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Friday, 30-August-2013 14:15:23 (GMT +10) - by Agg
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I only found out about this a couple of hours after it finished, but it should still be an interesting read - Kevin Rudd has done an AMA (Ask Me Anything) on Reddit. Hi, I’m Kevin Rudd – and for better or worse I'm here to answer your questions... ask me anything.
There's a distributed computing project to look for neutron stars. The combined computing power of 200,000 private PCs helps astronomers take an inventory of the Milky Way. The Einstein@Home project connects home and office PCs of volunteers from around the world to a global supercomputer. Using this computer cloud, an international team lead by scientists from the Max Planck Institutes for Gravitational Physics and for Radio Astronomy analysed archival data from the CSIRO Parkes radio telescope in Australia.
Hoff spotted that NASA have tested their 3D-printed rocket engine components. This test is a milestone for one of many important advances the agency is making to reduce the cost of space hardware. Innovations like additive manufacturing, or 3-D printing, foster new and more cost-effective capabilities in the U.S. space industry. The component tested during the engine firing, an injector, delivers propellants to power an engine and provides the thrust necessary to send rockets to space.
Fans of mechanical keyboards will be interested in this guide to choosing key switches on LanOC. If you are on the market for a new keyboard there is a good chance given the market trends that you might be considering a mechanical keyboard. Back with membrane keyboards all you really needed to consider was the keyboards features, software, and to some branding. Now, even once you have decided to go with a mechanical keyboard you have to consider what kind of switch type you want and of course most people don’t really know what the colors mean.
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