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DARPA is looking to solve the problem of runaway defense systems projects by reinventing how complex systems are developed and manufactured. They aim to do this by borrowing from the playbooks of integrated circuit developers and open-source software projects. And in the process, the agency’s Adaptive Vehicle Make project may reinvent manufacturing itself, and seed the workforce with a new generation of engineers who can “compile” innovations into new inventions without having to be tied to … Read More → "DARPA’s factory of the future looks like open source development"

Eight — count ‘em, eight — Ferraris, three Mercedes-Benzes and a Lamborghini were among 14 vehicles totaled in what the media are calling “the world’s most expensive car accident” and the cops are calling “a gathering of narcissists.”

The massive mess destroyed about $3.85 million worth of lustworthy cars and a Toyota Prius late Sunday morning on rain-soaked Chugoku Expressway. The supercars were part of a 20-car convoy heading … Read More → "How that $3.8 million supercar crash happened"

In an age in which fans of The Daily Show shows are among the most informed citizens in the U.S. and The Onion doesn’t have to break character in order to report real news without embellishment, it’s clear that humor has become one of the primary ways an informed citizenry stays that way.

In addition to helping pass the workday and making you more creative, the following fake Twitter accounts also serve the purpose that satire always has: tweaking the self-serious keepers of the status quo. via Read More → "The 10 most hilariously geeky fake Twitter streams"

A group of crazy and wonderful scientists have organized the World Cell Race. 50 lab teams from all over the world sent their microscopic pilots to race against each other. The winner: a bone marrow stem cell line from Singapore.

The microbiology teams sent their 70 frozen cells lines to laboratories in Boston, London, Heidelberg, Paris, San Francisco and Singapore, were they were placed in special race tracks 400 microns long. The tracks were coated with a substance that give cells traction to move.

They recorded the race for 24 hours, like Le Mans, and timed 200 cells of … Read More → "The smallest race in the world"

The iPad has been a success for Apple in business, apparently in spite of Apple’s lackadaisical approach to promoting its products directly to enterprise customers. But there’s a specific vertical market where the company is clearly making a concerted effort to promote professional adoption of the iPad: medicine. via GigaOM

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The beautiful insanity of the traffic in Ho Chi Minh City (Saigon) is astounding. This time lapse is a culmination of 10,000 RAW images and multiple shoots capturing some of the cities relentless energy and pace of change.

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A team of scientists from the Technische Universität München (TUM) and the Jülich Research Center published the results in the journal Advanced Materials.

According to a statement, so-called bioelectronic applications have been proposed that would place sensors and, in some cases, actuators inside a person’s brain, eye, or ear to help compensate … Read More → "Scientists create transistor compatible with living cells"

Colbert explains the science behind the net-killing SOPA, the worst proposed Internet law in American legislative history. via Boing Boing

Hardware hacker extraordinare Bunnie Huang explains why the new defense bill, which makes it a crime to sell a “counterfeit” chip to the US military, is going to place an impossible burden on retailers, importers, and suppliers. via Boing Boing

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