Advancing Society? An Organized War Effort - NYTimes.com



When Will Urban Honey Bees Run Out of Food? : TreeHugger



The changing landscape of England



Russia Becomes a Magnet for American Fast-Food Chains - NYTimes.com


power of friction‬‏ - YouTube



S.&P. Downgrades Debt Rating of U.S. For the First Time - NYTimes.com


BBC News - UK student wins Microsoft Excel World Championship



BBC News - China scolds US over S&P credit downgrade



BBC News - On the trail of George Orwell’s outcasts



BBC News - The Great Gatsby: What it says to modern America



Boolean Logic with 555s – The Paleotechnologist



New leukemia treatment exceeds 'wildest expectations' - Health - Cancer - msnbc.com


Nature’s Economist Calculates the Need for More Protection - NYTimes.com