[The Web Informant] Build a Home Robot, Jet Engine & Teleportation is Here
Saturday, October 07, 2006
The Web Informant
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Web Tech & Interesting Information, distilled and filtered for quick consumption for my friends and family
5th OCtober 2006
The Finkbuilt drawbot
Wed, 04 Oct 2006 18:57:22 -0500
Theovertalented Steve Lodefink made a drawing robot for his kids out of apaper cup, a toy motor, a battery, felt pens, and duct tape. The videoof the drawbot in action is a joy to behold. Link
http://www.finkbuilt.com/blog/kids-art-bot/
How to recognize a stroke quickly
Wed, 04 Oct 2006 17:26:07 -0500
A neurologist says that if he can get to a stroke victimquickly he can totally reverse the effects of a stroke. He said thetrick was getting a stroke recognized, diagnosed and getting to thepatient within 3 hours, which is tough. Sometimes symptoms of a strokeare difficult to identify. But doctors say a bystander can recognize astroke by asking three simple questions:
- Ask the individual to SMILE.
- Ask him or her to RAISE BOTH ARMS.
- Ask the person to SPEAK A SIMPLE SENTENCE (Coherently, ie: It is sunny out today)
If he or she has trouble with any of these tasks, call 9-1-1 immediately and describe the symptoms to the dispatcher.
-- Passed along by Michael Hawley
Church where you can walk on water
Wed, 04 Oct 2006 16:27:11 -0500
Link (Thanks, Mike Love!)Eachstep emerges one step in front of you and disappears back underneathbehind you as you go. This 'bridge' is purely mechanical, the weight ofthe person on it depresses each step a little, this force activates asubmerged mechanism which raises the next step.
The public are invited to walk out on it as if walking onwater, eventually reaching the middle of the lake, thirty steps andtwelve meters from the shore. There they will stand alone and detached,stranded in the middle of a plane of water until they choose to returnthe way they came. For some people this experience of being cut off andsurrounded by water will be peaceful, for others terrifying. For somewalking across the water will be pure childish joy, whilst others willbe too scared to try.
Google Code Search
Google Code Searchis a new search engine created by Google that "helps you find functiondefinitions and sample code by giving you one place to search publiclyaccessible source code hosted on the Internet". You can restrict yoursearch to a certain language, license, file or package. You can alsouse regular expressions, so don't forget to escape characters likespace (for example, for\ \(;;\) ).
Google does a good job at finding duplicates, and locating a file in a package.
Related:
Krugle, search open source code
How to Make Your Own Jet Engine
Thu, 5 Oct 2006 12:50:05 GMT
http://www.instructables.com/id/EEA99AAUR3EP28744T/
Quotes for Techs and Programmers
Thu, 5 Oct 2006 04:30:03 GMT
http://www.sysprog.net/quotes.html
Coolest way to light your house.
Thu, 5 Oct 2006 00:30:04 GMT
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hQ5MiLqb5VE&eurl=
Google launches literacy project to link resources
Thu, 5 Oct 2006 07:30:03 GMT
http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20061004/wr_nm/media_google_literacy_dc
Will Powerset Pull a Google?
Thu, 05 Oct 2006 07:48:59 +0000
I haven't seen a demo of upcoming search engine Powerset yet, but reportedly many people who have are impressed, saying they'd never use Google again
Awesomest sketching program EVER
2006-10-04T19:28:17.066223-05:00
Scientists teleport two different objects
2006-10-04T20:20:52.493981-05:00
Monopoly Cards We'd Like to See
2006-10-04T16:51: 42.774924-05:00
10 seeeeeriously cool workplaces
2006-10-05T08:25:03.958169-05:00
To Infinity and beyond! Super cool picture.
submitted by ariesk18 hours 20 minutes ago( via www.media.ebaumsworld.com)
Nice pic.
Dirty Dozen IT Embarrassments
submitted by aaaz21 hours 6 minutes ago(via www.eweek.com )
They're not all "bugs," because some of them were intentional actsand others were the results of short-sighted design, but each of theseincidents has a lesson to teach.
http://www.eweek.com/slideshow_viewer/0,1205,l=&s=700&a=190182&po=1,00.asp
20 FireFox Extensions For Web Designer
Thu, 5 Oct 2006 15:50:03 GMT
http://cyber-knowledge.net/blog/2006/10/05/20-firefox-extensions-that-every-web-designer-should-know-about/
FOSSILS OF GIANT SEA REPTILES FOUND IN ARCTIC, October 05
Norwegian researchers have found a wealth of fossils in the Arctic from giant reptiles that swam the seas at the same time as dinosaurs, including a rare predator described as the "Tyrannosaurus Rex of the oceans", a member of the research team said Thursday.
Full story at http://www.physorg.com/news79269368.html
EMOTIONALLY AMBIVALENT WORKERS ARE MORE CREATIVE, INNOVATIVE, October 05
People who experience emotional ambivalence -- simultaneously feeling positive and negative emotions -- are more creative than those who feel just happy or sad, or lack emotion at all, according to a new study.
Full story at http://www.physorg.com/news79282288.html
SERVICE TAPS COMMUNITY TO ID MAIL SCAMS, October 05
(AP) -- A new service for fighting e-mail fraud seeks to tap the wisdom of the Internet community: Anyone will be able to submit suspected scams for others to vote up or down.
Full story at http://www.physorg.com/news79292065.html
REVIEW: WRITELY MOSTLY HITS THE MARK, October 05
As a reporter, I'm never sure when the muse will strike or an editor will call. That's why I send copious notes and drafts of stories to myself by e-mail. As long as I'm within range of a computer with an Internet connection, I know I'll be able to tweak the latest version or do a quick fact check.
Full story at http://www.physorg.com/news79291952.html
PROBING QUESTION: IS CAFFEINE HARMFUL TO YOUR HEALTH?, October 05
A steaming cup of black coffee in the morning is to many people what gasoline is to their cars: essential fuel. The active ingredient in that fuel? Caffeine, a central-nervous-system stimulant found in the leaves and beans of many plants, especially those of coffee and tea.
Full story at http://www.physorg.com/news79288297.html
PART OF HUMAN BRAIN FUNCTIONS LIKE A DIGITAL COMPUTER, PROFESSOR SAYS, October 05
A region of the human brain that scientists believe is critical to human intellectual abilities surprisingly functions much like a digital computer, according to psychology Professor Randall O'Reilly of the University of Colorado at Boulder.
Full story at http://www.physorg.com/news79289076.html
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