Yes, you read that right, and it’s no typo. I have just one word: cool.
The car is powered by a 325bhp two stage Curtis turbine, fed via 4 LPG fired boilers. The current official steam powered land speed record was set in 1906 by Fred Marriott at 121.57mph. In 1984 Bob Barber attempted with [...]
You better frickin’ like your full-price iPhone because if you don’t, AT&T plans on charging you the full $175 early termination fee, even though the phone’s cost isn’t at all subsidized under a long-term-agreement.read more | digg story
Great little experiment with 9 different hosting companies to figure out which ones can withstand the traffic surges caused by web 2.0read more | digg story
Apple will require iPhone customers to have an active iTunes Store account, in order to set-up their device, the company has revealed.read more | digg story
The first liquid camera lens with no moving parts, and that can switch between two levels of magnification, has been designed by a German research team. The work is an important step towards liquid zoom lenses that can sweep through a range of magnifications.read more | digg story
I started a new job last week, I’ve been running a Haas VF7 while building a jig. Fortunately the machine is tooled with a touch probe and a tool setter. These are awesome tools. The probe will automatically set work coordinates, and verify part dimensions, and make adjustments as required. The tool setter will measure [...]
I found this on Signal vs. Noise; “Most copywriting on the web sucks because it’s written for the writer, not for the reader. Write for the reader. That is all.” I like it.
A friend of mine wrote an excellent blog post on synthetic biology, take the time to read it, if you have even the slightest interest in science.