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• Japanese Machine Converts Plastic to Oil
  Published: August 24, 2010
  Source: Big Think
  My Note: Great news! So the Earth will not end into a dump of plastic bags after all.
  The perils of plastic are nothing new to most of us. A lesser-known fact, however, is that plastic has a higher energy value than just about any other type of waste. To harness this energy while addressing the waste problem, Japanese company Blest has created a machine that converts several types o...
• It sounds impossible, but air-purifying roads get real
  Published: August 20, 2010
  Source: DVICE Atom Feed
  My Note: This smells good. :)
  It sounds like the kind of technology you'd see on The Jetsons (well, you know, if the Jetsons drove on roads), but a group of researchers in Germany have created "Air Clean" slabs that help reduce the detrimental impact of cars and trucks.
• Google: There Are 129,864,880 Books in the Entire World
  Published: August 9, 2010
  Source: Mashable!
  My Note: Keep reading... :)
  How many books have ever been published in all of modern history? According to Google’s advanced algorithms, the answer is nearly 130 million books, or 129,864,880, to be exact.We’ll admit it’s practically impossible to count every book that has ever been written, but in order for Google Book...
• #5: Stephen Hawking's Warning: Abandon Earth—Or Face Extinction
  Published: August 6, 2010
  Source: Big Think
  Let's face it: The planet is heating up, Earth's population is expanding at an exponential rate, and the the natural resources vital to our survival are running out faster than we can replace them with sustainable alternatives. Even if the human race manages not to push itself to the brink of ...Rea...
• #3: Erase Traumatic Memories (and Achieve Your Own “Eternal Sunshine”)
  Published: August 4, 2010
  Source: Big Think
  My Note: I wonder... If we learn from our past experiences, erasing them will it be a good option?
  “Blessed are the forgetful: for they get the better even of their blunders.” When philosopher Friedrich Nietzsche wrote this in 1885, he couldn't have imagined that one day people might join the blessed ranks of the forgetful simply by swallowing a pill. Yet this may soon be a reality; several...
• BBC News - Mars site may hold 'buried life'
  Published: July 30, 2010
  Source: www.bbc.co.uk
  My Note: Yay! But the little green people are loooooooooooong time gone. How long? Like in 4 billion years long.
  Researchers identify rocks that they say could contain the fossilised remains of life on early Mars.
• Gorgeous Mercury bullet train would be England's fastest
  Published: July 14, 2010
  Source: DVICE Atom Feed
  My Note: Can trains be sexy? Yes, they can!
  This high-speed train design by Priestmangoode is aimed at becoming the new speedy way of getting around the UK. Dubbed the Mercury Train, it would zip around at speeds of up to 225MPH.
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  Dan Mihu 12:59 on 1 November 2009 Permalink | Reply  

  • World's fastest supercomputer models the unseen universe on Dvice http://bit.ly/3VGuhb #
  • O chestiune de scala… De la cafea la carbon, trecand prin virusul gripal: http://bit.ly/10fWQi #
  • O nebunie! Carl Sagan canta despre Cosmos (feat. Stephen Hawking) http://bit.ly/L4WZg #

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  Dan Mihu 12:59 on 31 October 2009 Permalink | Reply  

  • They are back. Still looking for Higgs boson… Welcome! RT @CERN Particles are back in the LHC! http://bit.ly/OPoOm #

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  Dan Mihu 12:59 on 29 October 2009 Permalink | Reply  

  • Găsit pe blogul lui Razvan @Exarhu – cum se bea în literatura română http://bit.ly/tUHHq #

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  Dan Mihu 12:59 on 28 October 2009 Permalink | Reply  

  • Romania tacuta: Locul I in Europa si 4 medalii pentru lotul Romaniei la Olimpiada de Astronomie si Astrofizica http://bit.ly/2np3bp #

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  Dan Mihu 15:51 on 25 March 2008 Permalink | Reply  

  Scriam cu ani în urmă în revista Ştiinţă şi tehnică un dosar despre (pe atunci ipoteticele) “Organe de schimb”. Unul dintre subcapitole se referea la pielea artificială şi la cercetările despre regenerarea organelor. Eram excesiv de optimist, recunosc, dar realizările recente mi-au întrecut pînă şi mie aşteptările.
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  Dan Mihu 14:47 on 20 March 2008 Permalink | Reply  

  SkySails este un concept fermecător ce readuce în atenţie multimilenara tehnologie a velelor. Unui ochi neavizat ar putea să i se pară o simplă joacă de-a zmeele, dar parapanta pe care o vedeţi este capabilă să reducă cu pînă la 30% consumul de combustibil al unui cargobot transatlantic. Şi nu doar pe hîrtie. (More …)

   
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  Dan Mihu 15:31 on 28 November 2007 Permalink | Reply  

  Vă mai amintiţi de Sigourney Weaver în Alien 2 şi de confruntarea cu mama tuturor alienilor? Nu a reuşit să învingă scîrboasa creatură decît graţie unui exoschelet greoi, pe care cei de pe navă îl foloseau la diverse operaţiuni solicitante de la bord.

  Iată încă un exemplu despre realitatea care a depăşit fantezia. Americanii au pus la punct o versiune militară a unui astfel de exoschelet. E mult mai suplu şi mai agil. După cum o să vedeţi în filmuleţul următor, tipul care îl probează poate să meargă pe călcîie, să danseze şi cîte şi mai cîte. (More …)

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    kosmin 14:20 on 18 December 2007 Permalink

    Nu ai link catre o imagine. Unde sunt imaginile?
    Hai ca sunt curios…

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    Dan Mihu 14:54 on 18 December 2007 Permalink

    Îmi pare rău, WP-ul a distrus codul pentru inserarea filmuleţului de pe Live Leak. L-am refăcut acum.