Sheets of cheap (graphite-sourced) carbon, really. However, the electrical properties can get interesting.
It could be used as electrolytes or hydrogen storage materials in fuel cells, electrodes in supercapacitors and batteries, and super-thin chemical filters. It could also be mixed with polymers or metals to make materials for use in aircraft fuselages, cars, and buildings.
You can click through for the actual paper. Abstract excerpt:
I show that while the network initially makes weak predictions (in the middle of the probability range) regardless of input, after observing randomly generated data it learns to be overconfident in the sense that when presented with other, unrelated random data it makes strong predictions. The model matches behavioral data in that it shows overconfidence growing with experience and then, eventually, declining. The model shows how overconfidence, far from being a surprising fallacy, can be seen as a natural outgrowth of statistical over-fitting in the brain.The post that this title points to intros papers from up-and-coming economist, E. Glen Weyl.
Using the network to build a "swarm" to which suppliers bid.
Explores the difficulties inherent in the parameters of grading.
I saw a BBC segment on this that skipped the sex part, but focused on the political indoctrination and martial training. It's like a militia camp for Hitler youth types, but government backed. The segment showed Putin putting down the U.K. in front of teens.
Plenty of tough times and xenophobia is feeding these camps successfully. For goodness sake, Stalin is being portrayed positively now.
Like ice chewing and Christ saving those engaged in the furry culture, especially yiffing (I think that's sex with animal costumes on).
The more personalized, cross-module, networked social bookmarking site that Digg has only been talking about for a long time.
And by computers, he means up to now. He sounds as if he's negative about any AI venture, but there are projects covering parallel processing and self-organization. I don't know the science well, but finer simulation of the brain is happening, so we are on our way.
It's a fresh blog at this point that seems to want to list all kinds of cost-saving tips. However, the family category is the most extensive.
The libertarian tent was too big and broad for this guy, to the point that he needed to drop the label.
It's all about how you use the medium.
Dioramas of the uglier side of life.
Click on the headless zebra, then "micro sculptures".
Watch for pressure and temperature -- it's possible to overdo it. Which way you face just depends, it seems.
Slideshow of a whole slew of new products in all kinds of categories.
It's not committee work that brings out the wisdom of crowdsourcing, it's aggregating individual efforts and views.
... even just sharing too much of your own specialized knowledge with others in the group is enough to taint the wisdom and dumb-down the group.Here's a book excerpt on how brainstorming ain't so good.
In this instance, a heat map of 1-bedroom rental prices for a year.
No, they don't know what he's noticing, but if he sits by a patient on this dementia floor, the patient won't be alive for more than four hours max.
In pre-alpha at the moment:
To measure things accurately they need two photos of the same thing, but from different angles. The VisualSize algorithm automatically detects feature points in the two pictures and finds the matching pairs. It then uses the matching pairs to calculate coordinates of the two camera positions (x, y, z axes and origin in a 3D coordinate frame), and uses triangulation from the image to plane to the 3D coordinate frame to reconstruct the 3D scene.
It diverts the handwashing waste water to the toilet bowl.
Fancier, separate sink setup here.
Most of the greenhouse gas emissions are emitted in the form of methane from belching cattle, but the meat production process also releases fertilising compounds that can wreak havoc in river and lake ecosystems.
But the total environmental impact will be higher than the study suggests because the calculations do not include emissions from managing farm equipment and transporting the meat.
The study did not test the sustained-release stimulant medications that are now the standard treatment for ADHD. Also, the jury is out as to whether there is catchup growth at the end of puberty.
Yes, there is the overdiagnosis issue for the condition, but at the same time, there are those who are actually helped by pharmaceuticals.
An quite impressive arrangement of some 40 players doing Pachelbel's Canon.
The realities they won't tell the customer, but also some funny bits about clueless employees:
Is this Final Fantasy Seven? The one with the V, and the two lines? – An employee
Studying it in astronauts and trying to recreate it in art. I'm going to guess that this is not properly mysticism, still being phenomenal, but any shakeup that questions consciousness must be a good thing. We just have to watch out about getting fixated.
It's a pdf from Bloomberg. The newer generation without a memory of the eighties is acting up.
More interesting was an instrument I hadn't heard of -- credit default swaps. This quote is from page 5, first column; there's also a panel introducing the idea at the very end:
Swaps prices represent the annual cost of contracts that guarantee repayment of the principal on corporate bonds if a company defaults. In day-to-day trading, that cost rises if investors think a company has a greater risk of missing payments. When multi-billion-dollar takeovers are financed with new debt, the jump in credit default swap prices may far outstrip gains in the target company’s stock.
Very unkosher. From Pizza Hut, it's called the Double roll, the more distinctive features of which are the corn, carrot, soybeans, mini burger patties, and hors d'oeuvres crust made of pigs in a blanket (with bacon) or the cheese filling with ketchup (?) on top. About $30 for the large.
Not as weird as a sweeter Korean entry.
A molecule known as dendrimer binds itself to the virus to prevent infection. Animal trials have shown 85-100% effectiveness. Presently being trialled on women as contraceptive.
What's wrong with dropping cash from a helicopter? People like cash too much.
Initially posted at edge.org, Steven Pinker asks that follow-through be allowed on uncomfortable ideas. It's tough to build anything on a delusion.
However, inquiry is not an absolute right. We do bear responsibility for foreseeable consequences, and appropriate mindfulness needs to guide the path.
Artwork inspired by movies with cult followings. This is a Donnie Darko piece. There's also one of Milton in Office Space.
Like in Moscow:
... but you'll also attract gypsy cabs—ordinary Muscovites who are simply looking to make a few extra rubles as they drive across town. If you don't speak Russian, you may find it hard to haggle and could end up getting into an incomprehensible shouting match.It's a slide show which you can stop and proceed as you please.
Kind of misses the point, but the carpenters union in the U.S. is hiring homeless people, retirees and students at $8 an hour to picket, $12 an hour to play buckets.
"The window shows a caped Einstein gazing upward, surrounded by electron orbitals and nuclear particle paths. At the top, the tail burn of a rocket blasts past the cratered lunar surface, expressing Einstein's impact on astronomy and cosmology, and the new space frontier of the 1960s (the Exploration/John Glenn window is opposite). At upper center, in red, is a portion of the Lorentz transformation, the square root of v/c, reconciling the fixed speed of light with differing inertial frames. At bottom left is an idealized helium atom, reminding us of Einstein's groundbreaking insights on nuclear physics, and his serious concerns about the misuse of atomic power."
For any audio source with an auxiliary output. You can toggle between sources or listen to multiple streams.
A sample:
TOUCH AND GO
Meaning: A risky, precarious situation
Origin: “Dates back to the days of stagecoaches, whose drivers were often intensely competitive, seeking to charge past one another, on narrow roads, at grave danger to life and limb. If the vehicle’s wheels became entangled, both would be wrecked; if they were lucky, the wheels would only touch and the coaches could still go.”
I remember regarding Jessica Lange as angelic-looking. I had a shock years later.
A fine black and white animated video expressing the power of the pen.
From six years old and up, the bias (face type preference shown by shorter time associating good words) is pretty constant. Where did it develop? Check this.
About 20% of back injuries occur while pushing/pulling. A consideration of the poorly studied mechanics of these cases.
This flag-eating is pretty tame. It can get fairly sick. If you care about animals, move on to the next post.
Crackle will reward the producers in varying degrees, ranging from revenue shares to mid seven figure production deals. All winners will recieve distribution across Sony’s network of hardware and film properties.The top two user-voted videos join editors' picks for production deal consideration.
From Greenpeace:
Many of the locals have moved out of their traditional single story homes into newly built three and four storey buildings where the ground floor is reserved as a scrap-sorting workshop. Now they employ migrant workers to risk their health in this toxic business.People's physical health is being devastated by our laziness in cleaning up our own crap. Shops that properly dispose -- versus just scavenging -- of e-waste tend to charge a fee. Ask about the end of the process. We need to lean on authorities to provide a management process or pressure industry to do it.
The Passenger Name Record system:
the EU parliament said it 'notes with concern that sensitive data (ie personal data revealing racial or ethnic origin, political opinions, religious or philosophical beliefs, trade union membership, and data concerning the health or sex life of individuals) will be made available to the DHS
The one shown here is called a sprite. Also check out the fire rainbow.
The Evolution of Human Languages project is developing a database in the hopes of reconstructing ancestor languages. Presently three superfamilies posited: Borean (the group that migrated from Africa to Central Asia), Papuan (the group that migrated from Africa along the south coast of Asia and then to Australia), and the click languages of the San (Bushmen of southern Africa and probably the closest to earliest humans).
Organic solar current from polymers, rather than more expensive purified silicon. Print it on a sheet, or just paint it on. The buckyballs will grab the electrons. The tube structure makes the electrons flow.
Will spit out your preferred learning style -- auditory-verbal, visual-verbal, visual-nonverbal, or tactile-kinesthetic.
It says 400+, but a large part is keyboard shortcuts and a lot of RSS stuff. There's also social network integration, file storage, calendar services, ...
Free telephone service in the U.S., provided you have broadband internet and can shell out for the hub.
I think the idea is that for those who choose to keep their regular phone line (not required except for 911), the Ooma network uses those lines to terminate calls in the same area, within 12 miles. This is the main cost-saving measure. Money is made from hardware sales and value added services, like individual ringtones.
Channels weighted to Europe, but the quality is supposed to be excellent -- no stuttering. Basic free service planned and then premium channels, but still in invite beta.
She fell in love with a man outside of her forced marriage, in which she was raped and repeatedly beaten.
Public broadcasting in the US is a somewhat involved issue which I don't have time to research, but cutting 15% of it probably isn't good for what level of discourse does exist on the airwaves.
At this amusement park spa, you can get a bath in coffee, green tea, wine and sake. And now ramen.
More for journalism, but useful tips for prose in general, from ad copy, to speeches, to fiction.
Something about taxes only applying to profit and gain, and income is neither.
Slow transmission in autonomic nerves for duodenum contraction control. Some molecule called "ceramide" found in the axonal lipid seems to important.
Can handle uneven terrain, including curbs.
"This electronic balance system is custom-programmed to the user's center of gravity, to monitor and respond to subtle changes in motion. Reach forward to shake hands, and your iBOT® Mobility System moves with you."
71-year-old Hall of Famer Gary Player talked to a couple of people, and it appears to be around.
Being marketed to manage crazy Japanese businessmen and "naughty" boys with a mild electric shock. Not meant as weapon, although a warning is given about use on those with heart disease. Don't know how you're supposed to know that.
An address change threw everything out of whack.
Thinking sharpens in diverse groups:White jurors in diverse groups mentioned more facts, made fewer factual errors, corrected more mistakes and raised the possibility of racism more often than did white jurors in homogeneous groups.
Mouse skin cells were genetically manipulated to revert back to embryonic state. All the ethical controversy can end.
Update: Done. Parallels work in Japan.
Small, cylindrical wind turbines provide power for the condensing system to extract water from the air. Claiming possibility of 10 000L/day from rooftop unit.
Click through for official site.
Johnson & Johnson proposal to Britain's NHS. The link to the NYT article is gated. The paper is not.
The company would refund any money spent on patients whose tumors do not shrink sufficiently after a trial treatment.
It was too big to paste here, but I assure anybody who recognizes the name, it's at least a good smirk.
You know, the starfish vs. the yearner (?) Self-reported for going to sleep.
You wear the ring and it buzzes to wake you up. There are two that can be set for different times, if needed: One for you, one for whomever sleeps beside you.
Also for the hard of hearing.
There are dutch auctions (explained at the site) and then,
The second type of mystery auction involves offering a silly item, such as Cheez Whiz or a 7-year-old hamburger, as the “item”. Then irresistible gifts are implied for winning the auction.But the bidders just have to hope that the implied gift is cool and worth, say, $3500.
In post-menopausal women, could increase chances by up to 30%, possibly by allowing estrogen buildup.
Can be USB- or 4 AA-cell powered. For more industrial use, there's also this vest from some company called Entrak, with 8 hours of circulation before recharge.
There's too much money floating around for it to be squeaky clean.
Don't go on a Monday, and that fast food seat is uncomfortable to prevent you from hanging out too long.
So The Lancet reports. Taking Izhevsk as a typical Russian city, a survey was taken of relatives of 1750 men who died from 2003-05. The survey shook out that 43% of deaths could be attributed to excessive alcohol consumption.
The protein is brain-specific and is called conserved dopamine neurotrophic factor. It is important to temper any optimism with the history of a previous protein that looked hopeful, but in the end showed unacceptable side effects in larger trials.
Provincial authorities are responsible for enforcing the laws Beijing pass, but they're too comfortable with the tax revenue from polluters to get serious. So, NGOs have been aggressively advocating laws for greater transparency and accountability, and Beijing seems to be complying. People getting their say in communist China? Times sure do change.
A separate top-down measure here to deny loans to heavy polluters.
Very interesting presentation of stats of our technologically exponential times. It finishes by asking what kind of educational reforms are needed to better align with the world that is emerging. It does not mention the singularity.
Reviews of restaurants, auto shops, doctors, etc. contributed by local consumers of the particular city (US).
Points are traded for cash on eBay in France. Some are pensioners who haven't driven in years who just need a bit of money:
In return for money, the seller provides his or her name and licence number in response to the speed camera ticket. The notice that is automatically sent to the owner of the offending vehicle includes a form for identifying another driver. Checks are extremely rare.
