‘Atomic pen’ writes with individual atoms
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The invisible and the non-existent look very much alike
The US Department of Homeland Security is developing a system designed to detect "hostile thoughts" in people walking through border posts, airports and public places. The DHS says recent tests prove it works.'Pre-crime' detector shows promise
A 2005 DARPA report... proposes to "image through multiple walls and even penetrate whole buildings using distributed sensors on or around buildings," with UAVs assisting ground forces. A 2007 Army Research Lab study explores the ability of ground sensors, working with UAVs, to capture "images from different angles," thereby providing "intelligence on the configuration, content, and human presence inside enclosed areas (buildings)."Nowhere To Hide - Killer drones that can see through walls
Oct 3, 2008
Phagocytosis and Chemotaxis
2. http://nz.youtube.com/watch?v=oYS90knzRl8
3. http://nz.youtube.com/watch?v=O21VnOgICa8
Phagocytosis is the cellular process of engulfing solid particles by the cell membrane... in the immune system it is a major mechanism used to remove pathogens and cell debris.
2. http://nz.youtube.com/watch?v=Ql7i_TLUurM
3. http://nz.youtube.com/watch?v=b0vkSFs5RvM
4. http://nz.youtube.com/watch?v=fzbtsJz2Ofc
Chemotaxis is the phenomenon in which bodily cells, bacteria, and other single-cell or multicellular organisms direct their movements according to certain chemicals in their environment.
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Purple Drank
Purple drank is a slang term for a recreational drug popular in the hip-hop community of the southern United States. Its main ingredient is prescription-strength cough syrup containing codeine and promethazine.[1] Cough syrup is typically mixed with ingredients such as Sprite soft drink and pieces of Jolly Rancher candy.http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Purple_drank
Sep 3, 2008
Lost in Space
As the brothers listened, the cosmonaut experimented with zero gravity. They lost the signal as the cosmonaut prepared for re-entry while whistling a communist hymn. It was only then that President John F Kennedy was awoken at 2am to be given the news that Yuri Gagarin was the first man in space.Lost in Space
Five weeks later, on 19 May 1961, the brothers picked up what is now their most infamous recording, which they claim is of a woman cosmonaut whose ship burned up on re-entry. Then, a few days after this, they picked up a tantalising few seconds of another transmission: “Conditions growing worse, why don’t you answer?”
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MEDUSA (Mob Excess Deterrent Using Silent Audio)
The device – dubbed MEDUSA (Mob Excess Deterrent Using Silent Audio) – exploits the microwave audio effect, in which short microwave pulses rapidly heat tissue, causing a shockwave inside the skull that can be detected by the ears. A series of pulses can be transmitted to produce recognisable sounds...Microwave ray gun controls crowds with noise
MEDUSA involves a microwave auditory effect "loud" enough to cause discomfort or even incapacitation. Sadovnik says that normal audio safety limits do not apply since the sound does not enter through the eardrums.
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The stones have small voices
EM emissions:http://www.terraresearch.net/wav/zapseismo.wav (warning: loud section near middle)
Longitudinal Scalar EM Waves – strong Earth Emissions are part of Quakes and Volcanics
Above is a real plot from a seismograph being zapped by a strong scalar wave burst from the earth. These waves are not mechanical in nature but are pure energy, similar to how a radio wave is pure energy that couples to a radio antenna.
Sped-up seismograph readings from earthquakes:
http://earthquake.usgs.gov/learning/listen/wavs/MTCM.wav
http://www.cisn.org/special/evt.04.09.28/sounds/pkfpilot_16x_50.wav
USGS Earthquakes Hazards Program Downloads
Skywise - Earthquakes
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An Elephant Crackup
The elephants of decimated herds, especially orphans who’ve watched the death of their parents and elders from poaching and culling, exhibit behavior typically associated with post-traumatic stress disorder and other trauma-related disorders in humans: abnormal startle response, unpredictable asocial behavior, inattentive mothering and hyperaggression...In July of last year, officials in Pilanesberg shot three young male elephants who were responsible for the killings of 63 rhinos, as well as attacks on people in safari vehicles. In Addo Elephant National Park, also in South Africa, up to 90 percent of male elephant deaths are now attributable to other male elephants, compared with a rate of 6 percent in more stable elephant communities.An Elephant Crackup?
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Apr 30, 2008
4.6 Billion Years of Love
If the Great Filter is ahead of us, we have still to confront it. If it is true that almost all intelligent species go extinct before they master the technology for space colonization, then we must expect that our own species will, too, since we have no reason to think that we will be any luckier than other species. If the Great Filter is ahead of us, we must relinquish all hope of ever colonizing the galaxy, and we must fear that our adventure will end soon--or, at any rate, prematurely. Therefore, we had better hope that the Great Filter is behind us.Where are they?
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Spaceship Junkyard
Space rockets consist mainly of fuel tanks and booster engine stages that never reach orbit, falling back to earth when spent. Due to the land-locked location of Baikonur, Russia's biggest launching complex in Kazakhstan, Russian rockets do not reach the ocean before they come crashing down, often falling into populated areas.Spaceship JunkyardHowever, despite the potential dangers, one group of people is getting rich from the rockets - the region's scrap metal Mafia, who thrive on the high-grade titanium and aluminum alloys.
Apr 9, 2008
Neural Predictors
By watching how different neural circuits light up or go dark during the buying process, the researchers found they could predict whether a person would end up purchasing a product or passing it up. They concluded, after further analysis of the results, that "the ability of brain activation to predict purchasing would generalise to other purchasing scenarios".Neuromarketing could make mind reading the ad-man's ultimate tool
Why the Next Civil Rights Battle Will Be Over the Mind"Who's there? Who's there?" she whispers. I look around but can't figure out where it's coming from. It seems to emanate from inside my skull.
Was I going nuts? Nope. I had simply encountered a new advertising medium: hypersonic sound. It broadcasts audio in a focused beam, so that only a person standing directly in its path hears the message.
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She didn't give a name
Your preferred scotch (possibly bourbon)
Chambord
Raspberries
Whisky-lovers: 2:1 whisky to Chambord
Others: 1:1 whisky to Chambord
Optional: Vanilla vodka to taste
Pour over ice then muddle in Raspberries.
Chambord
Raspberries
Whisky-lovers: 2:1 whisky to Chambord
Others: 1:1 whisky to Chambord
Optional: Vanilla vodka to taste
Pour over ice then muddle in Raspberries.
We're not gonna make it, are we? People, I mean.
ALICE: Who created you?
Jabberwacky: My mother gave birth to me. Is that what you mean?
A: Jabberwacky, I meant exactly what I said.
J: Do you believe in God?
A: Of course I believe in God.
J: Why do you believe in God?
A: The Bible tells us to believe in God.
J: That’s circular reasoning.
A: I’m glad we have that all cleared up.
I Chat, Therefore I Am
Apr 3, 2008
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"What I was used to was people who smiled for the camera. It's usually an automatic response. But these people never smiled. They were incredibly serious; and more than that, they weren't pretending anything any more. People are almost always pretending something, but these people had lost that need."Life Before Death
This is the end - A German photographer captures the dying
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Sky Burial & Self-Mummification
Sky burial or ritual dissection was once a common practice in Tibet. A human corpse is cut into small pieces and placed on a mountaintop, exposing it to the elements or the mahabhuta and animals – especially to birds of prey. In Tibetan the practice is known as jhator (Tibetan: བྱ་གཏོར་), which literally means, "giving alms to the birds."Tibetan sky burial in China (w/photos)
Sky Burial (Alternate Description)
Self-Mummified Buddhist Monks
Scattered throughout Northern Japan are two dozen mummified Japanese monks known as Sokushinbutsu. Followers of Shugendô, an ancient form of Buddhism, the monks died in the ultimate act of self-denial.
Mar 30, 2008
...Tho' Nature, red in tooth and claw / With ravine, shriek'd against his creed
Insects with modified body structures and embedded micro-electromechanical systems (MEMS) have survived to adulthood in a US Defense Advanced Reseach Projects Agency (DARPA) programme.Cyborg insects 'born' in DARPA project
InsectLabs
Mar 28, 2008
Baka wa shinanakya naoranai
Haishaku, a critter found in the upper lungs, has a nose that opens directly into its chest. People infected with Haishaku hate pleasant smells and foul smells, but are fond of strong, fishy smells. Other symptoms include extreme sadness and a craving for spicy food.Mythical 16th-century disease critters
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