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PM's senior technology editor Glenn Derene is defending his property on mischief night by catching the ne'er-do-wells before they strike—with two high-tech video-capturing pumpkin mods.
Make a Surveillance Pumpkin: | |
The Vue Pumpkin | The Generic Wireless Camera Kit Pumpkin |
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Make a Surveillance Pumpkin: | |
The Vue Pumpkin | The Generic Wireless Camera Kit Pumpkin |
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Labels: Caught on camera, Privacy and Security, Pumpkin Carving, Security
![]() Although THC is an active ingredient in Nature's Gate Hemp Conditioner, the levels are too low to cause positive urine tests for marijuana, chemist Jim Hammer says. |
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Born in 1957 in Birmingham, Willard Wigan MBE began his artistic life at a tender age. Suffering from dyslexia and learning difficulties, he struggled at school, finding solace in creating art of such minute proportions that it virtually could not be seen with the naked eye.
“It began when I was five years old,” says Willard. “I started making houses for ants because I thought they needed somewhere to live. Then I made them shoes and hats. It was a fantasy world I escaped to where my dyslexia didn’t hold me back and my teachers couldn’t criticise me. That’s how my career as a micro-sculptor began.”
Click here to see his fabulous Web-page: http://www.willard-wigan.com/default.aspx
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BY Kit Eaton
A new video of a Boston Dynamics robot has surfaced--possibly the scariest yet. The company's name alone should give you the willies if you've watched the Terminator movies or seen the previous chilling robots BD makes. We've rounded up the videos for you. Happy Halloween.
Boston Dynamics is a small engineering and robotics firm spun off from MIT in 1992. According to its own Web site it "builds advanced robots with remarkable behavior: mobility, agility, dexterity and speed." Those parameters sound kinda military-like for a reason: BD has worked with DARPA, the Army, the Navy, and Marine Corps, as well as the more innocuous-sounding Sony. Their current starting lineup:
Petman
And before you think that sounds pretty Cyberdine Systems-sy, check out the video of Petman in action. It's a prototype bipedal robot from BD that walks with extraordinarily human-like gait--it even heel-toes, and does so with a dynamic sense of balance that means it can take a solid kick and still keep walking.
Makes the cute Asimo seem like the walking equivalent of a robotic grandpa doesn't it? Technically BD says its an "anthropomorphic robot for testing chemcial protection clothing [...] Unlike previous suit testers, which had to be supported mechanically an had a limited repertoire of motion, Petman will balance itself and move freely; walking, crawling [...] Petman will also simulate human physiology within the protective suit by [...] sweating when necessary." But if you didn't get a shiver from imagining the next gen of the sweaty thing with arms and a head, painted silver instead of black and wielding a gun then ... well, you've not got a very active imagination.
Big Dog
This is perhaps BD's most famous 'bot, designed to act something like a robotic packhorse to aid soldiers in the field of battle. Its four legs make it highly sure-footed, and it'll be smart enough to be able to maneuver semi-autonomously when it hits its final military specification levels.
Little Dog
Think Big Dog but more petite--and try to banish thoughts of tiny robots creeping into buildings via drains or under fences, all to assassinate bad guys.
RiSE
The last beastie is a six-legged smart climbing robot that has adhesive feet to let it scale even the most unforgiving and sheer building walls.
All that's left for us is to wonder what Petman and Big Dog and all the rest will evolve into over time: We're pretty sure we heard Petman muttering something about his plan to "be back."
[Via LiveLeak]
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Labels: Military, MIT, MIT Robotics, Robotics
From Economist.com
THE size of your pay packet may be important, but so is its purchasing power. Helpfully, a UBS report published this week offers a handy guide to how long it takes a worker on the average net wage to earn the price of a Big Mac in 73 cities. Fast-food junkies are best off in Chicago, Toronto and Tokyo, where it takes a mere 12 minutes at work to afford a Big Mac. By contrast, employees must toil for over two hours to earn enough for a burger fix in Mexico City, Jakarta and Nairobi.
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Labels: Big mac, Economics, Economy, Foreign Currency
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details.com — After carrying tabloid baggage for 18 years, Paul Reubens is back in the saddle---and in the Playhouse. Ready for a big adventure, boys and girls?
Click here to read this article: Pee-wee Herman Rides Again
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Labels: Paul Reubens, Pee-Wee Herman, Pee-wee Playhouse
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Labels: Dog Surfing, Surfing, Surfing Animals, Surfing Dogs
by Lin Edwards
The charging equipment. Image: TechOn
(PhysOrg.com) -- Toyota is developing a solar charging station for electric cars and plug-in hybrids, making a green technology even greener. It has also designed a battery charger for mounting inside an electric vehicle or plug-in hybrid to recharge the storage batteries.
Toyota Industries Corporation's announcement follows similar press releases in August by Nissan Motor Co Ltd and Showa Shell Sekiyu KK.
Toyota's solar charging station will consist of solar cells capable of generating 100/200V of electricity. The station includes storage batteries to store the electricity generated until it is required to recharge electric vehicles. The station also has a communication facility to authenticate users' identification information, and to communicate the amount of charge and other data to a remote data center. The communication system is expected to use LANs and Mobile networks.
Earlier this year Toyota Industries unveiled a new public charging station for electric vehicles, which went on sale a few months ago at a cost of 450,000 Yen (around 4,600USD). Both the earlier public charging station and the new solar charging system were developed in collaboration with Nitto Kogyo Corporation.
A variety of charging station options is needed to address the potential range limitations of electric vehicles, and a significant network of charging stations will need to be deployed to make electric vehicles viable for longer distance travel. Virtually all major car manufacturers are planning to launch electric or plug-in hybrid cars starting next year.
Charging stations for electric cars are gradually becoming more widespread. In the UK the Department of Transport estimates there will be about two million electric vehicles by 2020. In the US, SolarCity and Rabbobank have created a partnership to provide free electric charging for electric vehicles traveling between San Francisco and Los Angeles along Highway 101. SolarCity has also bought SolSource Energy, which is in the business of installing charging stations for electric cars.
Toyota made the announcement and exhibited the charging station and battery charger at the 2009 Tokyo Motor Show being held from October 23 to November 4, 2009 at Makuhari Messe, in Chiba City, Japan. The solar charger is scheduled for release late next year or in 2011 at a price of several hundred thousand Yen.
Via: TechOn
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Labels: Plug-in hybrid EVs, plug-in hybrids, solar cells, Toyota
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Touchdown celebration or unnecessary roughness? Who gives a damn, really. |
Been meaning to catch a Dallas Desire game this season, but lo and behold they only play two home games. The last one is Friday at 9 p.m. against the Los Angeles Temptation at Grand Prairie's QuickTrip Park.
I don't have to tell you that when Temptation meets Desire, you can throw out the records. And throw off the clothes.
The Desire would get their asses kicked by the Dallas Diamonds - mud wrestling, anyone? - but they are one of the best teams in the Lingerie Football League.
I could break down the Xs and Os and tell you that the Desire is 2-0 and has outscored its opponents 60-12. But who I am kidding? All you really want is photos and slideshows of some supple, yet strong sporty skin to get you through another rainy day.
C'mon then. Let's do this ...
How 'bout a video?
Perhaps a slideshow?
Some action shots from the Desire's first home game?
Or just the greatest football card in the history of ever?
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Photos by Danny Fulgencio |
The Desire, the class of the new Lingerie Football League, run out to a hero's welcome Friday night in Grand Prairie. |
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Tackles around the waistline are acceptable in the LFL, though it's fairly common to see players taken down shorts-first. |
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The L.A. Temptation celebrate a touchdown Friday night, on their way to putting 12 points on the board. |
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Photos by Danny Fulgencio |
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By the end of the night, the Desire had turned in another dominant performance, topping the Temptation 24-12. |
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With the unemployment rate in the United States reaching new heights each month, many are forced to contemplate relocating to reduce their costs of living. Similarly, there is a greater focus nationwide on the patterns in salary growth. While many areas of the country are experiencing zero or negative growth, there are still states, many of which are clustered on the East cost, in which salaries are actually on the rise. Additionally, there are numerous metropolitan areas in which salaries have grown at a surprisingly healthy rate. The graphic below showcases changes in salary across the country from the 4th quarter in 2008 to the 1st quarter in 2009, and spotlights those individual metropolitan areas with the greatest salary growth.
Before moving to Hawaii, however, you might want to review our guide to tax friendly places to retire.
Please click on the image below to enlarge.
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Labels: Job Economy, Job Hiring Freeze, Job Lay-off, Salaries, Salary, United States
Our friends at Walyou.com and some people we don't know (but whose work we admire) at Pumpkin Gutter have assembled a rogue's gallery from the gourd family just in time for Halloween, and we've picked the best of the best. Every photo links back to the source page in case you want to keep exploring. Walyou alone has put together a mega gallery of 130 Pumpkin carvings that feature likenesses of video game characters, geek celebs, and more. So check em out when you're done cowering at the sight of these fruity monstrosities. (Yes, pumpkins are fruit.)
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