Posted by Andrew in NewsBlog
Posted: September 30, 2007

This is a video of the revolutionary suspension developed by the audio company Bose. It is really amazing. My first thought was that it would be much easier to film from a car fitted with this suspension!

Bose logo

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“We were always a little wary of bringing our Legos into the bathroom, but if you've got no such baseless fears, BattleBricks has published a handy how-to on building one of those fancy auto-flushers you see in some of the finest bathrooms worldwide.”
It even says 'thank you!'

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Posted by Andrew in NewsBlog
Posted: September 29, 2007

Thankfully times have changed since companies like Commodore produced some enormous briefcases with tiny screens.

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Posted by Andrew in NewsBlog
Posted: September 23, 2007

“Now that we have email, internet, TV, GPS, cameras, and satellite radio on our cellphones, our next wish is for bigger, higher resolution screens — which seems paradoxical, because larger displays almost always mean bulkier devices.” This is an early prototype of a mobile phone with a projector in it. There are photos and a video of the phone in action.

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Posted by Andrew in NewsBlog
Posted: September 20, 2007

“The multi-platform password cracker Ophcrack is incredibly fast. How fast? It can crack the password “Fgpyyih804423″ in 160 seconds. Most people would consider that password fairly secure…”

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Posted by Andrew in NewsBlog
Posted: September 14, 2007

“Military chiefs are excited because the bottles, which can distil either 4,000 litres or 6,000 litres without changing the filter. The bottle can clean up any water - including faecal matter - using a filter that cuts out anything longer than 15 nanometres, which means that viruses can be filtered out without the use of chemicals.” Of course, if you live in Queensland, you'll be getting filtered sewage through the main water supply soon! Unfortunately the bottle can't desalinate.

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Posted by Andrew in NewsBlog
Posted: September 10, 2007

A 15 year old uses an oscilloscope to play a video. The oscilloscope is connected to PC soundcard and is in X/Y-mode, with right channel connected to X and left to Y input. Download its waveform from here to see it on your oscilloscope!

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Posted by Andrew in NewsBlog
Posted: September 9, 2007

“University students and kindergartens love them. Now, there may be proof that catching a few zzz’s in the afternoon can be beneficial to your health.”

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