Scanwiches
Not really much to say here–it’s pretty self-explanatory:
Delicious sandwich + flatbed scanner = Scanwiches.com
Game Changing Wearable Technology
Imagine a wearable computing device that will project a Minority Report user-interface on any surface. A few more levels deeper and we’ll have wearable technology akin to Vernor Vinge’s Rainbow’s End, which I think is completely possible within our lifetimes, and most definitely possible within our children’s lifetimes.
One more level after this, we’re talking Ghost in the Shell level of human/computer integration.
Thanks for the link, Dan!
via TED
“Junk DNA” Re-Awakened to Fight HIV
What? We (humans) have had the potential ability to naturally resist HIV-1? Well, golley-gee, Toto, let me click my heels and decry, “There’s no place like our genomes! There’s no place like our genomes!”
In all seriousness, this is a huge breakthrough and something to keep an eye on:
A group of scientists led by Nitya Venkataraman and Alexander Colewhether wanted to try a new approach to fighting HIV – one that worked with the body’s own immune system. They knew Old World monkeys had a built-in immunity to HIV: a protein called retrocyclin, which can prevent HIV from entering cell walls and starting an infection. So they began poring over the human genome, looking to see if humans had a latent gene that could manufacture retrocyclin too. It turned out that we did, but a "nonsense mutation" in the gene had turned it off at some point in our evolutionary history.
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The human cells made retrocyclin, fended off HIV, and effectively became AIDS-resistant. And it was done entirely using the latent potential in the so-called junk DNA of the human genome.
For the more scientific-minded, here’s a more technical article. For the rest, here’s a summary.
via io9 via PLoS Biology
Hi-Res Video Stills Replacing Traditional Photography?
Okay, I’ll admit it was pretty obvious what first caught my eye in this capture: obviously those platform stilettos are difficult to walk in.
In all seriousness, though, what’s interesting is that this Esquire magazine cover was not photographed in the traditional SLR way.
Rather than click and endless series of stills, photographer Greg Williams shot the cover with the 4K Red ONE video camera. Fox essentially acted out a scene for 10 minutes, the best moment of which will appear on the June 2009 cover. (Not to be wasteful of Megan Fox footage, the video will also be uploaded to Esquire’s site, of course.)
Frames-per-second is one of those metrics of value for a high-end dSLR. Dabbling in action photography myself, I could easily fill up a 4 GB card in a short amount of time. When using burst-fire from an SLR, it’s all about continuously shooting and hoping you’ll get something good later on. My 20D only grabs about 3-fps. The latest dSLRs can get upwards of 8-fps. So transitioning to video seems to be the natural progression. Why stop at 8-fps when you can grab a full 24-, 30-, or 60-fps?
What does this mean for the future of traditional photography? What do you think?
via Gizmodo
Husqvarna Automower 260 ACX – Lawn Roomba
Perfect! Now I just need something that can do my laundry.
Thanks for the link, Joe!
via Digital Trends
Eye of the Tiger
Survivor’s “Eye of the Tiger” as performed by the PS22 Chorus.
Nice find, Bernard!
Bernard:
It makes me angry that the powers that be in our Local, State & US Government want to cut music from the class rooms. Very sad that music teachers like this are slowly being phased out just to make ends meet.
Amazing Bike Control – The Next Level of Bike Trials
Wow. This guy has an incredible sense of balance and an unreal amount of control over his bike. It’s hypnotic.
Filmed over the period of a few months in and around Edinburgh by Dave Sowerby, this video of Inspired Bicycles team rider Danny MacAskill features probably the best collection of street/street trials riding ever seen. There’s some huge riding, but also some of the most technically difficult and imaginative lines you will ever see. Without a doubt, this video pushes the envelope of what is perceived as possible on a trials bike.
Nice find, Paul!
Meat + Lasers = Meat Cards
I imagine these would be awkward to carry in your wallet.
We start with 100% beef jerky, and SEAR your contact information into it with a 150 WATT CO2 LASER.
Screw die-cutting. Forget about foil, popups, or UV spot lamination. THESE business cards have two ingredients:
MEAT AND LASERS.
Unlike other business cards, MEAT CARDS will retain value after the econopocalypse. Hoard and barter your calorie-rich, life-sustaining cards.
via Boing Boing
Brilliant Prank for Ten Year High School Reunion
Instead of attending her ten year high school reunion, Andrea Wachner hired an erotic dancer, Cricket, to impersonate her. I think I might do that for my twenty year high school reunion.
Bravo, Andrea, Bravo!
via Boing Boing
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