Competition to design a hydrophilic, self-filling water-bottle

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Competition to design a hydrophilic, self-filling water-bottle

A Slashdot post from Samzenpus rounds up links to a series of projects to make self-filling water-bottles inspired by the hydrophilic nodules on the Namib Desert Beetle. After a successful prototype, MIT has launched a competition to improve on the design.

Water Bottle Fills Itself From the Air

Competition to design a hydrophilic, self-filling water-bottle

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Competition to design a hydrophilic, self-filling water-bottle

A Slashdot post from Samzenpus rounds up links to a series of projects to make self-filling water-bottles inspired by the hydrophilic nodules on the Namib Desert Beetle. After a successful prototype, MIT has launched a competition to improve on the design.

Water Bottle Fills Itself From the Air

The Brain in the Machine: I.B.M's Compass : The New Yorker

The Brain in the Machine: I.B.M's Compass : The New Yorker
http://m.newyorker.com/online/blogs/newsdesk/2012/11/ibm-brain-simulation-compass.html

(via Instapaper)

Miles Davis vs. LCD Soundsystem

Miles Davis vs. LCD Soundsystem:

Miles Davis vs. LCD Soundsystem. Uploader Alessandro Grespan says, "No editing or other tricks, just 2 youtube videos played at the same time."

The Visible Gummi

The Visible Gummi:
Artist Jason Freeny designed this anatomical Gummi Bear for Fame Master Toys. See many more examples of his cool sculptures on his DeviantArt page. (Photo by Sherri Damlo)

The Visible Gummi

The Visible Gummi:
Artist Jason Freeny designed this anatomical Gummi Bear for Fame Master Toys. See many more examples of his cool sculptures on his DeviantArt page. (Photo by Sherri Damlo)

Whoa. Pre-digital implementation of complex Boolean queries.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Superimposed_code

Photos of physicists' blackboards

Photos of physicists' blackboards:
Alejandro Guijarro's "Momentum" photography series depicts chalkboards at quantum mechanics research institutions. I've noticed several mathematical errors but I'm sure the physicists will catch them eventually. "Momentum" (via Imaginary Foundation)

The climate change generation gap

The climate change generation gap: October 2012 was the 332nd month in a row with a global average temperature that is higher than the 20th-century average. Put it another way: If you are younger than 28, then you have never experienced a colder-than-average month. In your entire life. (Via Chris Tackett)

Amazing Mickey Mouse skull graffiti

Amazing Mickey Mouse skull graffiti:
BB pal Greg Long spotted this magnificent graffiti near the GAMA-GO world headquarters in San Francisco's SOMA. If you know the artist, please help me credit him/her! Commenters say it's the work of Goser! Thanks!

Petraeus invisetigation shows how much access law enforcement has

[Note: I do not give a tinker's damn about Petraeus and who he may have been sleeping with. But the investigation itself reveals troubling civil liberty issues. -egg]
http://m.washingtonpost.com/world/national-security/fbi-investigation-of-broadwell-reveals-bureaus-comprehensive-access-to-electronic-communications/2012/11/17/5f27d636-3012-11e2-9f50-0308e1e75445_story.html

#425 Have You Been Saved?

[I worry about this. -egg]

#425 Have You Been Saved?: