Ultrasound Machine Ages Wine (16)
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Inventor Casey Jones says his creation uses ultrasound technology to recreate the effects of decades of aging by colliding alcohol molecules inside the bottle. Mr. Jones said, "This machine can take your run-of-the-mill £3.99 bottle of plonk and turn it into a finest bottle of vintage tasting like it costs hundreds. It works on any alcohol that tastes better aged, even a bottle of paintstripper whisky can taste like an 8-year-aged single malt." The Ultrasonic ...
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Erik said:
I love the last line, "I know a certain special lady who is about to have the best bottle of Boone's Farm in the world."
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B.A.
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Daniel said:
Resharing because this is awesome, thanks Nate.
Steve Fossett's Airplane Wreckage Likely Found [Steve Fossett] (3)
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After a hiker found some of Fossett's ID documents in eastern California while on a trail in the Sierra Nevadas, a search team has found what looks to be the wreckage of the record-breaking pilot's single-engine Bellanca plane. Fossett, who became the first person to fly solo around the world in a balloon among other feats, took off for a quick leisure flight in September of last year and never came back. He was declared ...
Google Claims Most Efficient Data Centers Ever [Google] (10)
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Responding to criticism for its secrecy over its data centers, Google has lifted the veil a little on how much energy its information hotbeds use. The world's largest search engine insisted that Google-designed data centers used nearly five times less energy than conventional facilities, and launched a website to inform environmentally-bent customers on their 5-step approach to efficiency. The move is important since data centers are becoming an ever-increasing drain on the energy grid, accounting ...
Apple finally drops NDA, iPhone developers rejoice (9)
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The nondisclosure agreement attached to Apple's iPhone SDK has finally been lifted. Now developers can freely discuss nonbeta versions of the SDK, which will surely result in an explosion of publicly available hints, tips and programming discussion.Read More...
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How unexpected.
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V said:
Now, they just need to fix the app store acceptance process.
Zoho jumps on web app marketplace bandwagon (3)
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Nokia launches Linux-based Qt Extended mobile platform (9)
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Navy's Latest Anti-Pirate Defense Sadly Does Not Involve Ninjas [Pirates] (1)
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Piracy on the high seas is a growing problem, so the Navy's latest lightweight fighter, the Littoral Combat ship, has a system specially designed to knock out pirates without killing them (so it obviously don't use ninjas). The Running-Gear Entanglement System, developed by the Coast Guard, is decidedly low-tech—basically a floating net that jams up smaller boats' propellers, leaving them stranded if they breach the perimeter, and easy targets for boarding. Unfortunately, as Jesus points ...
Why Stallman is wrong when he calls cloud computing stupid (28)
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Richard Stallman, one of the fathers of the software freedom movement, has declared that cloud computing is stupid in calling for users to reject web applications. Ars tells Stallman why we think he is wrong and takes a close look at emerging initiatives that aim to bring software freedom to the web.Read More...
Carbon Nanotube Manufacturing Breakthrough Could Mean Bye-Bye Steel [Nanotubes] (8)
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Carbon nanotubes have been popping on Giz for a while, touted as one of the next wonder-materials—but a new development in their manufacture means they may not remain "future technology" for long. In fact the work of a team at CSIRO and the University of Texas at Dallas means that commercial-scale production of sheets of carbon nanotube "textile" is possible at up to seven meters per minute. And these are no ordinary textiles either: they're ...
Hubble Telescope Communication Breaks Down, Plot Thickens [Space] (3)
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The complicated Hubble repair and upgrade mission scheduled for October 14th just got even more complicated: Last Saturday, the Hubble's command and data-handling system broke down, rendering it unable to capture and transmit images to Earth. And while Nasa doesn't know what the heck has happened—I'm thinking a bunch of aliens angry with this galactic Peeping Tom—they are actually happy this has occurred now, according to NASA's science chief, Ed Weiler: Think about if this ...
The Future of Driving, Part I: Robots and Grand Challenges (10)
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Andrew Serff shared as favorite New Solar Cell Sets World Efficiency Record (7)
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asoduk writes to tell us that a new world record has been set for the most efficient photovoltaic device. Topping the scale at 40.8% efficiency, the new solar cell differs significantly from the previous record holder. "Instead of using a germanium wafer as the bottom junction of the device, the new design uses compositions of gallium indium phosphide and gallium indium arsenide to split the solar spectrum into three equal parts that are absorbed by ...
Mars Lander Sees Falling Snow (10)
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Riding with Robots writes "NASA reports that the Phoenix Mars Lander has detected snow falling from Martian clouds. According to the Canadian team running a weather experiment, a laser instrument designed to study how the atmosphere and surface interact on Mars has detected snow from clouds about 4 kilometers above the landing site. Data shows the snow vaporizing before reaching the surface, but one of the mission scientists said, 'We'll be looking for signs that ...
Novel Attempt Of Gene Therapy For Type 1 Diabetes Mellitus (1)
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There are considerable endocrine cells in gastrointestinal tracts. These cells may be the potential and ideal target cells in gene therapy of type 1 diabetes mellitus. Chitosan nanoparticle is a kind of non-viral vector. A research group in China investigated the gene therapy for type 1 diabetes mellitus in rats by gastrointestinal administration of chitosan nanoparticles containing human insulin gene.
NASA Orbiter Reveals Rock Fracture Plumbing On Mars (3)
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NASA's Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter has revealed hundreds of small fractures exposed on the Martian surface that billions of years ago directed flows of water through underground Martian sandstone.
First Look at the XM25, the Most Lethal Army Gun Ever [Wireless Weapons] (10)
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Here's the first look at the final version of the deadly XM25. We learnt this morning about the weapon's destructive power, but now we have all the details, starting with the key for its destruction power, a built-in fire-control system that can program each of the weapon's 25 millimeter rounds wirelessly, in real time, so soldiers can take down enemies around obstacles: As you can see in the schematics, the fire-control system uses thermal optic, ...
Lucasfilm: The Real Magic is in the Data Center | High Scalability (8)
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General Chicken via High Scalability - Building bigger, faster, more reliable websites. shared by 5 people Kevin Clark, director of IT operations for Lucasfilm, discusses how their data center works: * Linux-based platform, SUSE (looking to change), and a lot of proprietary open source applications for content creation. * 4,500-processor render farm in the datacenter. Workstations are used off hours. * Developed their own proprietary scheduler to schedule their 5,500 available processors. * Render nodes, ...
Jet Pack Guy Crosses English Channel [Heroes] (1)
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I don't expect you mere wingless mortals to truly appreciate the accomplishment of a pilot who just crossed the 22-mile English Channel with a jetpack—that'd be like someone who can't read claiming to love the study of Cuneiform—but from one rocket man to another, I salute you, Yves Rossy. Actually, what's that I see? A parachute? You mean he didn't die? Oh, then I don't need to be polite about this at all. [CNN -Thanks ...
