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From There I Fixed It: Kelvin Doe Built a Radio Transmitter From Parts He Found in the Garbage…
Not only that, the engineering prodigy from Sierra Leone once built a battery out of scrap metal, baking soda and acid to power his family’s house. Yep, he is a kludge god in the purest sense of the term. Uproxx called him a teenage Tony Stark, and we’d be inclined to agree. I’d also like to add this request:
Get. This. Kid. A. Scholarship. MIT, Cal-Tech, Harvey Mudd, Olin, anywhere. Step up!
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From Gizmodo: Facebook Is Launching a Numberless “Social Calling” Service
TechCrunch is reporting that Facebook is teaming up with carriers to provide a “social calling” service. Initially striking up a deal with French carrier Orange, it seems the service will allow friends to make voice calls without knowing each other’s numbers. More »
from Gizmodo
From Engadget: Scientists use nanotechnology to harvest electricity from temperature fluctuations
So far your footsteps, breath and nervous energy have all been tapped to charge up batteries, and now researchers from the Georgia Institute of Technology scientists have pulled it off using thermal changes. They did it with so-called pyroelectric nanogenerators, which use polarization changes to harvest heat energy from temperature fluctuations. Normally output current is too low for commercial electronics, but by making one with lead zirconate titanate (PZT), the team was able to create a device that could charge a Li-ion coin battery to power a green LED for a few seconds. The researchers predict that by doubling the surface area, they could drive wireless sensors or LCDs using only environmental temperature changes from an engine or water pipe, for instance. The result could be green power, but without all that pesky moving around.
Filed under: Peripherals, Science, Alt
Via: Phys Org
Source: Nano Letters
from Engadget
From MAKE: Young Maker Wows M.I.T.
I wrote about Kelvin Doe before his appearance at Maker Faire New York and met him at the fair. He’s a very impressive kid. He went on to wow at crowd at M.I.T. where he was a visiting fellow for three weeks. Check out this video about Kelvin. Incredible, moving stuff. The power of making is real.
from MAKE
From WSJ.com: What’s News US: DreamWorks Releases Software Used in ‘Guardians’
DreamWorks released onto the open market one of the primary software tools used to create the $145 million animated film, “Rise of the Guardians.”
From Geeks are Sexy Technology News: Table of Condiments that Periodically Go Bad
Warning: The information below may not be accurate. I’m publishing it for entertainment purposes only!
According to the source, this comes from a mock calendar diary that was published back in 1997.
[Via Chemistry-Blog]