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June 5, 2012
Science Astronomy, Bad Astronomer, Bad Astronomy, Cara Santa Maria, climate, gadgets, Phil Plait, Planets, Science, Science News, Sun, Talk Nerdy To Me, technology, Transit Of Venus, transportation, travel, vacation, Venus, Video Leave a comment
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Tomorrow is the big day. Time to dust off your eclipse glasses, binoculars and posterboard, or pinhole camera and witness the transit of Venus, a once in a lifetime event! (Actually, it’s a twice in a lifetime event, but if you missed it eight years ago, this is your last chance!)
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June 5, 2012
Finance air conditioning and gas mileage, AirConditioningAndGasMileage, cars, driving tips, DrivingTips, gas efficiency, gas mileage, getting better gas mileage, GettingBetterGasMileage, mileage, money saving car tips, MoneySavingCarTips, mpg, Savings, transportation Leave a comment
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Getting good gas mileage will save you money in the long run, but did you know that there are good and bad times to use your air conditioning when it comes to optimizing your MPG? Find out how to increase gas efficiency by knowing when to cut back on cooling.
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June 3, 2012
Crime, Technical Crime News, Digital Justice, gaming, Gunshot Detection System, libya, maing, Minneapolis Crime, Minneapolis Crime Rate, politics, Shotspotter, Shotspotter Cities, software, transportation, Video Leave a comment
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When a gunshot goes off, ShotSpotter springs into action.
The gunshot technology utilizes a collection of cameras and microphones designed to detect the sound of guns going off.
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ShotSpotter System Detects Gunshot
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June 2, 2012
Science Altitude, architecture, arts, aviation, Baumgartner, Felix Baumgartner, Freefall, huffingtonpost, MailOnline, myaol, Parachute Jump, Record, Record-Breaking Skydive, Science, Science News, Skydiver, Space, Stratosphere, technology, transportation, travel, Video Leave a comment
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— “Fearless Felix” Baumgartner has jumped 2,500 times from planes and helicopters, as well as some of the highest landmarks and skyscrapers on the planet – the Christ the Redeemer statue overlooking Rio de Janeiro, the Millau Viaduct in southern France, the 101-story Taipei 101 in Taiwan.
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Medical aviation, Brain Dead Steven Thorpe, Britain Steven Thorpe, Coventry Steven Thorpe, Good News, Health, libya, Man Miracle Recovery, Medical Mistake Steven Thorpe, mental-health, Miracle Recovery England, Miracle Recovery Steven Thorpe, Miracle Recovery UK, politics, Steven Thorpe Life Support, Surgery Steven Thorpe, transportation, Video, Warwickshire Steven Thorpe Leave a comment
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Despite being declared brain dead by four doctors, a car crash victim has made a miracle recovery after his parents begged for a second opinion before his life support was due to be switched off, BBC News reports.
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May 29, 2012
Arts, Enthralling cars, Culture News, entertainment, hollywood, Japanese, japanese dance, Japanese Tron Dance, Japanese Tron Dance Routine, mainstream attention, Team Iluminate, Team Iluminate Finals, transportation, Tron, Wrecking Crew Orchestra, Wrecking Crew Orchestra Tron Leave a comment
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A new routine from the Japanese dance team Wrecking Crew Orchestra is lighting up YouTube today as users are mesmerized by the troop’s Tron-inspired moves, which they perform in the dark wearing specially-designed glow-suits.
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The technology gained mainstream attention when Team iLuminate, a group of glow-suit dancers from Los Angeles, finished third place in the sixth season of “America’s Got Talent.”
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May 28, 2012
Technical Air Force, Augmented reality, bbc, cars, compact head, Darpa, Dual-focus contact lens, gadgets, head-up display (HUD), HUDs, Innovega, iOptik system's developer, Motion sickness, Multifocal, Ophthalmology., Pentagon, Project Glass demo, pupil's rim, retina, technology, transportation, two different filters, US Army, www bbc co uk Leave a comment
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The Pentagon has put in an order for prototype contact lenses that give users a much wider field of vision.
The lenses are designed to be paired with compact head-up display (HUD) units – glasses that allow images to be projected onto their lenses.
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May 27, 2012
Enthralling aerial collisions, Britain, Britain's rural pastures, cars, colonies of ants, complex algorithmic models, Environment, manifestations of swarm intelligence, murmurations, nature, predators, reaction time, reaction time of under 100 milliseconds, schools of fish, starlings, starlings' aerobatics, starlings' murmurations, swarm, swarm intelligence, swarms of bees, tiny birds' quicksilver reaction, transportation, travel, UK, vacation Leave a comment
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Here is something beautiful!
No one knows why they do it. Yet each fall, thousands of starlings dance in the twilight above England and Scotland. The birds gather in shape-shifting flocks called murmurations, having migrated in the millions from Russia and Scandinavia to escape winter’s frigid bite. Scientists aren’t sure how they do it, either. The starlings’ murmurations are manifestations of swarm intelligence, which in different contexts is practiced by schools of fish, swarms of bees and colonies of ants. As far as I am aware, even complex algorithmic models haven’t yet explained the starlings’ aerobatics, which rely on the tiny birds’ quicksilver reaction time of under 100 milliseconds to avoid aerial collisions-and predators-in the giant flock.
Despite their tour de force in the dusky sky, starlings have declined significantly in the UK in recent years, perhaps because of a decline in suitable nesting sites. The birds still roost in several of Britain’s rural pastures, however, settling down to sleep (and chatter) after their evening ballet.
Two young ladies were out for a late afternoon canoe ride and fortunately one of them remembered to bring her video camera. What they saw was a wonderful murmuration display, caught in the short video – URL is below. Watch the variation of color and intensity of the patterns that the birds make in proximity to one other. And take a look at the girl in the bow of the canoe watching the aerial display. Enjoy.
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May 19, 2012
Technical Abu Dhabi, business, cleantech cluster, creative and entrepreneurial atmosphere, Emirate of Abu Dhabi, Environment, Future Energy, global, Global Centre of Future Energy, global phenomenon, green urban development, high-end enclaves, highest quality of life, lowest environmental footprint, luxury, luxury development for the wealthy, Masdar City, most sustainable communities on the planet, Nicolai Ouroussoff, phenomenon, research, Science, transportation, travel, vast formless ghettos, wealthy Leave a comment
One of the most sustainable communities on the planet, Masdar City is an emerging cleantech cluster that offers a creative and entrepreneurial atmosphere where businesses can thrive and innovation can flourish, in part because the city itself serves as a model of what green urban development can be. This is especially the case because Masdar City is being designed and operated to provide the highest quality of life with the lowest environmental footprint – all in a manner that is commercially viable.
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Some skeptics are concerned that the city will be only symbolic for Abu Dhabi, and that it may become just a luxury development for the wealthy. Nicolai Ouroussoff calls it the ultimate gated community, “the crystallization of another global phenomenon: the growing division of the world into refined, high-end enclaves and vast formless ghettos where issues like sustainability have little immediate relevance.”
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May 18, 2012
Science cars, China in two hours, Environment, ETT works via magnetic levitation, Evacuated Tube, Evacuated Tube Transport, Evacuated Tube Transport (ETT), frictionless, high-tech transportation, magnetic levitation, New York to Beijing, New York to Beijing in two hours, pneumatic tube, pneumatic tubes, Science, transportation, travel, tube Leave a comment
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Ever look at a pneumatic tube at a bank and think, “Why couldn’t I travel like that?” A new form of high-tech transportation called Evacuated Tube Transport (ETT) could take passengers in car-sized capsules traveling through tubes so fast that you could make it from New York to Beijing in two hours. Unlike pneumatic tubes that work with air and suction, the ETT works via magnetic levitation and frictionless tubes.
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