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San Jose State University students have built a prototype chassis for an omnidirectional motorcycle — which will eventually allow them to not only move sideways and have the bike balance itself, but do total 360′s while driving!
The students hope to have their prototype complete and fully operational by the end of the year. You can follow their progress and concepts here.
[Via Geekologie]
The world’s researchers have yet to build a quantum computer of any significant size. But maybe they just need a little Scotch tape.
Researchers at the University of Toronto recently used some two-sided Scotch poster tape — yes, two-sided Scotch poster tape — to transfer superconducting properties to a semiconducting material. That semiconductor is similar …
from Wired Top Stories
Petco was searching for a new way to re-energize the pet-friendly toy line of their nationwide chain when they found Kristin Tercek. The NYU film school grad started her career producing animations for Coca-Cola, Cartoon Network, and Saturday Night Live. But it wasn’t her on-screen endeavors that caught the pet supply store’s attention. It was her line of hand-sewn plushies, with a following among collectors, gallery owners, and a category manager at Petco.
from Wired Top Stories
We’ve seen DIY supercomputers before: take a few motherboards, give them all the same processor, give them all the same amount of RAM and couple them all together via LAN. It has been a cheap and effective way for educational institutions (and enthusiasts) to jump into supercomputing. The Iridus-Pi continues in the same vein, using a cluster of 64 Raspberry Pi computers and Lego.
University of Southampton Professor Simon Cox has done an outstanding job here, but I definitely think that the next step needs to be doing something to address the power supply issue. The Raspberry Pi runs off 5v micro-USB and can run off 4 x AA batteries, it shouldn’t be too hard to figure out a system that significantly cuts down on the amount of adapters and power strips involved.
from The UberReview
The internet really does have everything, and it’s all available for download without lifting a finger. A series of helpful scripts, all installable in a few minutes, can transform your computer into an automatic media downloading machine. More »
from Lifehacker
Play full screen so you can count the meteors!