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Phun: a simulated physics playground
via Boing Boing by Mark Frauenfelder on February 19, 2008
Matthew says:Swedish graduate student Emil Ernerfeldt created the program Phun, a 2D physics playground, and has made it free to download for non-commercial use.He demonstrates it in a zenful YouTube video, where he creates devices like cars and piston engines in seconds using simple shapes.Download app here.
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Blind advocates lobby for noisier hybrid cars
via CNET News.com by (author unknown) on February 18, 2008
They say the clean vehicles' silent nature poses real threats to pedestrians, blind and otherwise, and call for laws to encourage--or, better yet, require--minimum noise output.
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Idea: The last product Polaroid should make
via Ironic Sans by David on February 17, 2008
You may have heard the recent announcement that Polaroid will stop making instant film soon. They're manufacturing just enough to last through 2009, and then they're shutting down the factories. That gives them almost two years to develop what I think should be the last Polaroid product: a digital picture frame that makes sure the familiar look of a Polaroid photo lives on.You just put...
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Religion colors Americans' views of nanotechnology
via EurekAlert! - Nanotechnology by (author unknown) on February 14, 2008
Is nanotechnology morally acceptable? For a significant percentage of Americans, the answer is no, according to a recent survey of Americans' attitudes about the science of the very small.
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