link Brendan Ciecko: Would You Let This Kid Save Your Town?

"The Mick Jagger thing, like many things in the charmed life of Brendan Ciecko, just sort of happened. One day a couple of years ago, a record exec called Ciecko to say that the Rolling Stones frontman was in New York and "would love it if you could join us." So Ciecko [pronounced "see-EH-ko"] sped from his home in western Massachusetts to Manhattan to meet the rock legend."

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on 02.09.2010 21.42

link Cappuccino Synth A synthesizer made with a cappuccino milk foamer. Uses this pu...

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on 01.09.2010 10.29

link Technology Review: A New Kind of Microchip

"A computer chip that performs calculations using probabilities, instead of binary logic, could accelerate everything from online banking systems to the flash memory in smart phones and other gadgets."

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on 01.09.2010 10.28

link You Swallow These Invisible Shrimp With Every Gulp of NYC Tap Water

"New York's water is delicious—and filled with tiny crustaceans called "copepods". (Making it possibly not kosher.)"

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on 01.09.2010 10.24

link Subway, lifeblood.

"I collected some photographs from Bruce Davidson, John F. Conn, Jamel Shabazz and Martha Cooper detailing life on and in the New York City subway in the 1980’s. Enjoy."

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on 01.09.2010 10.21

link Währungsrechner & Wechselkurse

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on 31.08.2010 21.01

link The River Project

The River Project is a marine science field station founded in 1986 at Pier 26 in Tribeca, on the lower west side of Manhattan, in New York City. The River Project works to protect and restore the ecosystem of the Hudson River estuary through scientific research, hands-on environmental education, and urban habitat improvement.

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on 28.08.2010 20.02

link Robonaut 2 Ready to Boldly Go Where No Humanoid Robot Has Gone Before | NASASpaceFlight.com

"However, (..) the unit itself will not be unpacked immediately. Situated in the “rear” portion of the PMM, R2′s unpacking will not begin until January 2011 at the earliest based on current ISS crew and visiting vehicle schedules. (..) At first, R2′s movements will be restricted relative to its large range of arm motion. Once the initial checkouts are complete, R2 will be fastened to a work stand in the Destiny science lab and placed in front of its dedicated task board (..) In essence, R2 will not interact with any critical Station hardware or systems; it will only interact with non-critical hardware that can be used to verify the unit’s operations. During this phase, the ISS crew will have some interaction with unit to make sure it can respond properly to crew commands – among them an emergency shut-down procedure initiated by the steady application of light force by an astronaut to one of R2′s forearms."

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on 27.08.2010 00.13

link The Rap Map - Mapping the Gangsta Terrain of the Planet

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on 26.08.2010 23.47