Tuesday, January 1, 2013

Fake eagle video, real Obama photo go viral - CNN.com

Fake eagle video, real Obama photo go viral - CNN.com:

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Danger meets discovery: Top 10 science stories of 2012 - CNN.com

Danger meets discovery: Top 10 science stories of 2012 - CNN.com: " From faraway planets to the deepest depths of the ocean, 2012 has been an exciting year for scientific achievements and milestones."

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Apparently This Matters: Meggings - CNN.com

Apparently This Matters: Meggings - CNN.com: "Each week in "Apparently This Matters," CNN's Jarrett Bellini applies his warped sensibilities to trending topics in social media and random items of interest on the interwebs."

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NUGENT: Open letter to Joe Biden on guns - Washington Times

NUGENT: Open letter to Joe Biden on guns - Washington Times: "Congratulations on your appointment to lead a presidential commission to end gun-related violence.

As a National Rifle Association board member, husband, father, grandfather, law enforcement officer and genuinely concerned American, I too want nothing more than to see evil, senseless massacres stopped. I concur with the president and caring people everywhere: It’s time to end these slaughters."

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Monday, December 31, 2012

Cool Websites and Tools [December 30th 2012]

Cool Websites and Tools [December 30th 2012]: "Check out some of the latest MakeUseOf discoveries. Most of the listed websites are FREE or come with a decent free account option. If you want to have similar cool website round-ups delivered to your daily email, subscribe here."

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TaskOne turns the iPhone into a legitimate pocket knife

TaskOne turns the iPhone into a legitimate pocket knife: "The smartphone is already a modern-day multi-tool, combining communications, entertainment, information access and all kinds of personalized content. But while the smartphone can multitask in the virtual world, it can't do quite as much back in the physical world. The TaskOne iPhone case changes that, giving Apple's smartphone the functionality of an old-school Swiss Army pocket knife. Like the Morgan E Pulse, it seamlessly blends cutting edge technology with retro-inspired design."

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64,000 mph asteroid was fastest on record

64,000 mph asteroid was fastest on record: "At about 14:51 GMT on April 22, 2012, a fireball was seen throughout the western United States, accompanied by a loud booming sound heard over much of California's Sierra Nevada mountains around Lake Tahoe. Scientists have now carried out a thorough analysis of the meteorite and found that it was the fastest meteor ever recorded at 28.6 km/s (64000 mph)."

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Hyundai Connectivity Concept turns your car into a rolling smartphone

Hyundai Connectivity Concept turns your car into a rolling smartphone: "Car makers have been slowly but surely sucking content off your phone and into your vehicle. With the help of a smartphone, you can now access navigation, music, text messaging and other phone functions from the driver and/or passenger seat. The Hyundai Connectivity Concept takes things a step farther, wirelessly transferring all of the phone's content to the car's touchscreen display and adding other wireless functions."

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Saturday, December 29, 2012

10 Great Pilots | History of Flight | Air & Space Magazine

10 Great Pilots | History of Flight | Air & Space Magazine: "WHEN WE ASSEMBLED THE FOLLOWING LISTS OF GREAT PILOTS (and the list of milestone flights that follows), we faced the same dilemma that Von Hardesty, a National Air and Space Museum aeronautics curator, faced as author of Great Aviators and Epic Flights (Hugh Lauter Levin Associates, Inc., 2003)."

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Evacuating the Injured | Military Aviation | Air & Space Magazine

Evacuating the Injured | Military Aviation | Air & Space Magazine: "After graduation from the Naval Academy and commissioning as a Marine Corps pilot, I went to flight school and selected the CH-46E Sea Knight out of Marine Corps Base Camp Pendleton, California. The CH-46 is the Marine Corps’ medium-lift assault support platform."

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The X-47 Ships Out | Military Aviation | Air & Space Magazine

The X-47 Ships Out | Military Aviation | Air & Space Magazine: "The U.S. Navy’s dream of a pilotless combat jet that can fly off an aircraft carrier, refuel in the air, complete its mission and then land safely back on the flat top has taken a couple of steps closer to reality."

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