November 2010
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London Designer Brings Semi-Permanent Inflatable... →
“Need a spare room, but only for a few months? Want to make your outdoor jacuzzi an indoor one for the winter? Thanks to Airclad, by Inflate, now you can.”
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Crack Garden →
“Created in the small back yard of a San Francisco apartment building, it was inspired by those tenacious little plants that take hold no matter how inhospitable the space.”
Vikings Possibly Carried Native American to Europe →
“Genetic analysis of around 80 people from a total of four families in Iceland showed they possess a type of DNA normally only found in Native Americans or East Asians. Taking genealogical evidence into account, the findings suggest the Vikings may have brought a Native American woman back with them to Iceland.”
Buy Your Own Jetpack →
“With a price tag soaring around $100,000, this jetpack is the “Segway of the sky.”“
Jim Morrison Pardon →
“The Doors front man and American rock legend was charged with indecent exposure 41 years ago.”
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Architecture Meets Comics In Bureau Spectacular's... →
“… though it’s not a true transformer space, it’s envisioned as a “briefcase house”, ie. a house within a house — which he explains dramatically with comics.”
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The 'Impact Earth!' Asteroid Impact Catastrophe... →
Psyched!
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Nashville Musician Shingles His Roof With Records →
“Nashville Musician Matt Glassmeyer is, according to Jazz.com, a bit of an inventor. Now we learn that he is a repurposer, using 350 damaged records to build a roof on his porch.”
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Journeying to Mars -- on a One-Way Ticket →
“The first pioneers would be people past reproductive age, who are better suited to handle the harsh radioactive environment.”
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Bronze Age Civilization Spotted in Old Photographs →
“An aerial picture approximately taken in 1970 shows a stone structure located in the mountains, south of Kislovodsk. Traces of a previously unknown Bronze Age civilization have been discovered in the peaks of Russia’s Caucasus Mountains.”
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Earth-Like Planet Discovery Buoys Search for Life →
“Scientists can’t determine if Gliese 581 g is indeed endowed with life, but they don’t expect to have to wait too long to find similar worlds.”
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In Roundup of Tiny Apartments, Only One Is... →
“Architizer gets into the spirit of the LifeEdited project with a roundup of its top ten tiny apartments in Brazil, London, Paris, Seoul and I think just one in the USA, in New York’s West Village.”
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Life on Mars Could Stem From Earth →
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The idea of looking for transplanted life stemmed from studies of meteorites from Mars that landed on Earth. Mars and Earth have swapped about a billion tons of rock over the years, and experiments show that some hitch-hiking microbes can survive the journey.”
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Happy Meals Banned in San Francisco →
“Queue up another round of controversy for San Francisco — the city has just voted to ban the practice of marketing unhealthy food to children.”
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Comet Hartley 2 Fly-by Sets NASA Astir →
“A close approach image taken of the comet Hartley 2 by the Deep Impact spacecraft.”
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Trippy Bowls Inspired By Spiders On Drugs →
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Solar Powered Movie House Seats 8 →
“The Sol Cinema is a tiny, solar-powered movie house that seats eight adults or twelve children.”
