This Bird Is About to Steal a Camera, Fly Off & Capture Amazing Footage of a Penguin Colony | Video | TheBlaze.com: "The footage, likely taken as part of the “Spy in the Huddle” series, was posted to Downer’s YouTube page Friday.
“A striated caracara, intrigued by our spy egg-cam, decides to fly off with our camera but in the process captures the first ever aerial footage of a rockhopper penguin colony shot by a flying bird,” the YouTube description said."
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Sunday, January 19, 2014
How Isaac Asimov got 2014 both so right and so wrong | Crave - CNET
How Isaac Asimov got 2014 both so right and so wrong | Crave - CNET: "In 1964, legendary writer of science fiction and science fact Isaac Asimov visited the World's Fair, where a General Electric pavilion chronicling advances in electric appliances inspired him to imagine how that progress might continue into the future. So Asimov sat down and penned his vision of life in the year 2014, 50 years in the future at that point."
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Saturday, January 18, 2014
Google announces glucose-monitoring contact lens prototype
Google announces glucose-monitoring contact lens prototype: "While we have seen the technology behind glucose-monitoring contact lenses develop over the least few years, getting them out of the lab and onto the eyes of diabetes sufferers has been a different story. With Google announcing its testing of a smart contact lens designed to measure glucose levels in tears, the search giant is looking to provide more effective management of the disease."
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Carbon nanotubes used to create a flame-retardant coating for furniture
Carbon nanotubes used to create a flame-retardant coating for furniture: "Your furniture could kill you. According to the US National Fire Protection Association, nearly 20 percent of home fire deaths between 2006 and 2010 occurred in fires where upholstered furniture was the first item to ignite. It's actually not so much the exterior fabric that burns, as it is the foam beneath it. With that in mind, scientists at the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) have used carbon nanotubes to create a coating for that foam, that reduces its flammability by 35 percent."
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Friday, January 17, 2014
Don’t Lose Your Toes – What You Should Know about Frostbite and Immersion Foot
Don’t Lose Your Toes – What You Should Know about Frostbite and Immersion Foot: "Exposure to cold may lead to injuries such as Frostbite and Immersion (Trench) Foot. The focus of survival medical training should be general, but also take into account the type of environment that you expect to live in if a disaster occurs. If you live in Miami, it’s unlikely you’ll be treating a lot of people with hypothermia. If you live in Siberia, it’s unlikely you’ll be treating a lot of people with heat stroke. Learn how to treat the likely medical issues for the area and situation that you expect to find yourself in."
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Thursday, January 16, 2014
Coolest aircraft ever built
Coolest aircraft ever built: "There are many things in our world that advance to new levels continuously because of advances in technology. One of the reasons that technology keeps advancing so quickly such as with tv, computers, phones, etc, is because of the technology research that goes into developing advancements in military weapons, and aircraft. This is the coolest military aircraft built to date."
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Graphene-based solar cell hits record 15.6 percent efficiency
Graphene-based solar cell hits record 15.6 percent efficiency: "In 2012, researchers from the University of Florida reported a record efficiency of 8.6 percent for a prototype solar cell consisting of a wafer of silicon coated with a layer of graphene doped with trifluoromethanesulfonyl-amide (TFSA). Now another team is claiming a new record efficiency of 15.6 percent for a graphene-based solar cell by ditching the silicon all together."
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Kia shows a sportier look with GT4 Stinger concept
Kia shows a sportier look with GT4 Stinger concept: "To be honest, when somebody says “sports car,” the word “Kia” doesn’t leap to mind. However, the South Korean car maker wants to rectify that and after dropping a trail of hints, Kia’s GT4 Stinger concept got its world première on Monday at the 2014 North American International Auto Show (NAIAS). Kia sees this stripped down track car as “hearkening back to the glory days of pure-bred, affordable sports cars.”"
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How To Make A Magical VineUsing Stop Motion | Photojojo
How To Make A Magical VineUsing Stop Motion | Photojojo: "When we first saw Matt Willis of yelldesign’s flawless stop motion Vine videos, we thought, “How in the world does he even…?”
So we asked him … AND HE TOLD US!
It turns out he doesn’t use any fancy apps or software or even voodoo. He just uses Vine, his phone and know-how.
He was kind enough to share his know-how with us and you too!
Matt gave us step by step instructions on how to make an apple disappear into a tabletop (and how to pull it back out again). No magic required."
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So we asked him … AND HE TOLD US!
It turns out he doesn’t use any fancy apps or software or even voodoo. He just uses Vine, his phone and know-how.
He was kind enough to share his know-how with us and you too!
Matt gave us step by step instructions on how to make an apple disappear into a tabletop (and how to pull it back out again). No magic required."
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