diluLog: 2014

http://www.engadget.com/2014/11/15/us-navy-laser-weapon-enters-service/?ncid=rss_truncated
\m/ Laser guns, Robots landing on comets and planets, RF energy harvesting antennae, implanted cardiac pacemakers and deep brain stimulators, 3d bioprinting of tissues and organs..

We live in awesome times!
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20141112

Rosetta landed!

http://www.theguardian.com/science/across-the-universe/live/2014/nov/12/rosetta-comet-landing-live-blog

ladies and gentlemen, we have a winner! :D

20141102

Fossil fuels must go by 2100 - IPCC

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-29855884#sa-ns_mchannel=rss&ns_source=PublicRSS20-sa

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20141024

'Duke Nukem' and 'Wolfenstein' gaming house 3D Realms is back

http://www.engadget.com/2014/10/23/3d-realms-anthology/?ncid=rss_truncated

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20141020

Tractor beams are suddenly a lot more plausible

http://www.engadget.com/2014/10/20/hollow-laser-tractor-beam/?ncid=rss_truncated
The tractor beams again :)

http://dilulog.blogspot.gr/2011/11/nasa-developing-tractor-beams-no-plans.html

http://dilulog.blogspot.gr/2011/03/tractor-beam-tech-could-eventually-push.html

Scottish fish 'first to have sex'

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-29661446#sa-ns_mchannel=rss&ns_source=PublicRSS20-sa

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20141018

20141011

Polish town builds a $14,000 statue in honor of Wikipedia

http://www.engadget.com/2014/10/11/poland-wikipedia-statue/?ncid=rss_truncated
nicely done :)
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20141008

The scientists behind blue LEDs earn this year's Nobel Prize for physics

http://www.engadget.com/2014/10/07/nobel-prize-blue-leds/?ncid=rss_truncated

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20140924

Dead Man Zero will let you blow the whistle beyond the grave

http://www.engadget.com/2014/09/23/dead-man-zero/?ncid=rss_truncated

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20140912

08/27/14 PHD comic: 'A Guide to Academic Neologisms'

http://www.phdcomics.com/comics.php?f=1738

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09/01/14 PHD comic: 'Why Postdocs are always sweating'

http://www.phdcomics.com/comics.php?f=1739

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Stanford Engineers create tiny radio for IoT

http://feeds.slashgear.com/~r/slashgear/~3/iW4UNSI-RPM/

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Dead Milkmen raise hell at Laurel Hill Cemetery

http://www.topix.net/music/gothic/2014/09/dead-milkmen-raise-hell-at-laurel-hill-cemetery?fromrss=1

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09/10/14 PHD comic: 'Academic Auto-Pilot'

http://www.phdcomics.com/comics.php?f=1742

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20140902

Coahuila approves same-sex marriage

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-latin-america-29028305#sa-ns_mchannel=rss&ns_source=PublicRSS20-sa

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20140830

Ecuador to bring in digital currency

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-latin-america-28992589#sa -ns_mchannel =rss &ns_source =PublicRSS20 -sa
Dame tu mano!
Y venga con migo!
Vamonos al viaje para buscar los sonidos magicos de Ecuador!
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20140826

Supersonic subs cross the Pacific in under two hours

http://www.engadget.com/2014/08/26/supersonic-sub-tech/?ncid=rss_truncated

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20140823

White House cybersecurity chief is proud to know nothing about cybersecurity

http://www.engadget.com/2014/08/22/white-house-cybersecurity-chief-is-not-a-coder/?ncid=rss_truncated

20140822

An F1 racer burning rubber in infrared is trippy

http://www.engadget.com/2014/08/22/an-f1-racer-burning-rubber-in-infrared-is-trippy/?ncid=rss_truncated

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New dates rewrite Neanderthal story

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-28693371#sa-ns_mchannel=rss&ns_source=PublicRSS20-sa
This is actually consistent with folk memory from european mythology (http://www.newworldencyclopedia.org/entry/troll, http://www.adrianberry.net/art33.htm)

20140821

Ghostbusters ECTO-1 LEGO Set Review

http://feeds.slashgear.com/~r/slashgear/~3/0osWgAH4AIo/

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20140814

08/13/14 PHD comic: 'Provable Vacation'

http://www.phdcomics.com/comics.php?f=1736

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20140804

NASA successfully tests microwave thruster, paving the way for speedier space travel

http://www.engadget.com/2014/08/01/nasa-microwave-thruster/?ncid=rss_truncated

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20140803

WWI centenary

http://www.1914.org/why_remember/

20140730

Givskud Zoo concept design hides human visitors, keeps animals happy

http://feeds.slashgear.com/~r/slashgear/~3/gucktflbK14/

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20140715

Smartphone-controlled crematoriums are a thing that exist

http://www.engadget.com/2014/07/15/smartphone-controlled-crematorium/?ncid=rss_truncated

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20140713

07/11/14 PHD comic: 'Who needs a vacation?'

http://www.phdcomics.com/comics.php?f=1730

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20140710

Ornithopter creators aim for world’s fastest bicycle

http://feeds.slashgear.com/~r/slashgear/~3/Nm3PfacT1HY/

Dune, the building of a dynasty :p

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20140705

Human genetic code: 1.5GB of data, trillions of cells

http://feeds.slashgear.com/~r/slashgear/~3/z8EZpU787x4/

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20140704

Is it art? Unfathomable Ruination risk death for death metal

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20140701

EU roaming fees fall for phone users

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-28096678#sa-ns_mchannel=rss&ns_source=PublicRSS20-sa

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20140617

Μια 41χρονη άστεγη «θυσία στον σατανά» από 22χρονο

http://news.in.gr/greece/article/?aid=1231327655
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Astronauts on the ISS are getting their very own espresso machine

http://www.engadget.com/2014/06/17/iss-lavazza-espresso-coffee-machine/?ncid=rss_truncated

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Higgs boson pioneers are knighted by the Queen

http://www.engadget.com/2014/06/17/higgs-boson-kibble-virdee-knighted/?ncid=rss_truncated

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20140608

Chinese trousers may be world's oldest: report

http://news.yahoo.com/chinese-trousers-may-worlds-oldest-report-155817233.html
when the others wore mini skirts... :p
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20140606

Richard Dawkins blames fairy tales for making kids unscientific

http://www.engadget.com/2014/06/05/richard-dawkins-questions-fairytales/?ncid=rss_truncated

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PhD comic: weather check

http://www.phdcomics.com/comics.php?f=1715

Sleep's memory role discovered

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/health-27695144#sa-ns_mchannel=rss&ns_source=PublicRSS20-sa

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20140605

Last creator of Navajo WW2 cipher dies

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-27708489#sa-ns_mchannel=rss&ns_source=PublicRSS20-sa

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20140603

06/04/14 PHD comic: 'Art vs. Research'

http://www.phdcomics.com/comics.php?f=1714

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06/02/14 PHD comic: 'Eager Leader'

http://www.phdcomics.com/comics.php?f=1713

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'Godzilla of Earths' identified

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-27669572#sa-ns_mchannel=rss&ns_source=PublicRSS20-sa

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20140602

Google wants to reinvent transportation, Apple sells headphones

http://osnews.com/story/27760/Google_wants_to_reinvent_transportation_Apple_sells_headphones

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20140522

05/21/14 PHD comic: 'Academic Guilt'

http://www.phdcomics.com/comics.php?f=1710

20140521

The Arrakis research operating system

http://osnews.com/story/27739/The_Arrakis_research_operating_system

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20140520

Rising Sea Level Could Put East Coast Nuclear Plants At Risk

http://rss.slashdot.org/~r/Slashdot/slashdotHardware/~3/0EaKbkT4eAU/story01.htm

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20140513

'Nothing can stop glaciers' retreat'

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-27381010#sa-ns_mchannel=rss&ns_source=PublicRSS20-sa

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20140506

'Programming sucks'

http://osnews.com/story/27709/_Programming_sucks_

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20140503

04/30/14 PHD comic: 'The Word Symposium'

http://www.phdcomics.com/comics.php?f=1703

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20140429

Liquid metal used to connect severed nerves

http://feeds.slashgear.com/~r/slashgear/~3/-xt7J-vXDvI/

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20140428

VIDEO: Rare footage of Tibet snow leopard

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-27169371#sa-ns_mchannel=rss&ns_source=PublicRSS20-sa

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20140427

04/25/14 PHD comic: 'Badge pass'

http://www.phdcomics.com/comics.php?f=1701

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20140421

Did removing lead from petrol spark a decline in crime?

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/magazine-27067615#sa-ns_mchannel=rss&ns_source=PublicRSS20-sa

20140415

Humans Are Taking Jobs From Robots In Japan

http://rss.slashdot.org/~r/Slashdot/slashdotHardware/~3/R9vF68ok3g0/story01.htm
To be the master of the machine, you have to have the knowledge and the skills to teach the machine. \m/
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20140412

Laboratory-grown vaginas offer help for girls born with rare genetic condition

http://www.engadget.com/2014/04/11/laboratory-grown-vaginas-genetic-condition/?ncid=rss_truncated

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04/09/14 PHD comic: 'Defending'

http://www.phdcomics.com/comics.php?f=1697

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Hepatitis C trial a 'turning point'

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/health-26987653#sa-ns_mchannel=rss&ns_source=PublicRSS20-sa

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20140410

Google Details Project Ara Module Creation and Protocols in MDK v0.10

http://www.xda-developers.com/android/google-details-project-ara-module-creation-and-protocols-in-mdk-v0-10/

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20140409

Scientists discover the secret behind zombie plants

http://www.engadget.com/2014/04/09/zombie-plants/?ncid=rss_truncated

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20140406

Mazda is updating car software to fix problems with real, living bugs

http://www.engadget.com/2014/04/06/mazda-6-recall-spiders/?ncid=rss_truncated

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20140405

Darth Vader for Ukrainian Presidency!

http://www.huffingtonpost.co.uk/2014/04/04/star-wars-sith-lord-darth-vader-rejected-ukraine-presidency-pictures_n_5090194.html

Ukrainian Internet Party FTW \m/

Let's found the Greek Technology Party (GTP)!

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20140401

Reuters.com - British experts say they have found London's lost Black Death graves

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20140319

Stop them killing us slowly

EU leaders are about to cave into dirty industry lobbyists and agree weak climate targets that will slowly kill us and our planet. I just signed a call to turn this around and put our future before polluter profits!

We've only got days left before Europe's leaders meet -- Join me in this campaign here: http://www.avaaz.org/en/eu_2030_climate_main/?email

20140315

03/12/14 PHD comic: 'Scratch'

http://www.phdcomics.com/comics.php?f=1689

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20140311

How Engineers Are Building a Power Station At the South Pole

http://rss.slashdot.org/~r/Slashdot/slashdotHardware/~3/GL4n9la7A3k/story01.htm

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Real-life “Death Stars” deadlier than Darth Vader astronomers find

http://feeds.slashgear.com/~r/slashgear/~3/BoCQd-VRab0/

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Key benefits of deploying RFID in retail

http://www.rfid24-7.com/2014/03/10/key-benefits-of-deploying-rfid-in-retail/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=key-benefits-of-deploying-rfid-in-retail

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Scientists Build Three Atom Thick LEDs

http://rss.slashdot.org/~r/Slashdot/slashdotHardware/~3/rcyG1wEC2R0/story01.htm

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20140306

03/03/14 PHD comic: 'Magic Code'

http://www.phdcomics.com/comics.php?f=1687

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20140305

New bird family discovered in Asia

http://www.bbc.co.uk/nature/26433081

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20140304

New magnetic material discovered

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-26435809#sa-ns_mchannel=rss&ns_source=PublicRSS20-sa

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20140216

This three-year-old pizza won't kill you

http://www.engadget.com/2014/02/16/military-three-year-old-pizza-research/?ncid=rss_truncated

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20140215

BBC E-mail: Photo from Djibouti wins world award

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** Photo from Djibouti wins world award **
US photojournalist John Stanmeyer wins the 2014 World Press Photo award with his picture of African migrants trying to get a phone signal near Djibouti.
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