And you thought your year-end PowerPoint — complete with that snazzy “Ding!” after every slide — was something to admire. The video below is a Google Demo Slam entrant, going up against a Voice Search piece featuring Maria Sharapova. We know precious little about what it took to create, but somehow or another, a trio of animators created a mind-blowing 450 page presentation in just three days, and none of ‘em were located in the same space. Thankfully for you, it’s all explained in a blistering one minute, twenty-nine second YouTube clip. Enjoy. Continue reading Google Docs presentation makes PowerPoint weep, beg for mercy (video) Google Docs presentation makes PowerPoint weep, beg for mercy (video) originally appeared on Engadget on Mon, 20 Dec 2010 11:53:00 EDT. Please see our terms for use of feeds . Permalink
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A lighter take on a serious subject, one day before the official start of winter… The tune is familiar, the words clever and the cause serious: Fracking for natural gas , occurring in a number of places as fossil fuel companies try to to … Read the full story on TreeHugger
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British police on Monday arrested a dozen men suspected of plotting a large-scale terror attack. Police who swooped in on the men’s houses early in the morning were unarmed, suggesting any planned attack was not imminent. (Dec. 20)
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Image via CrunchGear A new copy machine by Toshiba hopes to be the next big thing for paper-conscious offices. It prints documents that can be erased instantly by heating the pages, and the paper can be used up to five times before needing to be recycled. The toner is heat-sensitive, and loses color when warmed up. But what happens if you leave your important documents in the hot car?… Read the full story on TreeHugger
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Netanyahu wins: Eight MKs oppose establishing national inquiry commission to probe woodland inferno, only 3 vote in favor. MK Hasson: Strong feeling the public wants answers
Continue reading …LG commits to major smartphone, tablet, and smart TV investments for New Year’s resolution
December 20, 2010 No Comment
LG’s set aside quite a big chunk of change — 21 trillion won (about $18 billion) — for investments next year, almost 12 percent higher than its 2010 allowance. And a good chunk of that, 14.2 trillion won, is going to electronics: smartphones, tablets, advanced TVs and components for 3DTVs, according to the Wall Street Journal . (The rest, if you’re curious, is going into medical products, electric vehicle batteries, and an assortment of other businesses.) True, LG’s position in the smartphone market isn’t quite what it wanted — its now-former CEO Nam Yong claimed responsibility and retired in September — but we’d be lying if we said we haven’t been smitten with its Optimus lineup of Android handsets lately, and already we’ve seen some impressive future devices . Now, those tablet investments… figure out an OS yet? Can we make suggestions ? LG commits to major smartphone, tablet, and smart TV investments for New Year’s resolution originally appeared on Engadget on Mon, 20 Dec 2010 11:28:00 EDT. Please see our terms for use of feeds . Permalink
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An environmental group that analyzed the drinking water in 35 cities across the United States, including Bethesda and Washington, found that most contained hexavalent chromium, a probable carcinogen that was made famous by the film “Erin Brockovich.” The study, released Monday by the Environmental Working Group, is the first nationwide analysis of hexavalent chromium in drinking water to be made public. “Cancer-Causing Chromium-6 Pollution in U.S. Tap Water” It comes as the Environmental Protection Agency is considering whether to set a limit for hexavalent chromium in tap water. The agency is reviewing the chemical after the National Toxicology Program, part of the National Institutes of…
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Islamic Republic’s leader says UN court probing ex-Lebanese premier’s assassination in 2005 ‘receiving orders from elsewhere’
Continue reading …Liquid Coal Subsidy Written into Tax Cut Bill: Expected to Increase Demand for Coal and Produce More Emissions, Too
December 20, 2010 No Comment
Image: House GOP Leader via flickr The wealthiest Americans weren’t the only ones to benefit from the tax cut bill passed on Friday. The energy industry got some breaks as well, including a subsidy for liquid coal . The subsidy, which was written in during negotiations between Obama and Senate Republicans, has a lot of people outraged, largely because the existing technology is so
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Image credit: Tejvan Pettinger , used under Creative Commons license . Even before I adopted the car-dependent lifestyle of the rural green elite , I was somewhat of a fair weather cyclist. So stories of keeping bike lanes clear in Copenhagen , of potato omelets and winter cycli… Read the full story on TreeHugger
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