Fascinating talk about our oil dependence – she points out nobody talks about our salt dependence
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Peter Diamonds (Chairman of X Prize) at UP Experience
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Contacting Satillites via a Handheld radio
Lately I’ve become fascinated with ham radio satillites…
How to work satellites with your handheld radio from moleculo on Vimeo.
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How to bypass HDCP
Step one – tear apart your TV…
High-bandwidth Digital Content Protection (HDCP) is a specification developed by Intel Corporation to protect digital entertainment content across the DVI/HDMI interface. The HDCP specification is supposed to provide a robust, cost-effective and transparent method for transmitting and receiving digital entertainment content to DVI/HDMI-compliant digital displays. HDCP is designed for protecting audiovisual content over certain high-bandwidth interfaces…but it looks like with new TV models giving straightforward access to decrypted HDMI signal from encrypted source, it did not reach its target.
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Sleepy = Sick
Get more sleep!
Studies have demonstrated that poor sleep and susceptibility to colds go hand in hand, and scientists think it could be a reflection of the role sleep plays in maintaining the body’s defenses.
The Claim: Lack of Sleep Increases the Risk of Catching a Cold.
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The Secrets of Time Square’s Ridiculous Billboards
Engadget uncovers some of the tech behind the NY Times Square billboards…
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On Placebos
Sugar pills for all!
Why are inert pills suddenly overwhelming promising new drugs and established medicines alike? The reasons are only just beginning to be understood. A network of independent researchers is doggedly uncovering the inner workings—and potential therapeutic applications—of the placebo effect. At the same time, drugmakers are realizing they need to fully understand the mechanisms behind it so they can design trials that differentiate more clearly between the beneficial effects of their products and the body’s innate ability to heal itself. A special task force of the Foundation for the National Institutes of Health is seeking to stem the crisis by quietly undertaking one of the most ambitious data-sharing efforts in the history of the drug industry. After decades in the jungles of fringe science, the placebo effect has become the elephant in the boardroom.
Placebos Are Getting More Effective. Drugmakers Are Desperate to Know Why.
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SD Card socket on the cheap
If you need an SD card socket, and don’t want to go find one…
In this Instructable, you will learn how to make an SD card socket that plugs right into a breadboard for less than two dollars in parts (depending on how you get them of course). I show you how to use a simple straight pin header and modify it so you can plug in an SD card and attach it directly to a breadboard for data logging and prototyping. This is quick and easy so you don’t have to wait for a socket in the mail, or build/buy the SMD breakout board for it either.
Cheap DIY SD card breadboard socket
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Crash test video: Chevrolet Bel Air Vs. 2009 Chevrolet Malibu IIHS Offset
Car safety has come a long way in 50 years…
Immortality is 20 years away. Yay!
I’m not sure that I’m as optimistic about nano-tech, but I’ve heard this 20-year number thrown around a lot as of late.
Scientist Ray Kurzweil claims humans could become immortal in as little as 20 years’ time through nanotechnology and an increased understanding of how the body works.
Taking general class upgrade test for ham radio
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Spool of LMR400 arrived for antenna feedlines
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How to make home-made vacuum tubes
This guy is a bit of a bad-ass… watch how he makes vacuum tubes by hand from start to finish… impressive:
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Vodafone’s Datacenter in Istanbul, Turkey floods!
Make sure you have a drain in the datacenter… 🙂
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New Vette Z06 6-piston front and 4-piston rear brakes going on
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