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photoApr 06, 2013 7:11 pm
In 1991, the first Webcam is invented in the Cambridge University Computer Lab, allowing users to check coffee pot levels without moving.
Their laziness was technology’s gain.
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linkFeb 21, 2013 11:33 am
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linkFeb 20, 2013 9:44 pm
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linkFeb 19, 2013 3:22 pm
Psychic Reveals His Greatest Trick. It's Actually Kind Of Terrifying.
This goes from scary impressive to just scary very quickly. Wow.
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photoFeb 07, 2013 9:27 pm
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Imagining a Drone-Proof City
Kohn’s envisioned drone-proof community, which he calls “Shura City,” is a thought experiment, a provocation (shura, Arabic for consultation, is a word associated with group decision-making in the Islamic world). It’s a self-contained environment with elaborate architectural devices designed to thwart robotic predators overhead. Minarets, along with the wind-catching cooling towers called badgirs, would obstruct the flight path of the drones. A latticed roof, extending over the entire community, would create shade patterns to make visual target identification difficult. A fully climate-controlled environment would confuse heat-seeking detection systems. He has not included any anti-aircraft weapons in this scenario.
Read more. [Image: Asher J. Kohn]](http://24.media.tumblr.com/cc77c0d07211a2f5adb3b2db6701695f/tumblr_mhtevgvX3k1qcokc4o1_1280.jpg)
Kohn’s envisioned drone-proof community, which he calls “Shura City,” is a thought experiment, a provocation (shura, Arabic for consultation, is a word associated with group decision-making in the Islamic world). It’s a self-contained environment with elaborate architectural devices designed to thwart robotic predators overhead. Minarets, along with the wind-catching cooling towers called badgirs, would obstruct the flight path of the drones. A latticed roof, extending over the entire community, would create shade patterns to make visual target identification difficult. A fully climate-controlled environment would confuse heat-seeking detection systems. He has not included any anti-aircraft weapons in this scenario.
Read more. [Image: Asher J. Kohn]
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photoJan 28, 2013 4:22 pm
Since When Do Astronauts In Space Get Involved In International Conflicts?
However you feel about Egypt, Israel, and the Gaza Strip, this photo taken from the International Space Station is a haunting reminder of the division and warfare between these nations. That’s Egypt on the left, Israel on the right, and you can see the Gaza Strip starting at the border near the water and going right — it’s the grayish portion above the curve.
Original by Chris Hadfield and NASA. If you want to learn more about the fence between these two countries, check out this and this.
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linkJan 25, 2013 10:44 pm
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linkJan 25, 2013 5:39 pm
Your Next Computer Will Be Able To Smell You (And 37 Other Pretty Solid Predictions About The Future)
We’re choosing to mess around with computers that are judgy about hygiene instead of solving an impending ice-age? Not our best work, humankind.
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photoJan 23, 2013 4:22 pm
Leading geneticist George Church wants to clone a neanderthal
Mr. Church, I respect you and appreciate your work but we just had one of those guys in office for 8 years. Please relax.
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linkJan 22, 2013 5:38 pm
There's a tumblr run by an astronaut living in space. Srsly? Srsly!
Colonel Chris Hadfield currently lives on the International Space Station. He posts pictures of his work and the earth and your wee brain will explode. colchrishadfield.tumblr.com
Canadian Astronaut, currently living in space aboard ISS as Flight Engineer on Expedition 34, to be Commander of Expedition 35.
This is amazing. FOLLOWING NOW.
![theatlantic:
Imagining a Drone-Proof City
Kohn’s envisioned drone-proof community, which he calls “Shura City,” is a thought experiment, a provocation (shura, Arabic for consultation, is a word associated with group decision-making in the Islamic world). It’s a self-contained environment with elaborate architectural devices designed to thwart robotic predators overhead. Minarets, along with the wind-catching cooling towers called badgirs, would obstruct the flight path of the drones. A latticed roof, extending over the entire community, would create shade patterns to make visual target identification difficult. A fully climate-controlled environment would confuse heat-seeking detection systems. He has not included any anti-aircraft weapons in this scenario.
Read more. [Image: Asher J. Kohn]](http://24.media.tumblr.com/cc77c0d07211a2f5adb3b2db6701695f/tumblr_mhtevgvX3k1qcokc4o1_500.jpg)
