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http://www.hallmark.com/webapp/wcs/stores/servlet/article|10001|10051|/HallmarkSite/Max... - 13 views

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    Maxine... very funny stuff! =P
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    omg--that's my mother-in-law!
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    LOOOLLz! =D
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    OMG - It's MY mother-in-law too!!
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    wow, Maxine's very popular it seems! =)))))))))))))))
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    Either that, or mother-in-laws have a lot in common.
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    TeeeHeee! =D
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    OMG - I thought mine was bad! I forgot to mention, mine lives across the street! How bad is that?
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    Ahaaaaaaaa..... LOL! =))
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The Blue Talkz...: Winduino II - 4 views

  • This is really kool. I mean REALLY REALLY. Based on the ancient Aeolian harp, and made out of Adruino BT Bluetooth board, this little instrument plays with wind. Oh, and it’s solar powered. More info can be found here.  
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    Very interesting idea, but I'm not really impressed by the music it generates.
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    Thanks for the tip, Aasemoon - I liked it so much - http://www.jackdlogan.com/music/winduino_II.html - surely, the Aeolian harp must have been the way humans first learned about pitched sound; in its original form - "Aeolian harps in literature and music Aeolian harps are featured in at least two Romantic-era poems, "The Aeolian Harp" and "Dejection, an Ode", both by Samuel Taylor Coleridge. In William Heinesen's novel The Lost Musicians set in Tórshavn, Kornelius Isaksen takes his three sons to a little church where, in the tower, they sit listening to the 'capriciously varying sounds of an Aeolian harp', which leads the boys into a lifelong passion for music. Aeolian harps are mentioned in Vladimir Nabokov's classic Lolita. A lyre is mentioned in Percy Bysshe Shelley's "Ode to the West Wind" which is another name for an Aeolian Harp. An aeolian harp is featured in Ian Fleming's 1964 children's novel Chitty Chitty Bang Bang to make a cave seem haunted. Henry Cowell's Aeolian Harp (1923) was one of the first piano pieces ever to feature extended techniques on the piano which included plucking and sweeping the pianist's hands directly across the strings of the piano. The Etude in A flat major for piano (1836) by Frédéric Chopin (Étude Op. 25, No. 1 (Chopin)) is sometimes called the "Aeolian Harp" etude, a nickname given it by Robert Schumann. The piece features a delicate, tender, and flowing melody in the fifth finger of the pianist's right hand, over a background of rapid pedaled arpeggios. One of Sergei Lyapunov's 12 études d'exécution transcendante, Op.11 No.9, is named by the author "Harpes éoliennes" (aeolian harps). In this virtuoso piece, written between 1897 and 1905, the tremolo accompaniment seems to imitate the sounding of the instrument. Young Thomas at work on his harp. In 1972, Chuck Hancock and Harry Bee recorded a giant 30 foot
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    Cool... glad you like this Jack! =) It amazed me quite a bit too...
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Gallery | Random - January 2010 | DSC05375 - 13 views

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    I think she likes your blue fingernails
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    Hehe... she was playing with my fingers and my braids the entire time.... so cute... =D
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    Ok--I give up. how did you know she was a :she:?
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    you're kidding right? I'm pretty sure the pink dress and tights gives it away... of course maybe your parents were liberal
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    HEY. my mom just knitted me a snuggy with that exact same heart pattern for christmas.
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    HA HA HA HA HA.... fishy can we please see a photo of that? =D LOL!!!
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    ok, but i have to warn you, this isn't pretty...                                  
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    you forgot the tights
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    wedgie
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    =))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))) Oooh wow fishy, how so very stylish! That looks perrrrrrrrrfect on you! =D
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    You guys - lol!
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YouTube - mindsignonline - 4 views

  • THIS IS YOUR BRAIN ON THE AVATAR TEASER TRAILER. THIS IS WHAT A PERSON'S BRAIN LOOKS LIKE WHILE WATCHING THE TEASER TRAILER FOR JAMES CAMERON'S "AVATAR". This video shows the reaction--of the axial, sagittal planes--of a subject's brain while watching the "Avatar" James Cameron trailer. *Red means activating.
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    Fascinating stuff these fRMI scans...
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    This is pretty cool! =)
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Gallery | Iran- Kish - The Island Sunset & The Kaariz - 3 views

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    Kish Island. A number of photos from the Kaariz first, and then the Island Sunset and the Greek Ship.
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    beautiful sunset sequence! Now make that into an animated .gif file.
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    That's a kool idea! Perhaps even some Flash thing... we'll see. =D [I have only posted some of the sunset photos that I took... in fact I have photos of every second of it! ;)]
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    These are gorgeous! Thanks for sharing, Aasemoon.
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    Glad you like the photos Jack! =) I'll post the rest soon....
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Playing the Body Electric: Scientific American - 3 views

  • Each new generation of astronomers discovers that the universe is much bigger than their predecessors imagined. The same is also true of brain complexity. Every era’s most advanced technologies, when applied to the study of the brain, keep uncovering more layers of nested complexity, like a set of never ending Russian dolls. We now know that there are up to 1,000 different subtypes of nerve cells and supporting actors—the glia and astrocytes—within the nervous system. Each cell type is defined by its chemical constituents, neuronal morphology, synaptic architecture and input-output processing.
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Popped Culture: I'm The King Of The Universe! - 3 views

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    blue kitteh lol
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    Hahahahaha..... this is pretty funny! =D
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Gallery | Iran Kish Random - 3 views

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    8th batch of my Iran photos! =)
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    That's cool--is that a fountain or just a light sculpture?
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    Light sculpture that constantly changes colour. =)
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The Zeray Gazette: TequilaBot Has No Sense of Loyalty - 2 views

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    (YouTube Link) TequilaBot was designed to take shots of tequila, and presumably get into gunfights. Or something. This bizarre video is a commercial for Cantina, a bar in Birmingham, Alabama. I'm definitely going the next time that I'm in town. But I'll leave my treacherous robot companion at home.
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Hummingbird Robot being prepared to rescue humans | DVICE - 2 views

  • Chiba University researcher Hiroshi Ryu has unveiled what may be the first of a new wave of rescue robots. Dubbed the Hummingbird Robot, the tiny robot features four wings that flap 30 times per second, a miniature motor, and is controlled via infrared sensors.
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      This is kooool! And we need a robotics group. =P
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How Long Till Human-Level AI? | h+ Magazine - 2 views

  • When will human-level AIs finally arrive? We don’t mean the narrow-AI software that already runs our trading systems, video games, battlebots and fraud detection systems. Those are great as far as they go, but when will we have really intelligent systems like C3PO, R2D2 and even beyond? When will we have Artificial General Intelligences (AGIs) we can talk to? Ones as smart as we are, or smarter? Well, as Yogi Berra said, “it’s tough to predict, especially about the future.” But what do experts working on human-level AI think? To find out, we surveyed a number of leading specialists at the Artificial General Intelligence conference (AGI-09) in Washington DC in March 2009. These are the experts most involved in working toward the advanced AIs we’re talking about. Of course, on matters like these, even expert judgments are highly uncertain and must be taken with multiple grains of salt — nevertheless, expert opinion is one of the best sources of guidance we have. Their predictions about AGI might not come true, but they have so much relevant expertise that we should give their predictions careful consideration.
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IEEE Spectrum: Computer-Controlled Swarm of Bacteria Builds Tiny Pyramid - 2 views

  • Researchers at the NanoRobotics Laboratory of the École Polytechnique de Montréal, in Canada, are putting swarms of bacteria to work, using them to perform micro-manipulations and even propel microrobots. Led by Professor Sylvain Martel, the researchers want to use flagellated bacteria to carry drugs into tumors, act as sensing agents for detecting pathogens, and operate micro-factories that could perform pharmacological and genetic tests. They also want to use the bacteria as micro-workers for building things. Things like a tiny step pyramid. The video below shows some 5000 bacteria moving like a swarm of little fish, working together to transport tiny epoxy bricks and assemble a pyramidal structure -- all in 15 minutes. The video was presented at IROS last year, along with a wonderfully titled paper, "A Robotic Micro-Assembly Process Inspired By the Construction of the Ancient Pyramids and Relying on Several Thousands of Flagellated Bacteria Acting as Workers."
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badaboomit.com - 2 views

  • Badaboom is a blazingly fast media converter that formats video files for a variety of devices, including iPod, PSP, Blackberry, and YouTube, by using your system's graphics processing unit (GPU).  Check out the newly released Badaboom version 1.2.1. Install the Free Trial today and try it yourself!
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Apple Announces the iPad - 6 views

  • Apple just announced the launch of the iPad, Apple's rumored tablet computer. Judging from what we have seen so far, the iPad is basically a very large iPod touch with a modified interface. According to Steve Jobs, the device will be far better than an iPhone or netbook for browsing the web. The iPad will also feature most of the standard apps we have become used to on the iPhone platform, including maps, contacts and a calendar.
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    And finally it's out....
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    does that mean we can stop reading about it now?
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    HA HA HA HA HA.... fishy you're pretty bored with this aren't you..... =D
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    Well considering that Jack has been posting rumors for this little brick for more than a year, I feel as if I've already owned one, broken it twice, and then moved on to the next hot rumor. (((Have you heard about the new Apple iCash yet?)))
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    Hehehe... well I guess you're going to have the same feelings towards the MS Courier once it's out.... =D
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    nope (already have one) ;-)
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    Uhhhh.... fishy.... you already have an MS Courier?? =P
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    yup. already got one.
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    You guys quack me up! I put my name in yesterday to get one - 64g/WI-FI only/no connection to AT&T! Cool!
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    Coool! =D
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Gallery | Iran - Tehran - Random [III] - 5 views

  • More random photos from Tehran. Some funny photos from here and there that didn't belong anywhere else. =) Some photos with friends and family. And... uhmm... Mahyar really knows how to make a face. =P
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    The 10th and last set of photos from my 2009 trip to Iran. =)
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    nice family pics! Who's the guy in the photo on the wall with the big bushy white mustache? That's a classic!
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    Oh I took a photo from a photo cause I don't have the original... that's my uncle Dr. Mehdi Ghalibafian. He was called "the father of Iranian concrete science". http://www.facebook.com/pages/Tehran-Iran/Mehdi-Ghalibafian/85615329215?v=info
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    THAT's AWESOME! A very unique man. (And I want to grow a 'stache like that now).
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    LOL... yeah his 'stache is pretty popular. =D
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drone - 1 views

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    I have to have one of these!!
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    OMG OMG! I want one of those toooooooooooooooooooo! =D
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FT.com | Tech Blog | The future of eReaders by Ray Kurzweil - 1 views

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    "The futurist Ray Kurzweil has come up with a major advance on eReader software that consumers can try out as early as next month. Blio, available free for the PC and iPhone, offers features such as 3D page turns and a bookshelf where readers can rotate books to see backcover and spine."
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Salisbury News: 700 YEAR OLD HOUSES IN IRAN - CAN YOU BELIEVE IT? - 5 views

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    700-year-old house in Iran - Aasemoon, you must already know about this!
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    Neat-o. They sure knew how to build back then. One of the girls I went to grad school with was from Italy. Her family has lived in the same house for over 500 years. The have added on over the centuries, but the main part of the house is still in full use. The coolest thing was when she brought back pictures--there's a step up leading into the kitchen area. The threshold is a hand carved wooden beam. So many people have stepped on this wooden stair so many times over the years, that there is this huge rounded depression worn down into the stair. My house is 10 years old, and I'm constantly having to fix something. I can't imagine the amount of upkeep has been necessary to keep these old places livable.
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peppy the robot wants what it can't have on [technabob] - 1 views

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    This just shows that with a little more programming, anyone (or anything) can improve...
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    Hehe... I wish! *giggles* ;)
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Eigenharp Alpha Details - 1 views

shared by Kurt Laitner on 08 Oct 10 - Cached
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    Oh my GOD I want one!
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