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  Monty is a Busy Robot

  05.02.08 | Permalink | Comments Off on Monty is a Busy Robot

  And doesn’t always have time to vacuum. Thus, he got a Roomba robotic vacuum as an assistant. If you haven’t seen Monty, you’re missing a quantum leap in robotics…Watch the video after the jump.

• Technology & Science

  Science At Work

  04.26.08 | Permalink | Comments Off on Science At Work

  Sure, it’s convenient to think that there is some all powerful being behind the universe, but it’s even more convenient to observe, note differences, and form hypothesis (predictions.) The thing that is interesting about this video is that you can see the relationship between the observation, prediction, and the ultimate proof of the prediction. HT: […]

• Politics, Technology & Science

  Political Hacks

  04.25.08 | Permalink | Comments Off on Political Hacks

  Both candidates have now been subjected to hacks with the latest example being a POST request to the Vote Hillary website and injects an iframe, causing the site to display the contents of Barack Obama’s website. Prior attacks have simply redirected the user’s browser to the other candidates website – this one is a little […]

• Technology & Science

  Damned Phishers

  04.23.08 | Permalink | 4 Comments

  If you’ve been on the ‘net for any time at all, I’m sure you’ve gotten notes from phishers. What’s a phisher you ask? A sender of an unsolicited mail intended to lure you to visit a site and disclose sensitive information about yourself under false pretenses and for the benefit of the criminals. As a […]

• Energy, Innovation, Technology & Science

  DIY Solar Hot Water Heater

  04.22.08 | Permalink | Comments Off on DIY Solar Hot Water Heater

  In the spirit of Earth Day, here’s a little project virtually anyone can attempt, if you’ve got any solar resource at all. Most homes spend around 30% of their energy budget heating water. Get 100 meters of black hose, a few connectors, and a place to site your heater and you’re in business with a […]

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