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10 Jan 13:29

Sky Color

Jenn986

A friend always did this question.

Feynman recounted another good one upperclassmen would use on freshmen physics students: When you look at words in a mirror, how come they're reversed left to right but not top to bottom? What's special about the horizontal axis?
27 Dec 00:17

Mini TARDIS really is bigger on the inside, thanks to augmented reality (video)

by Richard Lai

TARDIS

Once in a while we'd come across some cool DIY projects inspired by Doctor Who, the world's longest-running sci-fi TV show, but nothing beats this little TARDIS that would actually make you gasp out the classic line: "It's bigger on the inside!" Greg Kumparak, a former writer of sister site TechCrunch, initially built nothing more than just a convincing model of the iconic blue police box (with a functioning light at the top) by hand, but soon afterwards he wanted to somehow give it an interior as well.

By utilizing the Blender 3D creation suite (which was a first for Kumparak), Unity 3D engine and Qualcomm's Vuforia AR SDK, the result is an Android app that renders the 3D interior atop the random wave-like pattern -- visible once the door's removed -- on the TARDIS in real time (no pun intended). Once you've seen the demo video after the break, you'd probably agree that Kumparak's only one sonic screwdriver away from becoming an honorary Time Lord. For more detail on how and why this project was put together, head over to Kumparak's blog post.

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Via: TechCrunch

Source: Greg Kumparak

27 Dec 00:14

Grumpy Cat Joins the Dark Side

27 Dec 00:14

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13 Dec 11:13

The year in tweets, trends, and tags: All you need to know about 2012

by Robert X. Cringely
Jenn986

good! only the last 3000 tweets..

Happy Day of Twelves. To celebrate 12/12/12, Facebook, Google, and Twitter all chose to publish their Years in Review. (Apparently they all wanted to get them done before the Mayan Apocalypse kicks in.)

What kind of a year was it? Let's compare and contrast. First up, Google.

11 Dec 13:01

Stanford moving ahead with 50-year conservation plan

Stanford is beginning the process of implementing a 50-year Habitat Conservation Plan under the auspices of the Endangered Species Act. The extensive plan includes permanent conservation easements focusing on habitats of the California tiger salamander, California red-legged frog and San Francisco garter snake.