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New Google Chrome OS Beta Released

October 28th, 2009
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http://sites.google.com/site/chromeoslinux/

2009-10-21: New Chrome OS 0.4.223 beta is available now!

chromeos2Chrome OS is a brand new free operating system built around the revolutionary Google Chrome browser.
The project aim is to provide a lightweight Linux distribution for the best web browsing experience.
Featured software in Chrome OS:
  • GNOME 2.24 desktop environment
  • Google Chrome 4.0.223 web browser
  • Google Picasa 2.7 photo manager New!
  • OpenOffice.org 3.0 office suite
  • GIMP 2.6 image editor
  • Flash Player 10.0 plugin
  • and much more!

Computer help, Links

More living bridges in India.

October 24th, 2009
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http://atlasobscura.com/places/root-bridges-cherrapungee

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In the depths of northeastern India, in one of the wettest places on earth, bridges aren’t built – they’re grown.

The southern Khasi and Jaintia hills are humid and warm, crisscrossed by swift-flowing rivers and mountain streams. On the slopes of these hills, a species of Indian rubber tree with an incredibly strong root system thrives and flourishes.

The Ficus elastica produces a series of secondary roots from higher up its trunk and can comfortably perch atop huge boulders along the riverbanks, or even in the middle of the rivers themselves.

Architecture, Misc

Freeware downloader and installer.

October 23rd, 2009
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http://ninite.com/ – At ninite you select the freeware applications that you want, nitnite bundles it and downloads them all for you.

nitnite

Computer help, Links

Worlds longest golf course

October 23rd, 2009
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arpopup

http://www.nullarborlinks.com/

The Nullarbor Links concept is unique. The 18-hole par 72 golf course will span 1,365 kilometers with one hole in each participating town or roadhouse along the Eyre Highway, from Kalgoorlie in Western Australia to Ceduna in South Australia. Each hole will include a green and tee and somewhat rugged outback-style natural terrain fairway. The course would provide a quintessential Australian experience and a much-needed activity/attraction for travelers along the renowned desolate highway.

Read more…

Misc

Pitfall to Panton.

October 19th, 2009
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It took 27 years, and it’s finally here…  well, at least 27 years before I finally stumbled onto it.

PitfallMap Pitfall!_Coverart

And with the box art,  brings me to Kurve by Verner Panton, 1960.

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Via http://www.levitated.net/daily/levPantonKurve.html Also check out the rest of Levitated Design & Code’s experimental open source flash projects. http://www.levitated.net/daily/index.html

lev

Art, Design, Games

Large Hadron Collider sabotaging itself from the future

October 19th, 2009
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Danish physicist Dr Holger Bech Nielsen and Dr Masao Ninomiya from Japan claim the LHC startup has been delayed due to nature trying to prevent it from finding the elusive Higgs boson, or “God particle”.

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http://www.timesonline.co.uk/

http://www.news.com.au/

Sci-fi, Tech

Parahawking

October 18th, 2009

Paragliding + Falconry = http://www.parahawking.com/

parahawking

Parahawking is the art of training bids of prey to fly with paragliders; it was developed and pioneered in 2001 in Pokhara by our team of experts. By combining paragliding with the ancient art of falconry, we have trained birds of prey to fly with us, and guide us to thermals.


Misc

TreeHouse.

October 14th, 2009
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TreeHouse

USA Today Article – Divine vision inspired a 97-foot treehouse

More photos on flickr

Architecture, Art

Neurosonics Audiomedical Labs Inc.

October 10th, 2009
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Control you tunes with your eyes.

October 8th, 2009
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Oh my, this is cool.

The two earphones inside his ears—developed by NTT DoCoMo—can detect the eye movement using electrodes so sensitive that they can detect how his eyes move—just by being in contact with his head.

Tech

Helicopter Boyz + Nikon S1000pj

October 2nd, 2009
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