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VIDEO: Pranav Mistry – The Thrilling Potential of SixthSense Technology

SOURCE: TED Talks, YouTube. http://www.ted.com At TEDIndia, Pranav Mistry demos several tools that help the physical world interact with the world of data — including a deep look at his SixthSense device and a new, paradigm-shifting paper “laptop.” In an … Continue reading

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Powerhouse Dynamics eMonitor

SOURCE: Powerhouse Dynamics. The eMonitor brings, for the first time, an affordable solution for homeowners to monitor the energy use on every circuit of the home, giving them visibility to where energy is being used – and wasted – and … Continue reading

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Listen To Your Heart ~ Mike Rowland

SOURCE: Aetopus, YouTube. Feature film: BBC’s Emperor Penguins documentary. I have the impression that to penguins, man is a different kind of penguin, unpredictable, occasionally violent, but tolerable company when he sits still and admires Nature and leaves it as … Continue reading

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Illinois Valley Little League Blackberry Festival

The Illinois Valley Little League is taking over the Blackberry Festival in Cave Junction this year. You can get the event details via this link to Grants Pass Scene. If you are interested in having a booth you can also … Continue reading

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Spying On The Spys

Source: Thierry Legault: A couple Frenchmen have devised a way to track the International Space Station (ISS) and also spy satellites by modifying a Takahashi EM400 telescope with some of their own electronics and software. Follow this link to see … Continue reading

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VIDEO: Gold Ray, 1903-2010 (Part 5, Final)

SOURCE: Rogue Video, YouTube. In the first segment of the Gold Ray documentary, we learn about the history of the first hydroelectric plant in Southern Oregon. When the Frank and Charles Ray first conceived of the idea of damming up … Continue reading

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Australia Telescope Compact Array and Surrounds

Videos and Time-lapse videos taken around the CSIRO’s Australia Telescope Compact Array (ATCA) during May 2011 … including obligatory cockatoos taking a hayride on the telescope. Did you like this? Share it:Tweet

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VIDEO: Gold Ray, 1903-2010 (Part 4)

SOURCE: Rogue Video, YouTube. In the first segment of the Gold Ray documentary, we learn about the history of the first hydroelectric plant in Southern Oregon. When the Frank and Charles Ray first conceived of the idea of damming up … Continue reading

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VIDEO: Gold Ray, 1903-2010 (Part 3)

SOURCE: Rogue Video, YouTube. In the first segment of the Gold Ray documentary, we learn about the history of the first hydroelectric plant in Southern Oregon. When the Frank and Charles Ray first conceived of the idea of damming up … Continue reading

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VIDEO: NVIDEA Quad-Core Kal-El Dynamic Lighting Demo

Source: YouTube.com. NVIDEA demonstrated their Tegra Quad-Core Kal-El chip on a Android Honeycomb tablet showing off the chips ability to dynamically generate lighting and scene interactions with a upcoming game called “Glow Ball”. Did you like this? Share it:Tweet

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