Sunday, October 14, 2012

Remarkable footage shows heron using bread as bait to catch fish

Underworld Economics: Why Are So Many Bikes Stolen? What Happens to Them? : TreeHugger

How the border between India and Pakistan is closed, every day. [VIDEO]

Building Cheap Batteries to Circumvent the Grid - Technology Review

Anti-party-politics-as-usual posters up in DC Metro - Boing Boing

Saving the ISS by hacking a toothbrush - Hack a Day

Amazing images from Google Street View - Boing Boing

Watch the Sun "burp" - Boing Boing

In Race to Algae Fuel, Sapphire Scores Point for Open Ponds - Technology Review

Nation Rich in Land Draws Workers From One Rich in People - NYTimes.com

Story of the family business whose gears are inside the Mars rovers - Boing Boing

Stephen Harper to be awarded the ‘World Statesman of the Year’ award in New York City | Canada Politics - Yahoo! News Canada

Water bear hunter (video) - Boing Boing

Documentary on the Dude on whom 'the Dude' was based - Boing Boing

Fear and Trembling: Prion diseases on Twitter - Boing Boing

At least 200,000 tons of oil and gas from Deepwater Horizon spill consumed by gulf bacteria

Smart Meter Causes Dumb Fire | Threat Level | Wired.com

What Made This University Researcher Snap? | Wired Magazine | Wired.com

"Superbug" NDM-1 Found In US Cat (ICAAC 3) | Wired Science | Wired.com

Oldies But Goodies - IEEE Spectrum

Clockwork - K'nex Ball Machine - YouTube

Ancient Egyptian faience may be key to printing 3D ceramics

Little Limit to the Amount of Wind Energy - IEEE Spectrum

Live in a Greenhouse

Mayan collapse mystery solved? Deforestation exacerbated a drought - CSMonitor.com

Trackable Banknotes, at Last - IEEE Spectrum

Wireless Power Beamed Straight to Your Heart - IEEE Spectrum

Tapping the Power of 100 Suns - IEEE Spectrum

The mayor and the students | Local | News | The London Free Press

Overcoming Spectrum Scarcity - IEEE - The Institute

The Cheapest Generation - Derek Thompson and Jordan Weissmann - The Atlantic

Don’t Tell Anyone, but the Stimulus Worked - NYTimes.com

This is the Sexiest and Best TV Ad for Public Transportation Ever Made : TreeHugger

Dinosaur-Inspired Designs Make Wind Turbines More Aerodynamic : TreeHugger

Hyundai gaat super-3D | Flabber

The Beards - Got Me a Beard | Flabber

Russia reveals shiny state secret: It's awash in diamonds - CSMonitor.com

Audi Backs a Biofuels Startup - Technology Review

New Demotic Dictionary Translates Lives of Ancient Egyptians - NYTimes.com

Hot Wheels corkscrew jump with real car - Boing Boing

Fermentation Guru Seeks Out New (and Old) Flavors - NYTimes.com

Arctic expert predicts final collapse of sea ice within four years | Environment | guardian.co.uk

Restoring the Walls, and History, at a Hitler Command Post - NYTimes.com

Why Mac-n-Cheese Is A Tastier Investment Than Facebook | Wired Business | Wired.com

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Automated system to identify and repair potential weak-spots in 3D models before they're printed - Boing Boing

This Robot Could Transform Manufacturing - Technology Review

The Co-Worker of the Future - Video - The New York Times

Variable frequency laser using shaken ball bearings - Hack a Day

Shaking metallic grains turns them into tunable laser - physics-math - 29 June 2012 - New Scientist

17-stage Great Ball Contraption must use all the LEGO pieces - Hack a Day

Indoor Navigation Takes Signals And Sensors - IEEE Spectrum

“Knuckleheads” in IT Responsible for Errant Trading, Knight Capital CEO Claims - IEEE Spectrum

Euro or No, Economics of Everyday Greek Life Is Eroding - NYTimes.com

This Week In Cybercrime: Some New Computers Have Malware Already Installed - IEEE Spectrum

How to clean up oil spills - MIT Media Relations

Intel's Tiny Wi-Fi Chip Could Have a Big Impact - Technology Review

Tatzu Nishi’s ‘Discovering Columbus’ Installation - NYTimes.com

Communicating with a beam of light - Hack a Day

Pulse jet tea kettle - Hack a Day

Outcry over jailed Russian chemist : Nature News & Comment

One Google query = one Apollo program's worth of computing - Boing Boing

Small fish makes undersea "crop circles" - Boing Boing

Molotov cocktail in the shape of a heart - Boing Boing

Incredible lava lake video - Boing Boing

Slime Molds Take Over the Globe | Wired Science | Wired.com

Life Expectancy for Less Educated Whites in U.S. Is Shrinking - NYTimes.com

Innovation in Manufacturing Takes a Village - Technology Review

Greenland’s Unfrozen Future - Video - The New York Times

Arctic Resources, Exposed by Warming, Set Off Competition - NYTimes.com

Open source brick machine: the evolution - Boing Boing

Mitt Romney's Disastrous Energy Plan | Politics News | Rolling Stone

Waste Heat to Electricity Breakthrough - IEEE Spectrum

Spectrometer | publiclaboratory.org

Speech recognition on an Arduino - Hack a Day

The Drug That Never Lets Go

Nuclear Fuel From the Sea - IEEE Spectrum

BBC News - Chinese families' worldly goods in Huang Qingjun's pictures

BBC Nature - Earthworm invasion: Aliens causing more harm than good?

Ensuring Nothing's Left Behind in a Patient - NYTimes.com

Bumblebee Flight Paths Could Inspire Faster Computers : TreeHugger

Coureursvrouw rijdt met man mee | Flabber

An actively cooled cloud chamber - Hack a Day

Retired Generals Fear That Kids Are Too Fat for War | Danger Room | Wired.com

Save Your Bacon: Shortage on the Way | Wired Business | Wired.com

Meet the Man Who Built a 30-Story Building in 15 Days | Wired Design | Wired.com

Behind a Stove Emergency, a Troubleshooter - NYTimes.com

Another great backyard observatory build - Hack a Day

Save the Canadian National Archives - Boing Boing

Raspberry Pi's Secret: 'Sell Out a Little to Sell a Lot' | Wired Opinion | Wired.com

The Farm Life Draws Some Students for Post-Graduate Work - NYTimes.com

Could Supercomputing Turn to Signal Processors (Again)? - IEEE Spectrum

Looking for an edge: cooling your palms works ‘better than steroids’ - Health - Macleans.ca

Into the Cloud - Video Feature - NYTimes.com

Raising Frogs for Freedom, Prison Project Opens Doors - NYTimes.com

Russians Eagerly Participating in Medical Experiments, Despite Risks - NYTimes.com

Die van de Noren is langer | Flabber

Hybrid rocket engine uses acrylic as fuel - Hack a Day

GE's New Natural-Gas Turbines Could Help Renewables - Technology Review

New Method of Turning Sewage Sludge into Biodiesel is Low-Cost, High-Yield : TreeHugger

The Story of Keep Calm and Carry On - YouTube

Quant: leaving finance made me happy, you should try it - Boing Boing

Bayer Cuts Price of Contraception Implants for Poor - NYTimes.com

In Business, Nondrinking Can Be a Costly Expense - NYTimes.com

BBC News - Seven of the week's best reads

BBC News - Black mamba venom is 'better painkiller' than morphine

BBC News - Priority queues: Paying to get to the front of the line

Rooftop Mats Could Let Buildings Sweat to Cool Off : TreeHugger

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Motion Sensor Accurate to the Diameter of a Single Nucleus - IEEE Spectrum

How Collecting Opium Antiques Turned Me Into an Opium Addict | Collectors Weekly

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Study reveals ancient greenhouse gas emissions - latimes.com

Why Your Car Isn’t Electric - NYTimes.com

Machine Vision Sees Into Chickens’ Futures - IEEE Spectrum

Odds-Heterosexual Man - YouTube

How Rethink Robotics Built Its New Baxter Robot Worker - IEEE Spectrum

Google Puts Its Virtual Brain Technology to Work - Technology Review

‘Duck Dynasty’ Lures a Growing Audience on A&E - NYTimes.com

Nancy's Almanac, Oct. 5, 2012: Drought worsens — again - Omaha.com

Canada Highlights War of 1812, Casting U.S. as Aggressor - NYTimes.com

Deep in the Woods, This Reclusive Toymaker Builds His Robot Army | Underwire | Wired.com

Worries About Lead for New York’s Garden-Fresh Eggs - NYTimes.com

Bending Wires Is the Next Big Thing in Desktop Fabrication | Wired Design | Wired.com

How to Get Away with Stealing - YouTube

Beautiful, "lethal" freeformed Nixie tube clock - Boing Boing

Prank signs for the London Underground - Boing Boing

Magnetic Microbots to Fight Cancer - IEEE Spectrum

America’s Slippery Slope Into Britishisms - NYTimes.com

For Some Drivers, Electric Motorcycle Could Be the Best of Both Worlds - NYTimes.com

Tassafaronga Village and Richardson Apartments in Bay Area - NYTimes.com

An honest boss. [fb] - Imgur

Two CIA Prisoners in China, 1952–73 — Central Intelligence Agency

Climate Change - YouTube

Grim global warming outlook for India post 2030: IISc's research - Economic Times

Attention Disorder or Not, Children Prescribed Pills to Help in School - NYTimes.com

Prefab Greenhouse + Ardunio Controls = Automated Agriculture (Video) - Slashdot

In California, a Grand Experiment to Rein in Climate Change - NYTimes.com