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Sunday, 30 October 2005
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David Pescovitz:
NASA has developed a "robot skin" embedded with sensors so robotic
devices can react to their environment. To demonstrate the technology,
engineer Vladimir Lumelsky orchestrated a bizarre performance piece
starring a ballerina and a robotic arm. The result is phallictastic.
Link to video, Link to NASA article (via Gizmodo, thanks Sean Ness!) [Boing Boing]David Pescovitz:
Truly bizarre.
Link to video, Link to NASA article (via Gizmodo, thanks Sean Ness!) [Boing Boing]
12:41:52 PM 
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Elvis is still the king when it comes to earning royalties, according to Forbes magazine, but Shakespeare could have given him a run for the money.
So even though Elvis has long gone to the baby Jesus, he's still making a significant quid.
Forbes is here.
[ABC News: Offbeat (with Mpeg1)]
12:30:26 PM
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A short period of psychological stress in infancy can lead to impaired
learning and memory and a decline in cognitive abilities in middle age,
according to research conducted in rats.
Of course, I think of myself as no longer reproductive, and with my current partner that is absolutely true.
But partnerships, even old comfortable ones such as mine, do fall apart.
I certainly have acquaintances/friends who, at my age have bred. So I may need info such as this in the future.
I have to say, I'm a little more self-centred about this report, in that I wonder about my own mental decline.
[ABC News: Health]
1:46:02 AM
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The Live 8 series of 10 free concerts in July have generated a surplus
of more than $A16 million to be put toward relief projects in Africa
despite not being a fundraising event.
Surely a decent whack. I had not realised the gig was not intended to profit.
So, what?
Raise awareness I suppose.
That amount should achieve something anyway.
[ABC News: Entertainment (with Mpeg1)]
1:18:12 AM
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Increases in particles polluting the air are associated with an
increase in the number of strokes caused by a blood clot in the brain
but not the type caused by an artery rupture in the brain, new research
shows.
So, I have a genetic
predisposition to heart and vascular problems. Already this has shown
up in the form of high blood pressure. While this is pretty much under
control, partly through medication, a large part of that control has
been through exercise, in particular, in my case, until a decade ago,
running in the streets, but more recently, by cycling through the
streets, both of which mean I'm out there sucking in that pollution
which is threatening me with strokes. I think I should just gas myself
now.
[ABC News: Health]
1:07:54 AM
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Mark Frauenfelder:
This is one of the neatest optical illusions I've ever seen. Viewed up
close, Mr Angry is on the left and Mrs Calm is on the right. If you
back up, they swap places. Even works if you print it out.
However did the originator of this image come across the concept and technique?
Link (thanks, suckup!)
[Boing Boing]
12:46:31 AM
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