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The 2011 Chimp Challenge kicked off this morning, but you can still get involved!
Intel have announced Tri-Gate or 3D transistors. The three-dimensional Tri-Gate transistors represent a fundamental departure from the two-dimensional planar transistor structure that has powered not only all computers, mobile phones and consumer electronics to-date, but also the electronic controls within cars, spacecraft, household appliances, medical devices and virtually thousands of other everyday devices for decades. More info on Anandtech, PC Authority, CNET and InformationWeek, thanks dasuperham.
Plane nuts will get a kick out of the world's largest model airport, on display in Germany. The incredible model is based on Hamburg Airport and features 40 planes and 90 vehicles that autonomously move around the airport. It took seven years to build and cost a staggering $4.8 million.
A few people sent word that NASA's Gravity Probe B has proven Einstein correct. The experiment, launched in 2004, used four ultra-precise gyroscopes to measure the hypothesized geodetic effect, the warping of space and time around a gravitational body, and frame-dragging, the amount a spinning object pulls space and time with it as it rotates. GP-B determined both effects with unprecedented precision by pointing at a single star, IM Pegasi, while in a polar orbit around Earth. More here and here.
ScienceDaily report on flexible computers. The smartphone prototype, called PaperPhone is best described as a flexible iPhone -- it does everything a smartphone does, like store books, play music or make phone calls. But its display consists of a 9.5 cm diagonal thin film flexible E Ink display.
If you're watching the V8 Supercars soon you might see The Stig racing. Or at least, ex-Stig Ben Collins. It has been revealed Collins will be one of 28 international drivers drafted in for the October event, formerly know as Indy.
WikiLeaks have revealed US pressure on NZ over copyright laws. According to the cables, the US actively lobbied several cabinet members while New Zealand was working through its copyright reform in 2008. The attention was similar to that shown to Canada, Sweden and Spain.
The last World War 1 combat veteran in the world has passed away in Perth. Beloved for his wry sense of humor and humble nature, the British-born Choules — nicknamed "Chuckles" by his comrades in the Australian Navy — never liked to fuss over his achievements, which included a 41-year military career and the publication of his first book at the age of 108.
Surely the pinnacle of man-in-a-shed engineering, the AppleCrate II is a parallel computer built with Apple IIs. This "hi-rise" construction makes the "stack" quite rigid and sturdy, while eliminating the need for a space-consuming exoskeleton. It also has the advantage of leaving the top board unobstructed so that I/O cards can be plugged in, allowing it to serve as the host machine for the AppleCrate. (In fact, I used 17 boards so that the top board can serve as master and leave 16 slave machines for parallel programs.)
Here's a YouTube video showing the new Android 3.0 tablet from ASUS. Android 3.0 is the host of this exciting product from ASUS that should really shake up the tablet market. I'm compare the Transformer and its unique features to the iPad 2. Watch the video for more!
I'm a fan of cats and strongly opposed to cat cruelty, but I have to say, this video is fantastic. This video was the result of a legitimate ongoing problem we have had with cats in our area. Washing cat urine off our doors and cars was becoming an increasingly time consuming and frustrating part of our weekly routine. Not to mention the many nights lost sleep with cat fights, we have even had property damage. I think the cats got off with just a scare anyway.
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