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Be a Macgyver: Coolest Fire Making Tricks
wordpress.com — Here's a list of the absolute coolest ways to make fire, when you have just a couple of weird items! If you're alone in the desert, playing 'survivor' with your friends or just wanna impress some girls - this is perfect for you. Also, there's some very interesting scientific stuff in there. The potato trick is pretty cool!More ( Survival )
Doomsday fears spark lawsuit over collider
msnbc.msn.com — The builders of the world's biggest particle collider are being sued in federal court over fears that the experiment might create globe-gobbling black holes or never-before-seen strains of matter that would destroy the planet.More ( Survival )
Pneumatic exoskeleton makes lifting a breeze
blog.makezine.com — This soft pneumatic powered exoskeleton uses electronic components to control the flow of air which transforms the burden of weight and kinetic actuation into an easier hurdle for the wearer. Unlike previous versions, this one is light, portable, and low-power and only activated when muscle assistance is needed. Pretty nice way to perform better in a road race without having ...More ( Tech News )
CERN to Morons: Large Hadron Collider Won't Destroy Earth. Morons.
newscientist.com — Contrary to the somewhat feverish claims laid out in an recent lawsuit, when our favorite particle-smashing, Force-finding Large Hadron Collider is switched on soon it will not result in the destruction of life as we know it. Such claims are "complete nonsense" say the scientists at CERN (and everywhere else,) in response to the suit. They should know: it's their ...More ( Survival )
Record-breaking Mentos and coke explosions
telegraph.co.uk — This looks like some sort of cult activity.. and it includes explosions, so why not? Around 1,500 students kitted out in waterproof ponchos discovered exactly what happens when you drop a mint sweet into a bottle of Coca Cola, in an attempt to break a world record.More ( Media )
Self-healing artificial muscle can charge an iPhone
news.com — An artificial muscle that can heal itself and recharge an iPod at the same time? Sounds ludicrous, but researchers at the University of California at Los Angeles have developed an electricity-generating muscle that might one day be to used to create walking robots or advanced prostheticsMore ( Tech News )
Teen figures out how to decompose plastic bags in three months
news.therecord.com — Here's an impressive science fair project: 16-year-old Waterloo, Ontario high school junior Daniel Burd wanted to try to figure out if there was a way to get plastic bags to decompose faster. As it stands, it takes thousands of years for the wasteful objects to disintegrate. But by using bacteria, he figured out how to make it happen in a ...More ( Survival )
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Visible Magnetic fields - amazing!!watch!
Not really gear related, but still really cool. Natural magnetic fields are revealed as chaotic, ever-changing geometries as scientists from NASAs Space Sciences Laboratory excitedly describe their discoveries.
More ( Tech News )Watch the sky with the Planisphere watch
slipperybrick.com — Here's a cool watch you'd want to have at night. The Planisphere Watch will show you the constellations visible in the Northern Hemisphere (between 35 & 50 degrees latitude). Just turn the bezel so the current time is aligned with the date to determine which major constellations are visible. The watch features a 43mm diameter brass case and crystal dome ...More ( Watches )
Science, Art ? This is really coolwatch!
Tokyo-based SACHIKO KODAMA prefers FERROFLUIDS. Composed of magnetic nanoparticles, ferrofluids often contain high levels of iron and, as such, are deeply affected by and responsive to the presence of magnetic fields.
More ( Media )Scientists create light bending material for invisibility cloak
news.bbc.co.uk — We're only at the nano scale folks so you'll have to keep those high school fantasies of an invisibility-cloaked romp through the girls' locker room tucked away for now. Still, two teams of US government funded researchers under the direction of Xian Zhanga at UC Berkeley say that they've developed a material which can bend visible light around 3D objects, ...More ( Tech News )
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Scientists develop a robot with a biological brain
blogs.zdnet.com — University of Reading scientists have developed a robot controlled by a biological brain formed from cultured neurons. And this is a worlds premiere. Other research teams have tried to control robots with brains, but there was always a computer in the loop. This new project is the first one to examine how memories manifest themselves in the brain, and how ...More ( Tech News )