Archive for October 8th, 2011

Where is the Yukon XL Scandal? (or: Liberal Media Bias is Bulls***!)

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Over on Gas 2′s sister site, Cleantechnica, Zachary Shahan has put together some hard-hitting comparative reporting that utterly busts the myth of a liberal media bias. In his report, Shahan shows nearly 200 major media outlet mentions of the Solyndra solar-energy “scandal”, and a whopping 0 (zero, “goose-egg”, nada, etc.) about the Canadian tar sand/Yukon… Read More…

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New York City scratch-n-sniff book smells like inspiration

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Anyone who’s ever visited or lived in New York is bound to ask — why would anyone want to make a book capturing its smells? Call her a dreamer or call her a realist but first time author Amber Jones believes the world’s children deserve to take t…

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Functional art: carpets made from Google Maps

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Viewing one of David Hanaeur’s carpets you might get a feeling of déjà vu. If the designs seem eerily familiar, it’s because they are a connection of bird’s eye views from Google Maps. The collection is appropriately dubbed “Worldwide Carpets.”

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Buben and Zorweg Titan watch safe is indeed a docking station with a difference

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Wrik Sen: When you buy luxury timepieces or jewelry, you got to keep them at a secure place. For most high-end spenders, safes are the most feasible option, and with a high demand for them, new technology and design have indeed crept in. Remember the XXL time mover

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World’s most expensive chocolates

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Megha Chaturvedi: Chocolates came into existence since the ancient Maya and
Aztec cultures started mixing ground cacao seeds with various seasonings to
make a spicy drink. Chocolates are one of the most liked treats that almost
everyone can enjoy. People buy tons of chocol

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Armand de Brignac: Most expensive champagne brand of the rich and famous

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Nandini Maheshwari: When the billionaires go out to party, champagne and wines is what they spend most of their money on, besides the generous tipping, which at times is not just restricted to a few hundreds but thousands of dollars to waiters and waitresses. We have earlier

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Göbel unveils the Epoque Reference loudspeakers

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Wrik Sen: Carbon fiber isn’t limited to limited edition and high-end vehicles alone. They have extended to items of everyday use, and other electronic products such as speakers. We saw some examples in the Prerennaissance speaker set and also the Carboton Maitres

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Most expensive diamonds sold at auction

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Megha Chaturvedi: Diamonds are for everyone. Besides making for beautiful jewellry, diamond sales are rising with investors buying them as collectibles. Diamonds of assorted traits with their exclusive beauty are admired by many and they also reflect a person’s wealth an

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Sensors and the City: IBM Exhibit Visualizes Today’s Urban Problems–and Potential Solutions [Slide Show]

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At first glance the mammoth screen running down a former parking ramp at Lincoln Center looks like something on loan from Times Square, about a dozen blocks to the south. But this 37.5- by 4.3-meter digital data-visualization wall, parked in the heart …

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Horizon Yachts commissions superyacht Lady Gaga for Chinese owner

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Wrik Sen: It is now apparent that the Chinese are one of the main players in the luxury market around the world, especially when it comes to being consumers. After custom made yachts like the Adastra Tiraman, a Chinese buyer has now purchased a Horizon Yacht RP110,

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Poppy & Scooby (The Ark Animal Rescue, Lincolnshire)

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Meet Poppy and Scooby – a mother and son couple who share a lovely mix of German Shepherd, Whippet and Daschund! They enjoy each others company very much so need to find a home with room for two. Both dogs are well behaved, friendly and used to being …

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Rare Elvis Presley memorabilia to go on sale at Michaan’s auctions

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Wrik Sen: One doesn’t need to be made aware of the magnum opus status of the King of Rock ‘n’ Roll, Elvis Presley. The very mention brings an ocean of praise for his style and abilities as a performer, and more so his cult status as an icon. It is then wort

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Great American Woody is a custom trailer cum mobile bar for retro caravan lovers

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Wrik Sen: Enjoying your spirits with your buddies is one thing, but carrying a full-fledged bar along with you is something of another idea altogether. Taking a step ahead of examples like the BaR2-D2 mobile bar, Kefren mobile bar, and the UV reactive bar, The Grea

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Limited Edition Forza Motorsport 4 gaming seat for racers

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Wrik Sen: Gaming isn’t child’s play anymore. With young and adults getting into it big time, there has been a strong pull on the demand for super technology and ultra-realistic gaming experience. So much has been the case that there are World Championship event

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#SciAmBlogs – Ada Lovelace day, radical scholarship, doomsday and more…

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Today was the Ada Lovelace day – see what some of our bloggers wrote about it: – Janet D. Stemwedel – Ada Lovelace and the Luddites. [More]

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Here’s a 56-pound Lego model of a Battlestar Galactica ship

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This is impressive: it’s a gigantic model of an obscure ship seen only briefly in the first episode of Battlestar Galactica with a frame made entirely of Lego bricks.

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HP wants to phase out flash memory and SSDs by 2013

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Before you go out and buy a fancy and expensive new computer with an SSD and a bunch of DRAM inside it, take a minute and listen to HP explain how they’re going to have a new technology competing against flash memory in a year and a half, and they’re p…

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World’s cryptozoologists converge in Russia to hunt for Bigfoot

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Okay, so in Russia he’s called the Siberian Snowman. He’s also known as Yeti, Sasquatch or the Abominable Snowman. It’s a creature of legend — allegedly spotted countless times — but never actually confirmed as real for hundreds of years. W…

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