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CNN reports that General Electric has created a giant OLED panel printer to be specifically
used for lighting. The "semi-trailer" sized machine prints out thin layers of flexible plastic,
covers them with chemicals, and seals them with foil, so they'll glow a frosty blue-white if an
electrical current is applied. But these OLED sheets aren't exactly lightbulb substitutes.
Our current incandescent and CFL bulbs are super bright and super small, which is why we have to artfully cover
them with lampshades or, in my case, a purple silk scarf, because I know what the ladies like.
These new OLEDs are substantially dimmer, so they'd be used in large panels to create a softer
light. Imagine a windowshade of the new lights, so when lowered at night, light still seems to be
filtering in from outside. Or hell, just wallpaper your bedroom in the stuff, since no fixture is
required. The caveats: they do, of course, still need a power source, their lifespan isn't up to
par, and they're incredibly expensive right now. GE hopes to get the kinks worked out and the
panels into production by 2010. [CNN]
CNN reports that General Electric has created a giant OLED panel printer to be specifically used
for lighting. The "semi-trailer" sized machine prints out thin layers of flexible plastic, covers
them...
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giant OLED panel printer to be specifically used for lighting. The "semi-trailer" sized machine
prints out thin layers of flexible plastic, covers them with chemicals, and seals them with foil,
so they'll glow a frosty blue-white if an electrical current is applied. But these OLED sheets
aren't exactly lightbulb substitutes./p pOur current incandescent and a
href="http://gizmodo.com/5061088/question-of-the-day-have-you-made-the-switch-to-cfls"CFL/a bulbs
are super bright and super small, which is why we have to artfully cover them with lampshades or,
in my case, a purple silk scarf, because I know what the ladies like. These new OLEDs are
substantially dimmer, so they'd be used in large panels to create a softer light. Imagine a
windowshade of the new lights, so when lowered at night, light still seems to be filtering in from
outside. Or hell, just wallpaper your bedroom in the stuff, since no fixture is required. The
caveats: they do, of course, still need a power source, their lifespan isn't up to par, and they're
incredibly expensive right now. GE hopes to get the kinks worked out and the panels into production
by 2010. [a href="http://www.cnn.com/2008/TECH/10/10/sheets.of.light.oleds.ap/index.html"CNN/a]/p
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Whoa! What a little attention grabber. She definitely has me attention; both in and out of her
clothes. She’s not the type of woman I would bring home to meet Mom, but I would be up for
a wild fling without a second thought. I’m not usually into the real glamorous types, but
something about this one I really like. Plus, I can’t help but respect a woman who cares
about her appearance. Of course, I’m sure a lot of it has to do with the fact that
she’s naked; spreading her smooth, tiny legs and penetrating her own sweet, little pussy.
On the other hand, her plastic surgeon should be ashamed of himself!
Tyson had the privilege of bedding this sexy, little babe. He says he has a “weakness
for busty, bleach-blonde bimbos” and the his ex girlfriend was exactly that. She was
sweet and bubbly, and she loved nothing more to dress-up in sexy, trampy or revealing outfits to
pose naked for him or for a strip tease, and then for a roll between the sheets. Tyson was with
her for close to two years before they went their separate ways. He told me there was not one
particular reason for their break-up. It just had run it’s course.
Techdweeb has a great collection of circuit bent gadgets... I
really like the "Super Ear Blaster". The
bender writes-
This was one of those generic chinese drum machine thingees, the kind that shares its guts with
1000s of other toys, but the external plastics change depending on who does the packaging. I
really like this version of the drum toy because it has pretty lights and sounds great when bent.
Very Aphex Twin. It also has dog and frog sounds... This one has two optical resistors for
optical sequencing and pitch control that are switchable "on" and has pot control for making it
go realllyyy slowwww... I also did a metallic blue with silver splatter paintjob which turned out
kinda cool.
More:
Circuit Bending. Modify a Casio keyboard (or other electronic audio stuff) and start playing some
of the strangest sounds you've ever heard. MAKE volume 04 - page 88.
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pic/a!/small/strong/embr //div br /a href="http://www.autoblog.com/tag/automoblox"Automoblox/a,
maker of heirloom quality toy cars, is on an upward trajectory that hasn't slowed since we first
encountered them a few years ago. In fact, while birthday shopping for my three-year-old nephew
recently, I encountered Automoblox on the shelf of a local toy store for the first time, and then
again at the little rug-rat's birthday party where a family friend bought him the a
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/Times are so good for Automoblox that it's bucking the trend by unveiling a brand new model, the
A9-S convertible. Based on the A9 compact, the A9-S is the first open-air Automoblox model ever and
the first to feature a new white color palette for its speedster windshield, rear wing and rubber
tires. The wheels are jet black with three fat spokes each and the two plastic passengers even have
their hair swept back. Like all Automoblox cars, the German beech wood body of the A9-S can be
taken apart and its parts and accessories mixed and matched with other cars to create new vehicles.
br /br /Christmas is right around the corner, and it's a safe bet we'll be buying the A9-S, which a
href="http://www.automobloxstore.com/automoblox-a9s-convertibl9.html"retails for $38/a at the a
href="http://www.automobloxstore.com/"Automoblox Store/a, to add to our own growing collection that
includes the a href="http://www.automobloxstore.com/aux9pusputve.html"X9/a, a
href="http://www.automobloxstore.com/aux9xsput.html"X9-X/a, a
href="http://www.automobloxstore.com/aurhipespcar.html"C9-R/a and a trio of a
href="http://www.automobloxstore.com/aumi.html"Automoblox Minis/a. We've also been told there's
another hot version of the C9 in development, and have a a
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Daniel Craig recently admitted he needed some plastic surgery on his face after an accident filming
the latest James Bond movie, 'Quantum of Solace.' But he tells FOX News that his surgery was blown
out of proportion in the press.
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touch or by simply waving one's hand in front of the panel. Unlike similar applications that have
come before it, there's no additional hardware needed -- and therein lies the magic. The outfit is
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Based on a similar earlier Griffin design, FlexScreen for iPod nano 4G ($25) still combines a hard
plastic front shell with a silicone rubber case, but improves upon the prior version by including
two rubber cases in the package -- one frosted white, and one semi-transparent black. The white
case still lets the color of your nano shine through a bit, and both cases feature opaque
ribbon-like designs on their backs. A cleaning cloth is included in...
Based on the company's earlier same-named cases, Elan Form for iPod nano 4G and iPod touch 2G ($30
each) cover plastic shells in a layer of black leather, detaching into two pieces for use with any
accessories that might be otherwise incompatible with the bottoms of the cases. The iPod nano
version comes with a hard plastic front shield, and the iPod touch version a piece of clear screen
film; both include cleaning cloths....
Known as a tireless patients’ rights advocate, Dr. Bob Basu is one of the few plastic
surgeons to receive the 2008 American Medical Association Foundation Leadership in Medicine Award
for his patients’ rights work in Houston and Washington D.C.
If you recall my story about my squealing Dell XPS M1330, you'll remember that one of the problems I was
having with it was that Dell seems to have constructed this laptop to scratch its own chassis
over time. After some browbeating persuading of the technician I was speaking with, he agreed to
let me ship my XPS M1330 back for repair, where they replaced the plastic bezel around the screen
and also replaced the screen itself. I was impressed with how fast they did the repair; I had my
laptop back in three days. What was less impressive is that the laptop still had the same problem
- by the end of the week I was noticing fine scratch marks along the top bezel. I try to take
great care of my equipment, and it's frustrating when a design flaw makes a piece of gear damage
itself. The solution isn't exactly elegant, but it works: I went to my local home improvement
store and picked up...whatever those things are called. You know, the small rubber half-circles,
where one side has an adhesive on it. What are those called? At any rate, it worked and now I no
longer have my M1330 damaging itself. It's pretty ridiculous that Dell would design something so
clearly flawed to begin with, but at least I've solved my problem...
Ryan Frank's inkuku chair (Zulu for chicken) is
constructed from recycled aluminum coated in plastic bags via
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Category: Games
Released: Oct 04, 2008
Price: Free
Description:
agnosis is a classical pairs game for the iPhone and the iPod touch and is one of the few
multiplayer games available. In the full version you can play with up to 5 other players or against
the device. agnosis recreates the atmosphere and the logic of the classical game with beautiful
cardsets based on 6, 24, 54 and 96 cards. The memory and strength of the device as a player can be
configured and it's a real challenge to beat the device. Most of the memory games available on the
market focus on childs as customers by creating a plastic toy product environment around the game.
agnosis allows everybody, young and old, to rediscover, enjoy and train one of our essential
faculties without these abusive distractions: memory. The name agnosis derives from greek and
refers to a partial or complete inability to process sensorial data. And that's what it's all
about. You know that you've seen this card already, it has to be there, is it? Localizations of
agnosis exists for the following languages:JapaneseGermanEnglishSpanishFrench agnosis and its
design come from Barcelona, Spain. This free version has some limitations. You can play the
Rainforest theme with 24 cards only three times. Moreover you can play this version only with a
maximum of two players.
Note: The description above is the official one supplied by the application
developer and does not necessarily represent the views or opinions of this site or its staff.
Clark from The Gay Blades sat down and recorded this song a few days after he heard that Paul
Newman had passed away. He, like myself and many others, thought Paul Newman was about as good as
actors, and men, got. Perhaps he just wanted to remember Newman or perhaps he wanted to offer a
eulogy. Whatever it was, he picked well. In Cool Hand Luke Newman sang “Plastic Jesus”
to mourn the death of his mother. Clark sings it as much more of a celebration, which you get the
feeling would have suited Newman just fine.
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His stage name is Rikimaru TÅhÅ
(æ±æ–¹åЛ䏏). He defines himself a
“manga [Japanese comics] reader”, and for five years he has been enchanting hundreds
of passersby with his performances in the suburbs of western Tokyo.
A legendary performer, Rikimaru TÅhÅ's popularity is due not to TV or radio shows
(although he has participated in several minor programs recently) but to his ability to modify
his voice and play the parts of the characters (men, women and children) in the stories he reads,
to the emotion he puts in this storytelling, and to the warm and polite way in which he interacts
with his listeners. What makes him particularly unique is that he has been able to modernize one
figure that is present in many cultures: the figure of the cantastoria who passes on the
traditional narrative folktales. The tales he that he narrates, however, are the stories from
manga — products of modern Japanese popular culture.
At Josei JÅi Jidai
(å¥³æ€§ä¸Šä½æ™‚代),
a blogger writes about when she and her sister attended a manga reading by Rikimaru
TÅhÅ.
It was a beautiful Sunday in the middle of the rainy season. I went out to do some shopping and
dropped by Inokashira Park. A typical holiday-ish atmosphere with people singing and playing the
guitar and others juggling with swords.
Then I spotted some manga on a plastic sheet in a corner and a strange person standing nearby.
Long hair and a headband (a towel?), beard and glasses: Toho Rikimaru. He is a “manga
reader” who will read you the manga you choose, reciting the parts and producing all the
sound effects to make it real. I became curious about him after I saw the late-night show
“Arabikidan” [ã‚らã³ã団]!
Right after he finished reading “NANA” to a couple, while I was distracted, my sister
negotiated with Rikimaru-san [for a show], and I took seat with her on one of the small basins he
uses as seats. The manga she chose was “Hokuto no Ken”, a classic from his repertoire.
In a very polite way he said to us “Please allow me to make a powerful
performance”, then he sat on his knees and start reading the manga. The fight to death
between Kenshiro and Raoh, with Lin, Bat and Yuria watching over. He played
the parts magnificently and he also kept moving the comic book toward our face and then away again
as part of the performance. The voice coming from the bottom of his stomach created a strong echo
all around, with an impact that drew passersby around him. I-Incredible!! Although I've never
really read “Hokuto no Ken” myself, I have this feeling of satisfaction now as though I
had read the whole series from cover to cover.
We offered to pay him 1,000 Yen each (total 2,000 Yen) but he replied “No, no, I can't
take so much. With this 1000 Yen why don't you two have something at Mac [Donald's]...?” What
integrity he has. Very sensitive. And he also gave us some chocolates.
Rikimaru TÅhÅ reads a manga in Shimokitazawa (Tokyo).
Here is how the blogger at JÅnetsu no Omosa wa
Yoru no Unagi
(情熱ã®é‡ã•ã¯å¤œã®ã‚¦ãƒŠã‚®)
described their first encounter with Toho Rikimaru-san, in a post from three years ago:
I had seen him many times, but I had never actually paid him to read me a manga until my friend
and I gathered up some courage and decided to ask him to read us the 1st volume of “Bukkomi
no Taku” [ç‰¹æ”»ã®æ‹“].
The sound effects were awesome, but what impressed me most was his ability to reproduce the voices
of woman characters.
At first there was nobody there, but while we were listening to him about 20 people gathered
around.
A blogger at Shūmatsu
KichijÅji Tanken
(週末å‰ç¥¥å¯ºæŽ¢ç´¢)
is enthusiastic about Rikimaru's performance: