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Crayon Physics (zip): Crayon Physics is the precursor to the not-yet-released Crayon Physics Deluxe. You play with crayons and physics. The goal of the game is to move the red ball so that it collects the stars. You can cause the red ball to move by drawing physical objects. With left mouse button...; Tags: Physics, Object, Kloonigames, Crayon Physics, Mice, Games, Hardware, Peripherals, Personal Technology; Software downloads 2008-03-05

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Forts (exe): Forts is an action-puzzle game in 3D in which your goal is to break constructions of color shiny bricks with limited supply of balls to shoot. Game features: innovative gameplay, physics engine that renders motion spectacular, 50 levels. This version is the first release on CNET Download.com.; Tags: Perfect Day Games, Forts, Games, Personal Technology; Software downloads 2008-07-16
Miniaturized DNA sewing machines: Miniaturized DNA sewing machinesAnd then on the seventh day, He rested...To push the analogy onward, if the "evolution" of gene manipulation is to follow that of industrial design, then next will be submicron weaving machines that allow DNA synthesis, followed by pattern making machines, then dot matrix DNA engines, and...; Tags: Biotechnology, DNA; Discussion threads 2008-07-14
A time and need for service innovation, education: The vision behind Service Science is to build a coherent body of knowledge for service innovation, says IBM's Jim Spohrer. Commentary--Services make the world go around. In modern day society, we are all connected to each other by either giving or receiving a service. ...; Tags: services, IBM; News items 2008-07-10
PhysX on the Radeon? Seems that it's possible!: PhysX on the Radeon? Seems that it's possible!Common APIWhat we need would be a common API for physics acceleration - and why not AI, 2D graphics and other domains as well ). But given the speed and opacity at which something like the Open GL is able to publish evolutions...; Tags: Radeon, PhysX; Discussion threads 2008-07-01

Physics - getting a raw deal in schools?: Physics - getting a raw deal in schools?physics is not a fundamental application of mathsPhysics is the basis for understanding any physical phenomenon. I do not see any sense in studying biology w/o a strong physics curriculum, as w/o physics you will have a hard time understanding what...; Tags: Recruitment & Selection, raw deal; Discussion threads 2008-06-30
Physics - getting a raw deal in schools?: A British study, as reported by the BBC has found that physics is not only being taught less and less by those who specialize in the subject, but also not emphasized outside of a general science curriculum. While the research is focused on the UK, it brings up some...; Tags: Physics, Christopher Dawson; Blog posts 2008-06-30
2009 Nissan GT-R: Photo gallery:2009 Nissan GT-R It must be Christmas, because a 2009 Nissan GT-R showed up in our garage. Just like how we spent 1973 transfixed by commercials for the Vertibird Rescue Ship toy, we slathered over every specification sheet and photo of the new GT-R since the concept was shown...; Tags: Games, Digital media, Digital music, Nissan Motor Co. Ltd., Corvette Z06, Nissan GT-R; Product reviews 2008-06-27
Lack of RFID standards leads to media panic: Lack of RFID standards leads to media panicActive vs. Passive RFID DevicesIn addition to the comments above, it was not clear from the article I read whether the researchers were testing only active RFID or both active and passive RFID. The author of the article I read also implied...; Tags: HEALTHCARE, Dana, RFID, RFID Standards, media; Discussion threads 2008-06-25
First scientist to warn Congress on Global Warming: It's certain and we're certainly out of time.: First scientist to warn Congress on Global Warming: It's certain and we're certainly out of time.It's the sun, stupid.The earth has been cooling for the last 10 years. If the current low solar activity keeps up, we could be in deep doodoo.RE: First scientist to warn Congress on Global...; Tags: U.S. Congress, Hansen, data set, global warming; Discussion threads 2008-06-23
How long ago did we begin to disagree about global warming?: How long ago did we begin to disagree about global warming?It took Mother Nature...millions of years to lock up the carbon into fossil fuels that we have managed to release in a hundred.Nature can not fix it as fast as we are polluting it. That is the issue. Take a...; Tags: global warming, carbon dioxide; Discussion threads 2008-06-23
Obulis for PC (msi): Obulis is a physics based puzzle game. The player has to get all of the colored spheres on a given level to drop into their like-colored pots. The player's only tool is his ability to cut ropes and chains that suspend the balls and other physics elements into the air....; Tags: PC, Player, IonFx, Obulis, Productivity, Games, Personal Technology; Software downloads 2008-06-23
Asus ENGTX280: Editor's note: After retesting their initial findings, our colleagues at GameSpot found that the GeForce 9800 GX 2 had better scores on "Call of Duty 4" and "Crysis" than was first reported. With that new information, we have found that the GTX280 has a smaller performance advantage over Nvidia's previous...; Tags: Semiconductors, Video cards, ASUS, GeForce GTX280, NVidia Corp., Nvidia GeForce; Product reviews 2008-06-16
NVIDIA launches the 'best performing GPU on the planet': (At least that's what Gizmodo's Matt Buchanan says.) Accordingly, NVIDIA announced the release of their latest line of graphics cards this morning. The GTX 260 and GTX 280 mark the debut of the upcoming 200 series GPUs. The GTX 280 counts 240 processing cores and 1GB of...; Tags: NVidia Corp., GPU, Andrew Nusca; Blog posts 2008-06-16
Students to design, create and launch satellite: Students at the University of Leicester have started a project working towards launching their very own satellite into Earth's orbit. Over twenty undergraduates from their Physics and Astronomy department at the university are working on the project, named "Plume", helped along by a neighbouring engineering company Magna Parva by donating...; Tags: Orbit, Satellite, Network Technology, Networking, Zack Whittaker; Blog posts 2008-06-14
MySpace makeover announced: MySpace makeover announcedToo little, too late?Glad Myspace finally did something about their sites and profile pages but wonder if it's too little to late.I left them early in 2007 for Facebook as I got a headache going through their site and profiles. It was WORSE than giving children all the...; Tags: MySpace; Discussion threads 2008-06-14
Can we trust our GPS devices?: In recent years, we have become increasingly dependent on applications using the Global Positioning System GPS, such as railway control, highway traffic management, emergency response or commercial aviation. But in a very short news release, the American Geophysical Union AGU warns us that we can't always trust our GPS gadgets...; Tags: Satellite, Occultation, GPS, Handhelds, Consumer Electronics, Personal Technology, Hardware, Roland Piquepaille; Blog posts 2008-06-10
WWDC keynote highlights: iPhone 2.0, MobileMe: Steve Jobs has taken the stage at WWDC and here's what we know so far: The next version of Mac OS X is indeed called "Snow Leopard" In the first 95 days of the SDK being available, over 250k people have downloaded it. iPhone 2...; Tags: Apple iPhone, 3G, Desktops, Cellular Phones, Corporate Communications, Wireless, Consumer Electronics, Personal Technology, Hardware, Marketing, Jason D. O\'Grady; Blog posts 2008-06-09
Is it plugged in?: Is it plugged in?These people are morons..RE: Is it plugged in?Most support is done through trial and error. Tell me you haven't done it this way if someone didn't teach you. Well most DON'T have the time to learn a just expect it to work. If there...; Tags: PRODUCTIVITY, computer, IS IT; Discussion threads 2008-06-05
Build your own Google: In an earlier post I talked a bit about a start-up called Kickfire who are releasing an accelerated database appliance for MySQL applications in the 1TB-3TB range that gives comparable performance to an equivalent Oracle RDBMS setup for around a quarter of the price. Kickfire sounds compelling for utility...; Tags: Google Inc., Worker, Aster, Aster Beehives, Storage, Databases, Hardware, Enterprise Software, Software, Data Management, Jason Perlow; Blog posts 2008-06-05