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Slashdot | Every Satellite Tracked In Realtime Via Google Earth (19)
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Matt Amato writes "With the recent discussion of the ISS having to dodge some space junk, many people's attention has once again focused on the amount of stuff in orbit around our planet. What many people don't know is that USSTRATCOM tracks and publishes a list of over 13,000 objects that they currently monitor, including active/retired satellites and debris. This data is meaningless to most people, but thanks to Analytical Graphics, it has now been ...Shared by Aaron (25) Adrian (19) Alex (102) bluebus (22) brizbane (9) Chris Henden (4) Crutcher D (48) gosha (4) haggaret (30) Ilya (27) JEP (12) Kreg (3) lmjabreu (26) mhking (57) Mick (39) Ooble (26) Page (9) RMathew (10) Scott (2)- haggaret said: This is insane! It's getting crowded up there...
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Bronze Age Keynote. (7)
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We're taking a "recompile day", so we hope enjoy one of our fave Retros. Oh and btw, we're selling our iPod Touch in case you're ready for one. :) Click here to visit the comic.Shared by Domino (1) Gerard (34) lmjabreu (26) Ng Swee Meng (15) Nishith Prabhakar (24) Srinvard (68) Voyagerfan5761 (29)Contribute comment - “The Wall”, The World’s First Underground Stadium (1)
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Apple Multi-Touch Data Fusion: Camera, Voice, Force Sensors (35)
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Apple has been working in new multi-touch technology that combines touch interfaces with input from the camera and the microphone. For example: this will allow you to select text in the iPhone, say "copy," go to another application and say "paste" to make this task really easy. The most intriguing part, however, is the use of a camera in laptops and desktops. This will require two cameras, one for video chat and the other for ...Shared by Adam Maldonado (155) Ahsan Navid Hussain (51) Alex (102) Alex France (139) Ben (95) Ben Jacob (25) Ben S (40) cheflove (254) David Ciccarelli (15) dffrnt (27) Digg Boss (641) Doug Funny (68) eggtea (82) Eric Chen (121) francly (6) FVT or FVTer (21) Gil (158) Jiman Ryu (20) Jimmy (27) Jordan (411) Kevin (2) Kevin Federline (289) lmjabreu (26) luckymurari (147) Mani Karthik (125) maxyRO (508) nparker13 (104) Patty (264) Rene Rattur (69) Ryan Lewis (65) ShuTian (78) Stephen Baugh (22) Thomas Reimer S (13) Tom (24) vicarum (24)- francly said: Super..
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Steps made out of skateboards (17)
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Ted made this skateboard staircase for his skateboard deck-building school: "The aluminium beam is a solid billet of aluminium and the decks were custom made with concave only on one edge. You should see the look on our students faces when they make the treck to the basement." Coolest Steps in the World (via Make)Shared by Adam (39) Augmented Web (33) brownpau (47) Bruno (10) Czarski (12) danb420 (18) Eliacin (39) Jeremy Jarratt (50) lmjabreu (26) Noah (36) Rob (17) Robert (8) Robert (20) sideb0ard (12) Simon (5) Sol Young (7) Theo (18)- Jeremy Jarratt said: Officially the coolest thing in the world ever.
- sideb0ard said: fuckin ace!!
- Robert said: looks like something Nick would do with snowboards!
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Google Chrome's Full List of Special about: Pages [Google Chrome] (122)
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You already saw Google Chrome's humorous about:internets Easter egg, but reader nettleman points out that Chrome's got several special about: pages that reveal all sorts of interesting information about what's going behind the scenes. Here's the full list, with screenshots. about:memory about:stats about:network about:internets about:histograms about:dns about:cache about:plugins about:version Update: Mawin adds that you can also go to two special pages on a per-site basis. view-cache:[URL] shows you some under-the-hood cache details, and view-cache:[URL] shows ...Shared by AaronTN (36) Abhishek (11) Adam (15) Alexander Williams (18) alphakamp (30) Amir (17) Andrés Milleiro (39) Andrew (30) angus (5) AnilG (24) Bill Mensch (3) bkim (27) Brad Brooks (10) Brian Landau (20) Bwana (74) Carl (7) charlie anzman (114) Chris (1) Christian Santos (72) ckaroli (45) Cogo (20) Colin (6) Craig (20) D (4) DarkBls (73) David (1) David Givens (6) DC (11) DigitalMike (60) Dino (8) Emmett (16) Eric (52) federico silva (22) fesja (13) G. (35) Gatewayy (17) ghosttie (38) Harold (21) Henry Webb (20) Herb G (6) hidenari (11) HokieGeek (26) imabonehead (74) jccamus (15) Joelle (9) Jonathan (6) Jorg (5) Jose (17) Josi (20) JPowers (41) Justin (9) Kevin De Mulder (24) kevinpshan (16) kidmarmite (37) kleinmatic (25) Kwasi (150) Larry Osterman (11) Lee G. (37) Library (16) lmjabreu (26) lnewcomer (39) Lou (6) marcel weiß (10) marcosvicente2005 (6) Marcus (32) Marcus Danillo (12) mediter (27) Melkir (16) metaeuphoria (20) Mike (8) Mone (6) Myk OLeary (4) Nelson (23) NeonDemon (45) Nickname unavailable (2) nikan (41) nikhil (27) Oneiros (36) Pat (59) Phil (49) Philip Spohn (25) rawwell (9) Rich (24) richtannehill (33) Rick Umali (20) Rob (9) rOckY (157) rpy (14) Rudi (22) rutawa (24) ryan.capote (100) sammy (6) Seth G (44) Shankar Ganesh (66) Shelton (51) Siddharth (2) SPE825 (5) spsneo (18) Sridhar Katakam (25) Srinvard (68) Stephan Ainley (14) Stuart F (27) Sukij (6) Terence (16) thr33 (25) tim (8) Tim Bertram (4) Tommy (3) Trindade (40) Vincent van Wylick (21) Voyagerfan5761 (29) wcaw (74) webe (5) Wei (40) Yagermeister (8) yellowchilli (7) yojibee (19) yoni (6) zer0ck (93) Zoram (20) zoso (17) 異塵行者 (29)Explore read five notes- Alexander Williams said: Oooh, extra crunchy happiness. About pages are the shiznit. Pointedly, though, there's no about:config.
- federico silva said: Chrome, chrome y mas chrome!
- Josi said: oooh interweb tubes....
- Rick Umali said: Yes, I've succumbed. I am reading and posting on Google's Chrome. Nifty "about:" URLs here.
- rpy said: DNS pre-caching - cool idea. Users get a faster web experience, DNS infrastructure is already distributed enough that it can take the hit. Expect to see this in the next generation of all other browsers.
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Ultrasound Haptic Devices Can Project Tactile Shapes Into Thin Air [Lickable Holograms] (6)
onResearchers at the University of Tokyo have demonstrated a device that can create touchable, creepily invisible floating "objects" using focused ultrasound waves. Though the technology is in the early testing stages, its designers have already expressed an interest in weaponi- I mean, commercializing it for possible use in gaming and design applications. For now, the team has only been able to simulate resistance in one direction, but say that forming complex shapes and textures is ...
- Aaron said: Holy crap that's cool. Add this with the virtual runner we saw a few months back and you've got some serious Halo!
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Fairly Accurate Description (3)
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Squirrel-Shaped Fish Engrish Photo By: Julia O- Khaos said: Bitno da je vjeverica
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Picasa Updates, Adds Face Recognition [Digital Photos] (34)
onGoogle's Picasa is seeing updates on both the web- and desktop-based versions of the popular photo management application. The biggest new feature is coming to Picasa Web Albums in the form of people tagging, a Facebook-style tool that lets you tag faces in your photos by name and then view pictures of that person by simply searching. The difference between this and Facebook is that Google identifies all of the faces in your pictures automatically ...Shared by Aaron (25) Adam Selwood (23) AdamB (16) Adrian (19) bussiere (44) Christian Santos (72) ckaroli (45) Coop (25) Dan (12) Daniel (9) Duane (45) DVD (1) Eric (52) Hannibal (56) Ishai (19) james (6) janglyang (5) joel (6) keith (76) kiran (68) Library (16) lmjabreu (26) marcusmeisel (21) Mike (44) Mikey (51) nilegomez (11) Nuno Carvalho (20) Shahriar (2) tarman (25) Terrence (27) Tim (13) TO-Double-D (26) Todd Albertson (29) Wismark (12)Contribute comment
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Yawcam - Yet Another Webcam Software (6)
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Movies: Gremlins 2, Modernized by Uber Fan with Uber Props (8)
onI haven't rewatched it since childhood, but my vague recollections of Gremlins 2 strained through my modern brain's taste filter bring me to the conclusion that the film might not be the Oscar-candidate I once thought. But there was one scene that was very memorable all the same. It's when the film breaks in the middle of the movie and gremlins take over the projection booth (where they injected themselves into various films). On VHS, ...Shared by charris1980 (47) Doug Stewart (28) Filipa B (13) Gareth (21) Gmadz (8) John (2) lmjabreu (26) Rob Rogers (1)Contribute comment
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20 Insane Comic-book Style Photoshop Effects [PICS] (90)
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Comic books and graphic novels combine two things every designer aspires to meld: real meaning and pure, unadulterated eye candy. Here we introduce 20 of the best ever tuts on using Photoshop to create stunning comic-book style art. 1. Give Your Photos a Retro Comic Book Effect 2. Drawing Comics in Photoshop 3. Create rainy comic strip effect 4. Comic Art Effect 5. Turn Photos of People into Line Art 6. Pop Art Inspired by ...Shared by Aelle (45) Aiki Jun (40) Alix (24) Andrés León Alvarez (3) andrewcsfan (15) ansar_lawi (14) Artem (52) Avi (742) Bastien (16) Ben Jacob (25) Ben van de Sande (9) BrendoMan (115) Calvin Robinson (19) camworld (1) Cathy (79) Chad (151) Chad Smith (28) Chetan Thaker (41) Chirag Chamoli (36) Cogo (20) D. (108) dobata (375) Donny Warbritton (11) Drew (15) Duane (45) Duncan Smith (14) Eric Blue (14) Eric Chen (121) Felicia (23) Fridalee (177) Gabor Banga (5) Halo Efekti (64) hunter (2) Ibrahim Cesar (11) Jaume Salvà i Lara (9) Javieryn (16) Jeremy Gordinier (9) Jimmy Ho (7) Joe Rosenblum (3) Josh (13) Kamilah Gill (6) Kate Reuvers (11) Kevin De Mulder (24) Kluzter (19) Krazy (147) Leyla Bonilla (91) Liz (1) lmjabreu (26) Lou (6) Lyndi Geldenhuis (112) Marc Nathan (15) Mario (30) Matt Killeen (4) Matteo (39) Matthew Turnbull (23) maxyRO (508) Mihalcea Razvan (303) Mikko (2) Mirco (4) neal (530) odeb (52) Paul Wolpe (4) Peli (29) Peter Bartsch (1) Richmond Rice (16) Rick Butterfield (38) Ritu (686) RQ (4) Rudy Jahchan (3) rzklkng (136) Scott (16) scott (2) Shai (1) Shane Coffey (101) Soulhuntre (114) Stan Schroeder (2) Steinkirch (100) Stuart (35) sue (10) Sunpech (7) Syam (26) The Daniel Richard (6) timothyt (65) Tommy (8) Travis (34) Tyson Williams (58) vim (108) Wally (10) Yaarik (35)Contribute comment -
IE8 Beta 2 Fatter Than Firefox and XP (13)
onsnydeq writes "Consuming twice as much RAM as Firefox and saturating the CPU with nearly six times as many execution threads, Microsoft's latest beta release of Internet Explorer 8 is in fact more demanding on your PC than Windows XP itself, research firm Devil Mountain Software found in performance tests. According to the firm, which operates a community-based testing network, IE8 Beta 2 consumed 380MB of RAM and spawned 171 concurrent threads during a multi-tab ...Shared by akvalley (18) Chris Locke (8) erbianchi (27) iBspoof (17) Jakob (28) Jason (80) lmjabreu (26) MV (23) PMinze (28) ryan.capote (100) Terrence (27) Tiago D'Herbe (24) WindPower (28)
- iBspoof said: Microsoft moving forward while moving backwards...
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Microsoft patents Page Up / Page Down functionality, April 1st seen lingering in the distance (20)
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Filed under: Misc. Gadgets Here's one straight from the far left corner of left field. Microsoft has not only filed for, but actually received a patent that essentially amounts to Page Up / Page Down functionality. More specifically, the patent covers a "method and system for navigating paginated content in page-based increments," and it goes on to cite an example of "pressing a Page Down or Page Up keyboard key / button [that] allows a ...Shared by Ben (8) Brandon Steili (16) Chad (171) Charles Alden (4) charris1980 (47) Chris Nixon (20) Dan (23) DeadRinga (36) Dominik Lukeš (36) drsoos (15) Ed (10) Franzel (10) Katie Fellows (37) Kenny (6) Lari Numminen (2) lmjabreu (26) mrshl (10) Simon (23) Thorsten (19) Tim Millwood (5)Contribute comment - Prejuízos na Carris ultrapassam valor de uma frota de mais de 3 mil autocarros (1)
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Google Video for Business Launches: YouTube for Enterprise (80)
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Today Google is launching a new product for the enterprise market, Google Video for business. It's a new application in the Google Apps office suite, enabling workers to upload and share videos inside their organizations. Videos can be shared on an individual, group or company-wide basis. Google sees it being used for such things as executive communications, product training, trip reports, "social videos" for the company intranet. We think this has the potential to break ...Shared by Abdul Jaleel (28) Aden Davies (8) Amer (9) arjo (28) Åsa Johan (5) atul (95) Benjamin (1148) Chris Ryall (19) Christopher Martin (65) CogDog (19) Creeva (41) Danielle Brigida (190) Dave (29) David Risley (16) Dieter Schwarz (10) diffus (7) Digg Boss (641) Dimitar D (37) dobata (375) DrBaher (6) Emon (9) Farzin (37) fordchao (78) GP (36) Hagdahl (29) Huacn Lee (16) iAlja (30) In Dust We Trust (6) Jaap Willem (8) Joe (104) Joe (70) Joel Postman (1) Johan (6) Jon Lowder (5) Jon Lyles (15) Joseph Rodgers (24) Ken (31) Kurt Zenisek (8) leo (15) Leonid (20) lkratz (21) lmjabreu (26) LUCCHINA (442) Michael (14) Miiko Mentz (1) Mike F (465) morgan180 (41) noel (16) Olivier Favre (Innovablog) (31) partout (25) Peter (3) Peter Einarsson (6) Phreak 2.0 (51) PoliticalNetNews (101) Ratcatcher (5) Richard Fahey (31) Ritu (686) ryangraves (5) Sandaruwan (16) Sander (1) sarahintampa (98) schmiddi (21) Seb (8) Selwin (25) sheng (20) Simone (11) Steve Ireland (4) Steve Nimmons (77) StevieB (71) Su Changmao (22) Syed Akram (12) Tac (17) tforster (16) Tugdual (19) Uzair (203) warza (15) Wayne (52) Wesley Donehue (231) Wyatt (10) yoshy (341)- tforster said: Interesting implications, eh?
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