Wednesday Knights Blog

http://dvice.com/archives/2009/02/gaping_hole_cos.php
Gaping Hole costume, sure winner for Halloween 2009

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Commentary
“Metamaterials are synthetic substances that can steer light in any way imaginable. Their most famous incarnation is in invisibility cloaks which work by steering light around a region of space making any object inside that region invisible. But invisibility is just the start. A team of physicists in Hong Kong (the same guys who recently [...]

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When we originally got word that the plan was to reboot the Star Trek franchise, I was worried about how this latest movie would turn out. I needn’t have wasted time worrying.
The movie rocks. I absolutely loved it (despite the fact that it had time travel in it). In fact, I liked how they did [...]

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German researchers have designed an underwater robot with a sense of touch thanks to micro-sensors printed directly onto the robot’s body that are about half the width of a human hair.
Because this sensors can be packed so tightly together, the robot would be better able to control itself in strong currents and delicately grip fragile [...]

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Today is the first of May. Let’s celebrate with Jonathan Coulton.

First of May
If you haven’t heard this before, I recommend that you don’t play it at work or within the earshot of children. If you have heard it before, you know what you are getting into. Do what you want.

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