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26 January 2008

My Faves for Friday, January 25, 2008

3D printers and scanners are even cooler than we imagined them to be! And that’s pretty cool, since we were kind of expecting them to be like replicators from Star Trek. But while you can’t get a cup of Earl Grey (hot…), you can make amazing models and 3D graphics.

[tags: video, 3D, printer, scanner]

In order to legally be sold as a production vehicle in all 50 of these United States, a new car has to meet hundreds of requirements, some silly and some serious. Malcolm Powell, Tesla Motors VP of Vehicle Integration, reported on the company's blog recently that the Tesla Roadster has finished taking and passed every test of the Federal Motor Vehicle Safety Standards.

[tags: tesla, automotive]

Quoted: The opening keynote address from the president of Panasonic, Toshihiro Sakamoto, had one thing that Bill Gates' keynote yesterday lacked: A monstrous 150-inch plasma screen Panasonic calls the Life Screen.

[tags: tv, video, technology]

Quoted: If you thought that hang-gliding or skydiving off a plane was tough, you haven't seen Swiss pilot Yves Rossy propel himself through the sky with a rigid wing boosted up

[tags: gadgets, flying]

Welcome to Technology 101, a special blog with the sole purpose of teaching its readers everything they could want to know about computers. Many bloggers on Lockergnome are very informative to say the least, but each one only delivers a small section of the big picture, missing an important detail assuming many already know what it means. Technology 101 will be the chance for many readers to finally understand just what is going on inside of their towers.

[tags: technology, blogs]

The Spot On Screwdriver has an LED light built into the end of it! This is the solution for the professional or hobbyist needing more then the available light to get the job done.

[tags: technology, led]

What about 220V?

Quoted: Watt's Up Pro - See what's up with your power usage

[tags: power, consumption, environment]

Quoted: Skype has had to disable a feature for security purposes, but they're being nice about it.
Hi there, no videos today.We had to disable the feature for a little while, because of some security concerns. Our brightest engineers are rattling their wrenches to make things all right and bring the beloved videos back. Soon. Sorry about this. We still love you.

[tags: video, skype, chat]

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25 January 2008

My Faves for Thursday, January 24, 2008

Quoted: IIt is good to see some creative licensing finally taking hold in the music industry. Today, CBS-owned Last.fm announced that you can now stream the full track of any song up to three times for free, in addition to its regular music-discovery service which streams related songs you might like in a random order.

[tags: music, search]

Google Health, codename “Weaver”, is Google’s planned health information storage program.

[tags: health, google]

Quoted: Spotted by Google Blogscoped is a login page for Google Health, Google's entry into the online health records space. At the time of ...

[tags: google, health]

Last night for dinner I made a basic potato cake. I grated two medium Yukon Gold potatoes onto a clean towel, then squeezed out the excess moisture. I put the potato into a bowl, seasoned it with salt and freshly ground black pepper, then mixed in a beaten egg.

[tags: recipes]

Société Générale, one of the largest banks in Europe, was thrown into turmoil Thursday after it revealed that a rogue employee who has disappeared executed a series of "elaborate, fictitious transactions" that cost the company more than $7 billion, the biggest loss ever recorded in the financial industry by a single trader.

Quoted: Société Générale loses $7 billion in trading fraud

[tags: finance, banking, france]

Jérôme Kerviel, qui aurait causé une perte de 4.9 milliards d'euros à la Société Générale, demeure introuvable. Son avocate prétend cependant «qu'il est à disposition de la justice.»

Quoted: Sociétés françaises : Un seul trader à l'origine de la fraude

[tags: finance, france, banking]

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23 January 2008

My Faves for Tuesday, January 22, 2008

A Swedish university has received 3.8 million kronor $590,000) in research funds to measure the greenhouse gases released when cows belch.

[tags: sweden, environment]

Quoted: Scientists are developing new ways to grow brain cells in the laboratory that could one day be used to treat patients with Parkinson's disease. Stem cell therapy hold the promise of treating disease by growing new tissues and organs from stem cells -- 'blank' cells that have the potential to develop into fully mature or 'differentiated' cells.

[tags: Stem Cells, pd]

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22 January 2008

My Faves for Monday, January 21, 2008

[tags: video, history]

Rayzer is mounted on the inside of the windshield right behind the rearview mirror. This position and Rayzer’s small size keep it from disturbing the driver’s field of vision.

Quoted: Visualeyes develops, produces and markets automotive accessories designed to enhance vehicles� safety and performance.

[tags: automotive, sweden, security]

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