A 7-year-old kid came closer to realize every kid’s dream than any of us: He bought a real Harrier fighter jet for $113,000 on eBay.
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7-Year-Old Kid Buys Harrier Jet Fighter—Then Gets Dreams Shattered [Airplanes]
7-Year-Old Kid Buys Harrier Jet Fighter—Then Gets Dreams Shattered [Airplanes]
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IBM’s Mira Supercomputer Will Mop the Floor With China’s Best [Supercomputers]
The sting of China’s supercomputer dominance is still fresh, with the Tianhe-1A still laying claim to world’s most greatest. That is, until IBM’s Mira is completed
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IBM’s Mira Supercomputer Will Mop the Floor With China’s Best [Supercomputers]
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What We All Hate Most About Facebook [Comics]
It’s not the pokes.
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What We All Hate Most About Facebook [Comics]
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Science: Head-mounted camera implant rejected
You might remember the freaky story about a professor that embedded a camera at the back of his head via a titanium plate? Well, it turns out that he’s facing a few challenges at this point as he just underwent surgery to have part of the camera removed after his body rejected one of the three titanium parts implanted on his head.
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Science: Head-mounted camera implant rejected
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Google’s Vic Gundotra on Nokia: ‘Two turkeys do not make an Eagle’
Well, well. Just after Nokia CEO Stephan Elop’s “burning platform” memo leaked out and prompted intense speculation that Nokia would start building Windows Phone 7 handsets , Google’s Vic Gundotra tweeted “Two turkeys do not make an Eagle” prefaced with a #feb11 hashtag — the same day as Nokia’s Capital Markets Day event in London.
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Google’s Vic Gundotra on Nokia: ‘Two turkeys do not make an Eagle’
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A Never-Ending Viewing Platform Nestled in the Swiss Alps [Video]
If you’re a student at the Ecole Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne, you don’t just go outside and look at the Swiss Alps —you build a continuous 720-degree spiral viewing platform out of which to view them. More
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Casing Verizon iPhone Cases
Before you grab that a new case for your Verizon iPhone, makes sure it fits-not all cases made for the original AT&T iPhone 4 will fit the Verizon model.
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Casing Verizon iPhone Cases
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MAX11209/MAX11211 18-Bit, ultra-low power, delta-sigma ADCs
rsdio presents: MAX11209/MAX11211, ultra-low-power, high-resolution, serial-output ADCs. [ via ] Pin-compatible versions of the 24-/20-/16-bit family Low 150µA supply current is ideal for portable sensors Includes four GPIOs that can be used for external mux control When used with the specified data rates, the internal digital filter provides more than 100dB rejection of 50Hz or 60Hz line noise MAX11209/MAX11211 18-Bit, ultra-low power, delta-sigma ADCs – [ Link ]
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MAX11209/MAX11211 18-Bit, ultra-low power, delta-sigma ADCs
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“Wise Clock 3″ – PONG CLOCK! –
Wise time with Arduino: First release of the Wise Clock 3 software: [ via ] The routine work of porting the “Wise Clock 2″ code to the new “platform” (namely the new 3216 bicolor display) went well. Most of features worked right off the bat. Some coordinates had to be adjusted in order to center the text (time etc) on the larger display
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“Wise Clock 3″ – PONG CLOCK! –
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Asteroids for the Arduino
Asteroids running on Hackvision. Written completely with Arduino: I implemented Asteroids for Hackvision, written completely using Arduino technology.
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Asteroids for the Arduino
