What I Read at Lunch

Butt-On With the Magical Machine That Finds the Perfect Pair of Jeans

2013-04-18T14:28:00.000-07:00

Awesome for retail. The promotional opportunities are endless. This is essentially a TSA machine out to good use. Scans your body, then aligns your measurements with pants that should fit. According to the writer, it worked.

Butt-On With the Magical Machine That Finds the Perfect Pair of Jeans:

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Researchers team up with architects to create bladeless wind electricity generator

2013-04-07T20:50:00.001-07:00

Researchers team up with architects to create bladeless wind electricity generator:

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Revealed: The 1962 CIA Paper That Predicts the Big Deal With Big Data - Businessweek

2013-03-18T11:55:00.001-07:00

Revealed: The 1962 CIA Paper That Predicts the Big Deal With Big Data - Businessweek:

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2013-03-08T18:18:00.001-08:00

Solar-powered flight: Its moment in the sun - http://pulse.me/s/j1mmR

Rugged, 15-pound device serves as a portable emergency room | Springwise

2013-01-17T12:23:00.000-08:00

Saw this one on Springwise.com

Rugged, 15-pound device serves as a portable emergency room | Springwise:

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One Child, One Laptop ... And Mixed Results In Peru : NPR

2012-10-14T12:09:00.001-07:00

Finally some data on results of the effort. Funny how it comes back to the role of government, infrastructure, expectation of internet or cell phones, training teachers...

One Child, One Laptop ... And Mixed Results In Peru : NPR:

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Researchers discover the 'anternet'

2012-09-06T11:24:00.000-07:00

Researchers discover the 'anternet':

We all may be subscribing to this service some day in the future.

And just for an image, our beer label from a batch of Screaming Ant.

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MASSIVE advances in aerodynamics

2012-09-04T13:00:00.000-07:00

Humans are still improving, fixing and innovating. More good stuff to come. All is not hopeless or lost.

MASSIVE advances in aerodynamics:

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The Sun's almost perfectly round shape baffles scientists

2012-08-19T20:25:00.001-07:00

The Sun's almost perfectly round shape baffles scientists:

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EMILY, your next lifeguard experience...tip her in motor oil | StokeReport

2012-08-17T22:34:00.001-07:00

EMILY, your next lifeguard experience...tip her in motor oil | StokeReport:

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Thoughts on Guns

2012-07-25T08:06:00.001-07:00

NRA’s phony gun control - Salon.com

Space Age Me - Self driving car

2012-07-15T22:17:00.001-07:00

Space Age Me

Orvillecopter Final Test 05/21/2012

2012-06-05T06:36:00.001-07:00

2012-04-23T18:36:00.001-07:00

Australian scientists report breakthrough in solar cell efficiency

Science education in the US

2012-04-09T06:43:00.001-07:00

US students need new way of learning science

Canada to be penniless -- no new 1-cent coins after April

2012-03-30T05:54:00.001-07:00

I remember hearing about how much this idea would save the US every year. Glad to see Canada blazing the trail for government.

Canada to be penniless -- no new 1-cent coins after April

Google flushes heat from data center with toilet water

2012-03-26T13:38:00.002-07:00

Google flushes heat from data center with toilet water

Pirate Bay plans to build aerial server drones with $35 Linux computer

2012-03-23T13:30:00.001-07:00

Pirate Bay plans to build aerial server drones with $35 Linux computer: The MPAA declined to comment on whether it intends to bring its anti-air capabilities to bear against the pirate fleet. We imagine that the industry trade group will respond by developing a surface-to-air missile system capable of delivering high-speed ballistic takedown notices.

So much for reading my smudges - FBI Can't Crack Android Pattern-Screen Lock

2012-03-14T15:43:00.003-07:00

So much for reading my smudges

FBI Can't Crack Android Pattern-Screen Lock | Threat Level | Wired.com

So much for reading my smudges - FBI Can't Crack Android Pattern-Screen Lock

2012-03-14T15:43:00.001-07:00

So much for reading my smudges

FBI Can't Crack Android Pattern-Screen Lock | Threat Level | Wired.com

What Are Your Chances of Dropping Dead in Your 40s?

2012-03-03T14:34:00.001-08:00

Watch your hearts.

What Are Your Chances of Dropping Dead in Your 40s?

Why Twitter Ties Resemble Airline Hub Maps : NPR

2012-02-21T12:41:00.002-08:00

"The world is not flat, but lumpy. And it's the lumps that connect us."

Why Twitter Ties Resemble Airline Hub Maps : NPR

Personal Black Box

2012-02-21T08:13:00.001-08:00

The BART cops in Oakland, CY have purchased the Axon Flex from the folks who brought us the Taser.

It's time for us, we the people, to "arm" ourselves with these to provide our point of view.

Juries will become a sort of reality show - judging both side of video evidence and picking a winner - the most just behavior.

Discover Your Twitter Character on Visual.ly | Visual.ly

2012-02-16T11:24:00.000-08:00

My Twitter account vs a random celebrity viaVisual.ly:

How many germs live on your cellphone?

2012-02-15T12:30:00.000-08:00

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