This Segway-style transportation device uses famed kinetic artist Theo Jansen’ s style of bug-like locomtion. I think the rider appears to surf on another creature, perhaps a crayfish? Cajun Crawler [via @EMSL ] More: Theo Jansen papercraft walker Theo Jansen-inspired Arduino walker Interview with Theo Jansen…
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Some very interesting news from AudioCodes with the launch of AudioCodes’ SIP Phone Support (SPS) for Microsoft Microsoft Office Communications Server (OCS). AudioCodes is well known for their VoIP gateway products – well think of SPS as a gateway between SIP IP phones and Microsoft OCS
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AudioCodes SPS Brings Microsoft OCS Features to Legacy SIP Phones
Starting today, get ready to hear a lot (more) about access to high-speed broadband, whom should control the broadcast airwaves, and the role of the federal government in regulating both. The Federal Communications Commission is scheduled to send its long-awaited National Broadband Plan to Congress, a move that will further propel issues mostly discussed among the telecom industry, advocates, and regulators into the political arena. [ Update: Watch live streaming of the FCC's presentation of the National Broadband Plan to Congress through 12:30 pm EST.
We hit independent Oregonian jewelers Nicholas and Felice’s Pi Pendant and Pi Earrings for Pi Day this last Sunday, but, as you can see from these pics, they’ve got cool handmade jewelry for geeks of all flavors. If you’re a chemist, for instance, you might appreciate their Atomic Symbol for Silver Necklace , shown above, either as jewelry or as a gorgeous (and attractively labeled) silver specimen for your elements collection. And a little something for the ladies (who also happen to be bad-ass electrical engineers): Diode Symbol Sterling Silver Earrings And, finally, for just about anyone who’s geeky enough to be operating the computer required to read this blog in the first place (and who, you know, has pierced ears), these awesome HTML “head” tag earrings , to remind you and others where you keep your meta-data
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Featured Maker: Nicholas and Felice
A study by Noah Fierer and co-workers at the University of Colorado at Boulder suggests that the mix of bacterial flora each of us leaves behind on, say, our computer keyboard or mouse, may be sufficiently unique to identify us: “Each one of us leaves a unique trail of bugs behind as we travel through our daily lives,” said Fierer, an assistant professor in CU-Boulder’s ecology and evolutionary biology department. “While this project is still in it’s preliminary stages, we think the technique could eventually become a valuable new item in the toolbox of forensic scientists.” The study was published March 15 in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences.
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You can be identified by the germs you leave behind
A slideshow on PC World shares ideas on how you can make practical use of outdated electronic gadgets gathering dust in your bottom drawer or in the closet under the stairs, courtesy of a book entitled “62 Projects to Make With a Dead Computer (and Other Discarded Electronics)” by Randy Sarafan . With Earth Day a little over a month away, it is a good time as any to talk about ideas that will keep e-waste from populating landfills.
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Reuse and Recycle: Resurrecting Old Gadgets
This week’s Top 10 book titles at Barnes & Noble. Check Dealhack each Tuesday to find the new Best Sellers. The Big Short: Inside the Doomsday Machine – Michael Lewis (US Politics and Government) The 5000 Year Leap: A Miracle that Changed the World – Cleon Skousen (Political Theory) Chelsea Chelsea Bang Bang – Chelsea Handler (Humor) Courage and Consequence – Carl Rove (Political Biography) Change Your Brain, Change Your Body – Daniel G.
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Top 10 Book Titles for March 16 at Barnes & Noble
The Vancouver Winter Olympics has ended, but it is an interesting piece of trivia to know that when the world-class athletes bagged the Gold (or Silver, or Bronze), they proudly wore more than just a symbol for victory: it was also a win for Mother Earth. According to an article on Audubon magazine, some of the gold, silver and bronze that made it to the medals were salvaged by a Canadian mining company – Teck Resources – from old computer circuit boards.
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Olympic Gold: A Win for Earth!
This one will make you think next time you contemplate upgrade your entire computer just to accommodate the demands of one particular software application or a new operating system. An essay/study has been released by the Nottingham University Business School in the United Kingdom that suggests “software bloat” is a big culprit for the escalating problem
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New U.K. study suggests software innovation to blame for escalating e-waste problem
A post on the Twitter blog reads: “Imagine being able to follow a New York Times journalist directly from her byline, tweet about a video without leaving YouTube, and discover new Twitter accounts while visiting the Yahoo! home page — and that’s just the beginning.” All this, Twitter CEO Evan Williams shares, will be possible through a feature called “@anywhere,” which he announced at the festival where Twitter also first came to light in 2007 – the South by Southwest Interactive festival (SXSW) – on Monday. The post came out on the same day as well.
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Twitter CEO Introduces @anywhere
Chances are, you’re more likely to think about your energy use when you’re staying in dismay at your electricity bill. That’s probably one of the motivators for the deal that energy management software and demand response company EnerNOC has just signed with California’s Pacific Gas and Electric (PG&E).
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EnerNOC inks deal with California utility
National Public Radio is creating a new version of its website to accompany the launch of Apple ‘s iPad early next month, according to Poynter . In addition to the iPad-friendly website, similar to those digital editions designed solely for smartphone access, NPR is preparing an app for the Apple’s tablet too. Media Memo ‘s Peter Kafka reports that when the iPad launches on April 3rd, users who want to access NPR’s content through their brand new iPads will be able to either download a version of the broadcaster’s iPhone app, optimized for the iPad, or to visit NPR.org, which will detect the user is accessing from an iPad and will show a tailored site with “no traces of Adobe’s Flash ,” software that the device does not support.
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NPR creating new iPad-friendly website
By Martha Reed I belong to the Pittsburgh chapter of Sisters in Crime and I’m starting to think we have some funky mojo going when it comes to scheduling our events and running into freakish weather. Last January, during our Hallie Ephron Workshop, a surprise blizzard blew into Pittsburgh exactly one hour before the event was scheduled to begin. An ice storm blasted Western Pennsylvania the day of our Holiday Luncheon this year and just last weekend – after months and months of planning – our Writers Retreat featuring special guest teacher and moderator Ramona Long was situated in Confluence, PA, which if you’ve been watching the news was Ground Zero for the snowmelt flooding on the Yachagheny river on Saturday.
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I Survived the Confluence Writers Retreat!
There are so many different employ opportunities for women today, both in tralatitious types of professed areas as substantially as in non traditional jobs and careers A good warning of this is women in the military or in the police force, as substantially as someone pilots, truckers and engineers. Finding charms to fete these types of non-traditional professions isn’t arduous anymore, especially if class primeval for the prizewinning activity of charms.
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Great Gift Idea For the Female
Hackers step up attempts to protect malware Hackers have protected the newest version of Zeus, a do-it-yourself crimeware kit responsible for stealing millions of pounds from consumers and businesses, with anti-piracy provisions similar to those used by Microsoft’s Windows.
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Zeus crimeware kit includes anti-piracy technology
“ How do you emboss a 6″ x 6″ card front ?” This is a question I have been asked, time and time again. Today I am going to show you one of the easiest ways to do just that. Most of my cards are 6″ x 6″ so I am always trying to come up with something that looks interesting and discovered this technique when I was wanting to emboss my 6″ x 6″ card. My designer paper was made by using the Abstract Embossing Technique from the April 2005 issue of the Technique Junkie Newsletter . My image is a download from Twisted Papers .
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How to Emboss Your Oversized Card
Check out this excellent instructable that shows you how to bend mains wire into a roller coaster track for a ball bearing. More: How ball bearings are made HOW TO – Make a ball bearing trampoline game Right on Track – Rolling Ball Sculpture Read more | Permalink | Comments | Read more articles in Instructables | Digg this!
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Build a ball-bearing roller coaster
Netflix App Streams Gorgeously on Windows Phone 7 [NetFlix] Here’s the first demo of Netflix running on Windows Phone 7 . Keep in mind, it’s technically a prototype, but equipped with show subscriptions and 3G streaming, Netflix is super hot on the platform. We want this.
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Netflix App Streams Gorgeously on Windows Phone 7 [NetFlix]
Lawsuit targets Epson, Hitachi, Sharp and others Dell has filed a lawsuit against Epson, Hitachi, Sharp, Toshiba and HannStar, charging them with colluding to fix prices for products. “We’re seeking to recover money collected for LCD panels that were purchased at artificially inflated prices, set through what we believe was an unlawful collaboration,” he said. Dell hasn’t specified how much money it hopes to be awarded in the case
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Dell accuses LCD makers of pricing-fixing cartel