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May 16, 2009

Is This Your Luggage | Creativity

Luna Laboo collects lost luggage, photographs it, and then tries to find the owners. It sounds a bit odd, but not as odd as collecting stamps, just a little harder to find storage space. Check it out.

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May 3, 2009

Foneros | WiFi Community

FON is the largest WiFi community in the world. Community members, Foneros, share some of their home Internet connection and in return gain access to free Wifi worldwide. Their vision is WiFi everywhere. Check it out here!

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April 22, 2009

End of the Internet | Creativity & Humor

Click here to get to the End of the Internet.

It made me smile.

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April 15, 2009

Tweenbots | Creativity

Kacie Kinzer was wondering if a human-like object could traverse sidewalks and streets along with us? Thus, he built tweenbots, human-dependent robots, that navigate the city with the help of pedestrians they encounter.

 

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February 21, 2009

Miss Atom | Beauty Contest

Female employees from Russia's nuclear energy industry are competing for the Miss Atom 2009 title this month. The event's sponsors hope the beauty pageant will help dispel the industry's negative image. The range of contestants is vast. Many look quite ordinary, lacking the perfect features often associated with beauty contests. Several, though, are astonishingly beautiful. However, the future of atomic energy in Russia seems secure. Now the industry's ladies are seeing to its image.

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February 15, 2009

Crap in Space | Astronautics

Between the launch of Sputnik on 4 October 1957 and 1 January 2008, approximately 4600 launches have placed some 6000 satellites into orbit, of which about 400 are traveling beyond geostationary orbit or on interplanetary trajectories. Today, it is estimated that only 800 satellites are operational. 70% of all catalogued objects are in low-Earth orbit, which extends to 2000 km above the Earth's surface. The geostationary ring, at an altitude of about 36,000 km. This orbit is heavily used by telecommunication satellites. Space debris comprise the ever-increasing amount of inactive space hardware in orbit around the Earth as well as fragments of spacecraft that have broken up, exploded or otherwise become abandoned, ranging in size from as big as an automobile to microscopic dust. 

 

The debris objects shown in the images are an artist's impression based on actual density data. However, the debris objects are shown at an eggagerated size to make them visible at the scale shown. More information can be found on the website of the European space agency (ESA).

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February 15, 2009

Patrouille des Glaciers | Adventure & Race

The Patrouille des Glaciers is an exceptional race from Zermatt to Verbier or from Arolla to Verbier in one stage depending on the category. This unique race is characterized by its length, its high average altitude and the profile of its itinerary. Participating demands not only a real mountaineering experience and mastery of the extreme conditions encountered, but also a thorough physical and moral preparation.

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February 4, 2009

Big Mountain Pro | Freeriding Now

Adopting Europe's vast alpine ranges as a playground for exploration and adventure, Big Mountain Pro returns with more promise than ever. The concept remains the same: 12 of the best freeriders reaching some of the most challenging and varied backcountry terrain that the mountains have to offer. the inspirational mobile format of the event ensures that the riders are free to roam the Alp.

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January 27, 2009

One Simple Question | Dreams

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January 19, 2009

World Robot Density | Manufacturing

There are now 1 million industrial robots toiling around the world, and Japan is where they’re the thickest on the ground. It has 295 of these electromechanical marvels for every 10 000 manufacturing workers—a robot density almost 10 times the world average and nearly twice that of Singapore (169), South Korea (164), and Germany (163).

Although the top three countries are in Asia, Europe gets the regional title as the epicenter of global automation; it has a robot density of 50, compared to 31 in the Americas and 27 in the Asia/Pacific region (data from ieee spectrum online). More robo-statistic you can find here.

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