Archive for 2010

PepsiCo puts an end to chewing by ‘drinkifying’ food

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Feel like chewing your food is just too much work? PepsiCo knows exactly what you’re going through, so they’re taking all those annoying fruits that you’d otherwise have to bite into and ‘drinkifying’ them into semi-liquid goop. And it gets worse.

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Living Earth Simulator will predict the future of everything

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A bunch of researchers in Europe, none of whom seem to be named named Hari Seldon, are working on a computer program that will use every bit of data produced by everything in the world to create a simulation that can see the future of our entire planet.

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Epic snow fort built to look like a fallen AT-AT

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There are snow forts, and then there are snow forts. This fallen AT-AT fort falls distinctly in the latter category.

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HTC’s Thunderbolt looks to be one monster powerhouse of a phone

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Smartphones are quickly becoming much more powerful than the computer I used just a few years ago. I mean, the HTC Thunderbolt is rumored to have a dual-core 1.2GHz MSM8960 processor! I used to rock a desktop PC with a single-core 1GHz processor!

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Squirt (Manchester Dogs’ Home)

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Friendly, outgoing and fun are the words to best describe this little chap. He’s a small, seven year old Crossbreed who gets on well with other dogs and he’s going to make a great companion for some lucky person.

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Bobby (Manchester Dogs’ Home)

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Bobby is a well mannered old Staffie boy who enjoys the finer things in life. After being picked up as a stray he’s looking forward to enjoying a comfortable retirement, so would like a warm cosy bed and someone special to shower him with love and atte…

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Gambit (Cheshire Dogs’ Home)

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Gambit is in rescue through no fault of his own – he was picked up as a stray and never claimed. He’s a young oldie at seven years of age and is outgoing, full of fun and looking for an active home where he’ll enjoy some nice walks. Gambit is available…

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Image of the Day: sun, with a purplish hue

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This ultraviolet image of the sun, courtesy of the NASA Solar Dynamics Observatory (SDO), is helping scientists better understand violent solar outbursts. These eruptions are sometimes so powerful they disrupt Earth’s global positioning systems and ele…

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Readers Respond to "The End" and Other Articles

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End of Life I agree with Robert D. Truog–quoted in Robin Marantz Henig’s “ When Does Life Belong to the Living? ”–that the dead-donor rule, which says that organs can be taken only from donors who have already been declared dead, …

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Lovely Lennie (Oldies Club Sponsor Dog)

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Lovely Lennie is a gorgeous Collie cross, who is thought to be around 9-10 years old and who arrived in Oldies Club care in October 2010.

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Helper robot offers massages, beer service and New Years cheer

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During last week’s ROBO-ONE Humanoid Helper Robot Project in Yokohama, Japan one robot and its master celebrated the holidays by showing us that automated massages and beer service are closer than we think.

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Kansas shop develops the last roll of Kodachrome, ever

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Paul Simon may have begged Mama don’t take my Kodachrome away in his 1973 ode to the legendary color slide film, but now the unthinkable has happened, and never again will you be able to get your Kodachrome film developed.

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Metronome Technologie’s Kalista Ultimate SE CD Transport

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Metronome Technologie, the French company founded in 1987, has earlier impressed the audiophiles with their Kalista CD Transport and now, the high-end audio firm has unveiled the new Kalista Ultimate SE CD Transport. The top-loaded CD Transport has…

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Konstantin Beta ride-on toy by Nika Zupanc for 20LTD

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The Konstantin Beta ride-on toy designed by Nika Zupanc exclusively for 20LTD fits perfectly on our list of toy cars rich little kids would love to drive. Nika Zupanc says that the creation of this sit-on child’s toy is an epitomizing tour de force.

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Luxury Getaways: Four Seasons Hotel Seattle

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The Destination: Located in the city of Seattle, the Four Seasons Hotel is housed in the first 10 floors of a 21-story hotel and residential tower in a fine location that’s minutes away from the Seattle Art Museum, Benaroya Hall and the Pike Place..

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V8 engine-like Bullerjan furnace, courtesy Canadian lumberjacks

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Developed by Canadian lumberjacks, the Bullerjan (aka Free Flow) hot air furnace promises high heating capacity with a good heat circulation, fast heat distribution, an even burn-up, long glow retention and a low level of ash accumulation. The stove..

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Bill Murray goes on an anti-tech rant…in 1982

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Who knew that Bill Murray was such a technophobe? In this raw footage from a never aired TV show called Wired In, the comedian rants about everything from digital watches to robots.

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In defense of doom and gloom in an oil-price bet

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Unless the price of oil magically surges to $52,831 per barrel on December 31, New York Times columnist John Tierney and Rita Simon, the widow of the economist Julian L. Simon , will collect on a $5,000 bet placed in 2005. As Tierney describes in…

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Tron cat suit lives up to its name

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So Tron Legacy was a little underwhelming. That’s what happens when a movie is so overhyped! It just can’t live up to those heightened expectations. But you know what would have taken the movie to the next level? A Tron Cat.

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Sony Playstation 3 hacked to play pirated and homebrew games

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Bad news for Sony: the Playstation 3 has been hacked, and hacked to the core. A small group of german hackers named fail0verflow have figured out how to open up the console to play pretty much anything, including copied games.

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How smartphones could lead the digital healthcare revolution

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You’re fat. Well, not fat. Let’s say overweight. And you’re on a strict diet under a doctor’s supervision.

Or, you have allergies, and you have to be careful about your environment and what you eat.

Or, you have diabetes, and you have to be careful …

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