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Video: Telesurgical origami crane
via Pink Tentacle by Edo on June 18, 2008
In this video, Dr. Norihiko Ishikawa of the Department of Telesurgery and Geomedicine at the University of Kanazawa demonstrates the precision of the daVinci Surgical System by using the device’s remote-control robot arms to fold a penny-sized origami crane. (Watch it.)[Via: DVICE]
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Internet Argument
via xkcd.com by (author unknown) on June 18, 2008
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People in Tech: Brad Feld, Foundry Group
via ReadWriteWeb by Alex Iskold on June 18, 2008
MIT Alumni, technologist, venture capitalist, marathon runner, Colorado dweller,thinker, blogger, and all around super human, Brad Feld (LinkedIn, Twitter) has made a huge impact on startups. With posts on his personal blog, Feld Thoughts,and on Ask The VC (a must read for anyone interested in venture funding) Feld has played a major roll in lifting the curtain on the traditionally mysterious...
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Debunking the climate-change denialists' talking-points
via Boing Boing by Cory Doctorow on June 18, 2008
... today? Here's Grist's answer to that, a point-by-point debunking of the climate change "skeptic's" talking points: I. There's nothing happening 1. Inadequate evidence * There is no evidence * One record year is not global warming * The temperature record is simply unreliable * One hundred years is not enough ...
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Lighttpd as reverse proxy
via Planet MySQL by MySQL Performance Blog on June 18, 2008
We often recommend to set lighttpd in front of apache to handle http requests (more about http://www.mysqlperformanceblog.com/2006/05/21/speedup-your-lamp-stack-with-lighttpd/ ) , redirect dynamic requests to apache and handle static files by itself. I just gathered step-by-step instruction how to do that in 10 minutes, as it may be not so obvious.Of course you need lighttpd by itself, it's...
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Don't miss out on CrunchLudd
via EirePreneur by jcorbett on June 18, 2008
Remember, TechCrunch is coming to TechLudd on the 26th of June in Dublin.The event is on upstairs in 4 Dame Lane. Mike Butcher of TechCrunch UK and Ireland will be there and he wants to talk to Irish startups and get a feel for the ecosystem here. So it’s a great opportunity for some Irish companies to get exposure in one of the best read tech blogs around. Event details here. And registration...
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Electric Porsche
via Boing Boing by (author unknown) on June 18, 2008
Shared by dH This is as easy as you can read below - only a question of decision.A team of MIT engineering students hacked a 1976 Porsche 914 to be fully electric. So far, they've only tested it in parking lots but they estimate that the car should be able to hit 100 mph and run 130 miles before needing a recharge. Now that the car runs, they're working to optimize its efficiency. From...
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BIG PICTURES
via vi-R-us by Administrator on June 18, 2008
NEWS IN BIG PICTURES
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Despite a rough start, Firefox 3 Download Day a success
via The Unofficial Apple Weblog (TUAW) by (author unknown) on June 18, 2008
Shared by dH There is a wonderful new technology designed to handle mass downloads and it's scales very well, they might use it to avoid self-organized DOS attacks like this one was: more downloaders = faster download speeds. I'm not sure does anybody even heard about this pretty new exciting technology it's called 'torrent'... :)Filed under: Software, Internet, Internet...
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