Tuesday, August 31, 2010
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World's Largest Augmented Reality Project
This record-setting, Guinness-certified AR marker is from architects at Königsberger Vannucchi, a Brazilian firm that
wanted to give potential clients an augmented taste of what their proposed Fibrasa Connection development would
look like. [Augmented Planetvia Geekosystem]
Saturday, August 21, 2010
Thursday, August 19, 2010
Wednesday, August 18, 2010
Monday, August 16, 2010
How To Catch Pigeons The Awesome Way
This seems to be the solution to Spain's big pigeon problem. Pigeons have been deemed a "plague" in Barcelona,
spreading disease and pooping all over Gaudi's beautiful buildings. Tthe city is trying to catch 65,000 of the birds,
roughly 25% of the pigeon population, over the next year and a half. While some birds are being trapped in traditional
cages and relocated outside of the city, others are subject to private pigeon trappers' kooky catapulted nets.
Saturday, August 14, 2010
Apple Just Bought Liquidmetal - This Is Why
According to LiquidMetal technologies, their alloys join the strength and anti-corrosive nature of metals like titanium
and stainless steel, with the benefits of plastics and composites, such as extreme flexibility and easy casting:
• 2.5 times the strength of commonly used titanium alloy with less weight
• 1.5 times the hardness of stainless steel with less weight
• 2-3 times more resistant to permanent deformation than conventional metals
• Non-corrosive
• Stain and rust proof
• Allows thinner walls in casings, with greater strength
• Allows for large surfaces maintaining thin skins without deformation
• Scratch resistant
• High thermal and electrical conductivity
These materials are already being used in all kinds of industries, from defense
to medical to sports to space—like NASA's Genesis spacecraft.