Scare Flies Away With Water With This Chic Version Of The Popular Latin American Bug Repellent
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A design version of a popular fly repellent. Photo: Jose de la O. If you walk the streets of Latin America, especially rural or crowded places with food where flies love to hang out, you’re going to see a lot of transparent bags and plastic bottles hanging from strings. This is a popular street invention to scare flies away, not chosen for its sustainable benefits (DIY, zero toxic) but for its cheapness. Mexican designer based in The Netherlands Jose de la O took this idea and made a chic version of the thing: a glass lightbulb-shaped … Read the full story on TreeHugger
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Vice President Joe Biden said Tuesday that America will not cut and run in 2014, when the US-led military coalition plans to hand over control of security to Afghan forces. (Jan. 11)
Continue reading …DU Fraudster Blames Conservatives for AZ Shooting, Has History of Posting Violent Fantasies
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Of all the utter hypocrisy currently being displayed by many of those on the left over the tragic Arizona shooting, it would be hard to exceed that of the notorious fraudster of the Democratic Underground best known to the outside world as the perpetrator of the 2006 Karl Rove indictment hoax.. William Rivers Pitt of TruthOut , with enormous chip on his shoulder, has climbed up on his DU soap box and self-righteously pointed his finger of blame directly at conservatives. Ironically, although Pitt blames conservatives for supposed political violence that led to the tragedy in Arizona, it is that same man recently chronicled here in NewsBusters for being caught in an act of plagiarism who himself has a history of posting violent fantasies on the Web. Just weeks prior to posting his “THE WRATH OF FOOLS: An Open Letter To the Far Right,” Pitt posted these Hateful Days violent fantasies: read more
Continue reading …Feature-length film, The Trashmaster, made entirely in Grand Theft Auto IV
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If you’re familiar with The Sims -style gaming, where actual life, art, and the game can easily blur, this little story may not come as a huge surprise to you. Grand Theft Auto IV player / enthusiast Mathieu Weschler spent two years making The Trashmaster , a feature-length ‘film’ made entirely in the game , about a garbage man who has another gig on the side. Now, we’ll freely admit that we did not watch the entire thing (yet), but from what we have seen, it actually looks fairly engaging! The film is embedded after the break. Continue reading Feature-length film, The Trashmaster, made entirely in Grand Theft Auto IV Feature-length film, The Trashmaster, made entirely in Grand Theft Auto IV originally appeared on Engadget on Tue, 11 Jan 2011 09:56:00 EDT. Please see our terms for use of feeds . Permalink
Continue reading …"Inland Tsunami." An Area of Australia Equal to Two Texas’s Declared Flood Disaster
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Queensland floodwaters rearrange carpark. Photo credit: Sukhwindher Singh via ABC . Almost two years ago Australia endured its worst bushfire catastrophe , when over 400 wildfires engulfed the state of Victoria and claimed 173 lives, injuring over 400 people and destroying over 3,500 buildings. Because of the preceding drought, tinder dry forests erupted a force of destructive energy that was likened to the
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Photo Credit: William Sacco, Yale University Cockroaches are amazing. No matter how disgusting you might think they are, they should be considered one of the 7 wonders of the living world, if there were such a thing. They’ve been an inspiration in many ways to scientists working in the field of biomimicry, and the latest example of that inspiration is displayed in the grip of a mechanical hand, which mimics the flexible, spring-like movement and dexterity of cockroach legs. … Read the full story on TreeHugger
Continue reading …Real-time motion tracking software plays a mean game of hide-and-seek (video)
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Motion tracking software? Yeah, it’s pretty old hat, but steps are being taken each day to take the technology to a place it has never been before. Overly dramatic? Sure, but we doubt you’ll have much room to complain after peeking the video just past the break. Tipster Alexandre is responsible for the demonstration that you’ll find there, showing off an application that can track an object that you select in real-time, with a single observation / image being enough to kick things off. It can handle zooms, object size changes, occlusion and temporary disappearances, and it’s merely a mystery when something like this will get integrated into your motion gaming system of choice. Fingers crossed for “soon,” right? [Thanks, Alexandre] Continue reading Real-time motion tracking software plays a mean game of hide-and-seek (video) Real-time motion tracking software plays a mean game of hide-and-seek (video) originally appeared on Engadget on Tue, 11 Jan 2011 09:36:00 EDT. Please see our terms for use of feeds . Permalink
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Ego-Kits declares victory over nature, gravity with its E-Powered Downhill Bike Kit
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In a move that is sure to excite the outdoorsman (or outdoors-lady, as it were) in us all, German outfit Ego-Kits has unveiled the E-Powered Downhill Bike Kit so you don’t have to go through all that pesky exercise getting to the top of the mountain to enjoy the thrill of bombing back down. The kit comes with a 1200-watt aluminum motor that mounts under the down tube of 70 percent of downhill bike models, a battery pack (contained within an included backpack), charger, controller module, crankset, chain, and twist grip throttle with a battery charge indicator. We don’t know the price or when the system will officially go on sale, but we do know that when mounted on a mountain bike, it looks cooler than other, more pedestrian electric bikes we’ve seen previously . Jump after the break to see the Ego-Kit in action. Continue reading Ego-Kits declares victory over nature, gravity with its E-Powered Downhill Bike Kit Ego-Kits declares victory over nature, gravity with its E-Powered Downhill Bike Kit originally appeared on Engadget on Tue, 11 Jan 2011 09:01:00 EDT. Please see our terms for use of feeds . Permalink
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Ricky Martin is all smiles in the video for his latest song, “The Best Thing about Me is You”! The 39-year-old entertainer teamed up with soulful singer Joss Stone for the song. Ricky and Joss performed the show on The Oprah Winfrey Show recently! FYI: “The Best Thing about Me is You” comes off Ricky’s new studio Broadcasting platform : YouTube Source : Just Jared Discovery Date : 11/01/2011 13:55 Number of articles : 9
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