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Juxi Leitner

Rapid design and manufacture of novel micro-devices - 0 views

  • Starting with a commercial micro-fluidics polymer prototyping kit (from ThinXXS), the project successfully developed a 'template' polymer system into which silicon components can be simply 'plugged in'.
sreejanag

NASA finds a new life form - 5 views

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    Does the Drake equation (and the revised formulations) need to be adjusted?
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    > Does the Drake equation (and the revised formulations) need to be adjusted? Certainly. See the XKCD journal, vol. 1 issue 384.
Juxi Leitner

Slashdot Science Story | Turns Out You Actually Can Be Bored To Death - 4 views

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    whoa, so take care at those long presentations and meetings!
nikolas smyrlakis

How Twitter and Facebook Make Us More Productive | Magazine - 1 views

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    "This means that tweets about Lady Gaga's lingerie can help someone debugging Perl code. (Or a tweet about Perl code may help Lady Gaga's underwear stylist.) "
Juxi Leitner

Concept for swarming "display blocks" Boing Boing - 3 views

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    please see my Flyfire entry from MIT some posts below ...
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    yeah I saw it, it's also mentioned in the article
Francesco Biscani

Slashdot Technology Story | Using Classical Music As a Form of Social Control - 1 views

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    A clockwork orange all over again.
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    Some other ingenious suggestions: death metal in rest homes motivates people to care for their parents, deafening techno in the doctor's waiting room decreases the rate of unjustified medical visits, Eros Ramazotti in UK stadiums keeps the hooligans away etc.
Francesco Biscani

Official Google Blog: Announcing Google's Focused Research Awards - 0 views

  • Today, we're announcing the first-ever round of Google Focused Research Awards — funding research in areas of study that are of key interest to Google as well as the research community. These awards, totaling $5.7 million, cover four areas: machine learning, the use of mobile phones as data collection devices for public health and environment monitoring, energy efficiency in computing, and privacy.
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    Might be of some interest to Christos?
nikolas smyrlakis

Google Maps Finally Adds Bike Routes | Autopia | Wired.com - 1 views

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    not for leiden - estec yet as I checked but hopefully soon for the netherlands
Francesco Biscani

Official Google Blog: A digital renaissance: partnering with the Italian Ministry of Cu... - 1 views

  • Working with the National Libraries of Florence and Rome, we’ll digitize up to a million out-of-copyright works.
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