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This Music Video Is One Giant Animated GIF Parade [Image Cache]

September 9, 2010 by Brian Barrett


This Music Video Is One Giant Animated GIF Parade [Image Cache] This might technically be a music video. But I'm not—however down I am with Girl Talk—watching for the music. I'm watching for the endless, perfectly timed parade of (nearly) every animated gif I've ever loved. You should too. More »

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Australian researchers trap tiny particles in tiny tractor beam

September 9, 2010 by Donald Melanson


Australian researchers trap tiny particles in tiny tractor beam Lasers. Is there anything they can't do? The latest addition to the 50-year-old technology's bag of tricks comes courtesy of a team of researchers from the Australian National University, who've managed to create a laser beam that effectively functions as a tiny tractor beam. The key, it seems, is that the laser beam is hollow, which allows tiny particles to be trapped in what the researchers describe as a "dark core," which in turn causes the particles to be pushed along the beam by an effect known as the "photophoretic force." As you might expect, that only works on very tiny particles, but the researchers are able to move them as far as one and a half meters, and they say that the technology could have a number of practical applications, including directing and clustering nano-particles in the air, and even transporting dangerous substances and microbes -- in small amounts, of course. Australian researchers trap tiny particles in tiny tractor beam originally appeared on Engadget on Thu, 09 Sep 2010 22:15:00 EDT. Please see our terms for use of feeds.Permalink   |  ANU News  | Email this | Comments

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Are You Smarter Than These iPhone Games? [IPhone]

September 9, 2010 by Brian Barrett


Are You Smarter Than These iPhone Games? [IPhone] So many iPhone games depend on the program's artificial intelligence to challenge you, and so few seem up to the task. Which makes Fidgit's overview of four games with competent AI a welcome relief. I can vouch for Carcassonne. ">More »

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This week at LWN: Some numbers and thoughts on the stable kernels

September 9, 2010 by LXer Linux News


Much attention goes toward mainline kernel releases, but relatively few users are actually running those kernels. Instead, they run kernels provided by their distributors, and those kernels, in turn, are based off the stable kernel series. The practice of releasing stable kernels has been going for well over five years now, so perhaps it's time to look back at how it has been going.

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IKEA Let Loose a Herd of 100 Cats Into Store to ‘See What Happens’ [Ikea]

September 9, 2010 by Sam Biddle


IKEA Let Loose a Herd of 100 Cats Into Store to ‘See What Happens’ [Ikea] An English IKEA decided to release 100 live cats overnight. Why? Why would you question such a thing? The video is the most amazing and life-affirming event. Ever. Embrace it. Watch it a thousand times. Watch it ten thousand times. More »

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