Tuesday, February 24, 2015

This Crazy Geodesic Dome Is Actually a Power Plant

Source: http://gizmodo.com/this-crazy-geodesic-dome-is-actually-a-power-plant-1687567809

Biomass cogeneration doesn't scream "family fun for all ages" to most of us, but the city of Uppsala, Sweden, is hoping it might some day. Its plan involves a geodesic dome, stained glass, and a zany Danish architect.

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Monday, February 23, 2015

Article: MIT researchers claim they have a way to make faster chips

A team of MIT researchers have discovered a possible way to make multicore chips a whole lot faster than they currently are, according to a recently published research paper. The researchers' work involves the creation of a scheduling technique called CDCS, which refers to computation and data co...

https://gigaom.com/2015/02/20/mit-researchers-claim-they-have-a-way-to-make-faster-chips/

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How Can Space Travel Faster Than The Speed Of Light?

Source: http://io9.com/how-can-space-travel-faster-than-the-speed-of-light-1687312595

Light speed is often spoken of as a cosmic speed limit … but not everything plays by these rules. In fact, space itself can expand faster than a photon could ever hope to travel.

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Sunday, February 22, 2015

HTC One M9 store images hint at an evolutionary phone design

Source: http://www.engadget.com/2015/02/22/htc-one-m9-store-images/

HTC One M9 in silver and gold

HTC's plans for March 1st might just be out in the open. MobileGeeks has spotted German store listings for a new One phone whose images bear an uncanny resemblance to the One M9 spy photos from last month, complete with an oversized camera space and a flashy silver-and-gold color scheme for one model. The claimed 2GHz Snapdragon 810 chip, 20-megapixel rear camera and 4-megapixel front shooter will all sound familiar if you've been following rumors, but there are a few new twists here. The BlinkFeed news stream is different enough to suggest new software, and the body is a tad thicker than its predecessor -- possibly to offer space for the new camera, a bigger battery (supposedly 2,900mAh) or both. It's hard to say for sure that this is what you'll see in a week's time given contrasting reports, but it's at least plausible.

HTC One M9 in black / dark gray

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drag2share: Watch a robot play the violin better than you can

source: http://www.engadget.com/2015/02/22/ro-bow-violin-robot/?utm_source=Feed_Classic_Full&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Engadget&?ncid=rss_full

Seth Goldstein's Ro-Bow in action

Wish you hadn't been so quick to give up violin practice as a kid? You may never get to turn back the clock, but retired engineer Seth Goldstein is showing that there's still hope of reliving those musical ambitions through technology. He recently showed off Ro-Bow, a kinetic sculpture that uses robotic fingers (specifically, electromagnetic actuators) to play digital music files on a real violin. While the machine won't have concert performers rethinking their careers, it's probably better with a bow than you were way back when -- it can handle a fast Irish jig as well as a slow, sentimental tune like "Amazing Grace." The Ro-Bow hardware would have to shrink and get a bit of polish to be useful as more than an art project, of course. All the same, it's proof that you don't have to run a giant technology company to build a reasonably adept robotic musician.

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