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Physicists find a new state of matter in a 'transistor'McGill University researchers have discovered a new state of matter, a quasi-three- dimensional electron crystal, in a material very much like those used in the fabrication of modern transistors. This discovery could have momentous implications for the development of new electronic devices. ...
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Clearcast Digital Media: Tina Fey, Sarah Palin, NBC and Hulu.com- A change is gonna comeAmong all the people who saw at least one of the three SNL sketches, 33% watched it on television during the original broadcast and a staggering 67% watched after the original broadcast either online or on a DVR. (By the way, 56% of those who saw the SNL spoof never actually watched the ACTUAL ...
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Stealth Semantic Startup Raises $8.5 Million, Won’t Tell Us AnythingSiri, a spinoff of SRI International, plans to commercialize the DARPA-funded CALO (Cognitive Assistant that Learns and Organizes) system, the "largest Artificial Intelligence project in U.S. history." It will use AI to automate many of the tasks that people currently conduct manually online. ...
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Awesome Sun/Earth pictureAwesome Sun/Earth size comparison picture.
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Bell Labs: Background: Bell Labs Text-to-Speech Synthesis: Then and NowOne of the more famous moments in Bell Labs' synthetic speech research was the sample created by John L. Kelly in 1962, using an IBM 704 computer. Kelly's vocoder synthesizer recreated the song "Bicycle Built for Two," with musical accompaniment from Max Mathews. Arthur C. Clarke, then visiting ...
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Exploring an abandoned island castleThis place was built by an old arms dealer. He was supposedly "anti-war" yet he constructed this arsenal to store his excess army surpluses in one of the structures then built a smaller castle to reside in. Some of the materials being stored exploded and destroyed parts of the castle. It ...
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Plot of the Innermost Solar SystemThe plot below shows the current location of the major planets (Mercury through Mars) and the minor planets that are in the innermost region of the solar system.
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Education Ideation » A $3 Million Overhead ProjectorI am an Associate Professor of Astronomy at the University of Chicago (the University that today has added yet another Nobel Prize winner in the sciences for the US). I would like to comment on Sen. McCain’s statement during the today’s debate that Sen. Obama has earmarked “$3 million for an ...
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Effect of the Depression on Technology - O'Reilly RadarHere's the state of play as I see it: it is expensive and difficult to borrow and this shows no sign of change; the US debt is rising instead of falling, propelled by the Iraq War and the reliance on China for material goods unreciprocated by a reliance from China on American goods; and this ...
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The War on IntellectualismIt seems there is a new threat to our country- an insidious danger that is seeping into our homes and everyday lives that must be stopped at any cost. That threat is intellectualism. We have heard the some of the buzzwords of this political season- Folksy, Joe Six-pack, Elitist, and Arugula ...
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