$100 3D webcam
July 3rd, 2009
Brilliant but simple. Two webcams for two slightly different images like our eyes. Usual 3D specs to filter which image goes into which eye.
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Singer Michael Jackson dies at 50
June 26th, 2009
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From bbc.co.uk…
Pop star Michael Jackson dies in Los Angeles at the age of 50, after suffering a suspected cardiac arrest.
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Farrah Fawcett dies at 62
June 26th, 2009
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From nytimes.com…
Farrah Fawcett, an actress and television star whose good looks and signature flowing hairstyle influenced a generation of women and bewitched a generation of men, beginning with a celebrated pinup poster, died Thursday morning in Santa Monica, Calif.
She was 62 and lived in West Los Angeles.
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pburgess says: This takes me back a bit. The 70s. The original Charlie’s Angels. That hair style. Big teeth. That poster. This was all pre-punk and the much more edgy Debbie Harry.
New Washing Machine Uses Plastic Instead of Water
June 25th, 2009
From livescience.com…
Xeros is working on a new breed of washing machines that will use only a cup of water per load, relying on reusable nylon beads to trap dirt and stains for hundreds of washes.
The U.K.-based Xeros has been testing the machine for three years. Through a partnership with GreenEarth Cleaning, the machines will soon be sold in North America. The initial target will be commercial dry cleaners and laundromats.
The Xeros machine uses 90 percent less water than a conventional washing machine, and it also use less detergent and energy for a load of laundry. Due to less water being used, there’s also less of a need for putting clothes in a dryer, which also saves energy.
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€1 million funding for bicommunal business ventures
June 24th, 2009
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Haji-Ioannou – who prefers to be known as Stelios, – has created the Stelios Award for Business Cooperation in Cyprus, and has pledged to give away up to €1 million over the next 4 years to businessmen from the north and south of the island who co-operate on new ventures.
Haji-Ioannou, whose parents were born in Cyprus, told the British press that he wants to “break down the barriers” between the country’s north and south, saying: “When money talks, people set aside their differences.”
Applications are being invited from “young, dynamic businesses in need of growth funding” which will have “demonstrated entrepreneurial activity island-wide by the end of Summer 2009”. An important criterion is that applicants should have formed or are willing to form “an entrepreneurial business team that includes at least one Greek-Cypriot and one Turkish-Cypriot, each born on the island of Cyprus”. According to easyGroup, “Stelios will review applications personally and select the winning teams best able to demonstrate effective teamwork, mutual trust and the best prospects for business viability in the future.” Up to four winning teams per year will each be presented a personal cheque for €50,000 per team by Haji-Ioannou himself in a ceremony in Nicosia at the end of 2009, and each year thereafter for up to four years, depending on the calibre of applicants.
Index Cyprus - Funding for Bicommunal Business Ventures Announced.
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State Department comments on ‘talks’ with Twitter
June 24th, 2009
From cnet.com…
A State Department press briefing gives some insight into why the U.S. government requested that Twitter postpone a scheduled downtime during a crucial period in the post-election upheaval in Iran.
“I think, as I was following this, these developments over the weekend…I began to recognize the importance of new social media as a vital tool for citizens’ empowerment and as a way for people to get their messages out,” State Department spokesman Ian Kelly said Tuesday, according to a transcript of the department’s daily press briefing (which was not held specifically to address the Twitter question). “And it was very clear to me that these kinds of social media played a very important role in democracy, spreading the word about what was going on.”
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Twitter’s youth is over with Iran crisis
June 24th, 2009
“They have a responsibility that goes way beyond what they originally imagined,” said Patrick Meier, director of research at DigiActive, an organization dedicated to helping activists better utilize new-media communication and networking tools. “This is a tool that can help communication in politically volatile situations.”
Up to this point, much of the hype about Twitter’s use in crises and disasters (as well as political events like elections) has been how quickly it can spread raw eyewitness reports, sort of the ultimate center for participatory “citizen journalism.” There was the U.S. Airways incident in January, in which a photograph posted with Twitter app TwitPic was one of the first close-up looks at the emergency landing of a passenger jet in the Hudson River. When a wave of terror attacks sent the Indian city of Mumbai into chaos, many turned to Twitter for the most immediate information available.
In the aftermath of the contested Iranian elections, however, it’s been Twitter’s potential as a communications medium, rather than simply a source of up-to-the-minute news, that has been front and center. It’s usurped Facebook as the social-media tool in the spotlight. The U.S. Department of State even requested that the company reschedule a planned outage so that it would be less likely to disrupt the flow of information coming from Iran.
“It’s humbling to think that our 2-year old company could be playing such a globally meaningful role that state officials find their way toward highlighting our significance,” a post on the Twitter blog by co-founder Biz Stone read.
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Fusion falters under soaring costs
June 18th, 2009
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An international plan to build a nuclear fusion reactor is being threatened by rising costs, delays and technical challenges.
Emails leaked to the BBC indicate that construction costs for the experimental fusion project called Iter have more than doubled.
Some scientists also believe that the technical hurdles to fusion have become more difficult to overcome and that the development of fusion as a commercial power source is still at least 100 years away.
At a meeting in Japan on Wednesday, members of the governing Iter council reviewed the plans and may agree to scale back the project.
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Moore’s Law limit hit by 2014?
June 17th, 2009
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From cnet.com…
Moore’s Law, named after Intel co-founder Gordon Moore, states that the number of transistors that can be placed on an integrated circuit doubles roughly every two years. For more than four decades, chip geometries have gotten smaller and smaller, allowing Moore’s Law to remain on track.
By 2014, however, the high cost of semiconductor manufacturing equipment will threaten Moore’s Law, “altering the fundamental economics of the industry,” according to a report released on Tuesday by iSuppli.
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