http://osnews.com/story/26782/Linux_real-time_scheduler_SCHED_DEADLINE_v7_released
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20130211
Build-On Brick Mug combines coffee and Lego
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Build-On Brick Mug combines coffee and Lego is written by Shane McGlaun & originally posted on SlashGear.
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via SlashGear by Shane McGlaun on 2/11/13
Two of the things that keep many people sane and alert are coffee and Lego. The coffee helps keep you awake while tinkering with Lego is just fun. ThinkGeek has unveiled what may be the coolest coffee mug in the history of coffee. The mug is called the Build-On Brick Mug.
The mug has a suitably blocky design perfect for fans of Lego bricks. It has an alternating arrangement of holes where you can poke various building blocks and the raised knobs where you can click your building blocks onto the cup. The mug is black in color and the building surface is compatible with most building block systems.
That means it will work with Lego, PixelBlocks, MegaBlocks, KRE-O, and K'NEX Bricks. However, the mug isn't officially licensed by any of those manufacturers. The mug is constructed using BPA-free plastic and has a capacity of 12 ounces. The mug isn't dishwasher safe so you have to hand wash.
This mug opens up the possibility of constructing all sorts of interesting coffee conveying contraptions using Lego technica and other building blocks. The coffee cup is available right now for $19.99. The best part of waking up is building your Lego cup.
[via ThinkGeek]
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20130205
02/04/13 PHD comic: 'Disturbance'
http://www.phdcomics.com/comics.php?f=1557
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20130204
Vomiting up a fortune
http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/euronews/en/home/~3/DzZ8EyQxxsw/story01.htm
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Scientists create particles that are “nearly” alive
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A group of scientists have created a new synthesized particle in the laboratory that is able to act in a lifelike way. The researchers are quick to say that particles aren't truly alive, but they are able to behave in lifelike ways when exposed to light and fed by chemicals. When exposed to light and fed by chemicals the crystals are able to move, clump together, break apart, and reform.
Biophysicist Jérémie Palacci of New York University says that the line between active and alive is very blurry. Palacci and another New York University physicist Paul Chaikin are leading a group of researchers to develop the particles described as "living crystals" under the right conditions. The research being conducted by the team is in self-organizing collective behaviors.
The researchers say that studying these collective behaviors is easier in a controlled particle form than trying to study living creature such as schooling fish or flocking birds. Each of the tiny crystals is made from a cube of hematite, which is a compound made of iron and oxygen, covered in a spherical polymer coat. One corner of the hematite is left exposed.
When the particle is exposed to certain wavelengths of blue light, the hematite is able to conduct electricity. When those particles are placed in a hydrogen peroxide bath and the correct wavelength of blue light is shined on them, chemical reactions catalyze around the single exposed tip. Then as the hydrogen peroxide breaks down, the scientists say concentration gradients form. Random forces then pull the crystals apart, but the crystals eventually merge again. This process doesn't stop until the blue light is turned off.
[via Wired]
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20130131
Nestlé guilty of NGO espionage
Think before drinking a nes- prefixed beverage :P
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A Swiss court has found Nestlé guilty of spying on anti-globalisation group Attac. After the announcement of the judgement last week, Nestle and… |  |
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20130129
UK bans sale of five alien plants
Anarchy in the UK after the invasion of the 5 evil alien plants ;) (http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0305556/)
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Five species of invasive non-native aquatic plants are to be banned from sale in the UK in an effort to protect native habitats, the UK government says.Things you can do from here:
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Why a Linux User Is Using Windows 3.1
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via Slashdot: Linux by samzenpus on 1/28/13
colinneagle writes "About two weeks back, I was using my Android tablet and looking for a good graphics editor. I wanted something with layers and good text drawing tools. That's when it hit me. We already have that. Photoshop used to run on Windows 3.1. And Windows 3.1 runs great under both DOSBox and QEMU, both of which are Open Source emulators available for Android and every other platform under the sun. So I promptly set to work digging up an old copy of Photoshop. The last version released for Windows 3.1 was back in 1996. And finding a working copy proved to be...challenging. Luckily, the good folks at Adobe dug around in their vaults and managed to get me up and running. And, after a bit of tweaking, I ended up with an astoundingly functional copy of Photoshop that I can now run on absolutely every device I own. And the entire environment (fonts, working files and all) are automatically backed up to the cloud and synced between systems. But what other applications (and, potentially, games) does this give me access to? How far can I take this?"
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20130127
A Server That Can Fall From the Sky, and Survive
It's raining computers! Alleluia :D
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via Slashdot: Hardware by timothy on 1/27/13
alphadogg writes "A rugged server from NCS Technologies introduced on Friday can withstand drops, will work in extreme temperatures and can be deployed via parachute into crisis areas or war zones if needed. The Bunker XRV-5241 is a 1U rack server designed for organizations such as the military and first responders that need servers in rugged environments. The server has been tested to meet U.S. Department of Defense specifications for environmental, temperature and shock requirements." Hope they drop some hardened screens, too, to help with setup. Read more of this story at Slashdot.
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20130124
20130123
Most parents 'lie to children'
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/education-21144827#sa-ns_mchannel=rss&ns_source=PublicRSS20-sa
Parents are despicable (in general, exceptions exist)
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20130122
01/21/13 PHD comic: 'How your Conference Presentation Goes'
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| title: "How your Conference Presentation Goes" - originally published 1/21/2013 For the latest news in PHD Comics, CLICK HERE! | ||
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20130121
Child asthma 'drop' after smoke ban
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/health-21067532#sa-ns_mchannel=rss&ns_source=PublicRSS20-sa
Cool :-D
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20130117
Facebook's Open Compute Project splits up monolithic servers with help from ...
nicely done
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As much as it's important to have every component of a PC stuck together in a laptop, that same monolithic strategy is a major liability for server clusters: if one part breaks or grows obsolete, it can drag down everything else. Facebook and its Open Compute Project partners have just unveiled plans to loosen things up at the datacenter. A prototype, Atom-based rackmount server from Quanta Computer uses 100Gbps silicon photonics from Intel to connect parts at full speed, anywhere on the rack. Facebook has also garnered support for a new system-on-chip connection standard, rather affectionately named Group Hug, that would let owners swap in new mini systems from any vendor through PCI Express cards. The combined effect doesn't just simplify repairs and upgrades -- it lets companies build the exact servers they need without having to scrap other crucial elements in the process. There's no definite timeframe for when we'll see modular servers put to work, but the hope is that a cluster's foundations will stay relevant for years instead of months.
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A Humanoid Robot Named "Baxter" Could Revive US Manufacturing
Another presage of the impending apocalypse ;)
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fangmcgee writes "Rethink Robotics invented a $22,000 humanoid robot named "Baxter" that could give cheap offshore labor a run for its money and return manufacturing jobs to U.S. soil. Artificial intelligence expert Rodney Brooks is the brain behind Baxter. From the article: 'Brooks's company, Rethink Robotics, says the robot will spark a "renaissance" in American manufacturing by helping small companies compete against low-wage offshore labor. Baxter will do that by accelerating a trend of factory efficiency that's eliminated more jobs in the U.S. than overseas competition has. Of the approximately 5.8 million manufacturing jobs the U.S. lost between 2000 and 2010, according to McKinsey Global Institute, two-thirds were lost because of higher productivity and only 20 percent moved to places like China, Mexico, or Thailand.'" Read more of this story at Slashdot.
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20130116
Horsemeat found in beef burgers
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-21034942#sa-ns_mchannel=rss&ns_source=PublicRSS20-sa
One could argue that horse meat is more expensive than beef :p
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