Here’s a behind-the-scenes look at how the imagineers at Disney are reimagineering the hitchhiking ghosts at the Haunted Mansion.
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Where’s the danger fun in this? 60 fun (?) activities with no chemicals.
via Make
… Read More → "A chemistry set with no chemicals?"The Chevy Volt, a plug-in hybrid, relies on 10 million lines of code. That’s 2 million more than you’ll find in the F-35 fighter jet.
… Read More → "The growing role of software in our cars"“Last week, Los Angeles Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa announced a pilot program to ease the burden on plug-in vehicle owners by providing charging station rebates of up to $2,000. The value of the rebate will depend on the type of charger and equipment installed and is apparently limited to the first 1,000 applicants. To qualify for the rebate, customers must participate in the Los Angeles Department of Water and Power’s (LADWP) Residential Time-of-Use Rate, which provides a significant discount for charging your electric vehicle during “off-peak” hours.” — source … Read More → "Los Angeles pilot program offers up to $2,000 off EV charging stations"
“Sewing machine orchestra is the first version of a performance created by Martin Messier. the basic sounds used in this performance consist entirely of the acoustic noises produced by 8 sewing machines, amplified by means of microcontacts and process by a computer.”
Can your smartphone save your life? Over at Venture Beat
… Read More → "The mobile health revolution"Clown car physics: “How many clowns go in car is a mix of Clown Politics (CP), Clown Size (CS), Clown Flexibility (CF), General Survivability (GS), and the critical Maximum Clown Hilarity (MCH) quotient.”
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“How many clowns (X) that can be stuffed into any Clown Car (CC) can be expressed in this simple equation:
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They’ve announced their speaker line-up which includes talks on home monitoring, lockpicking, mobile malware and more. Anaheim, California on May 28-29.
LayerOne this year includes a full fledged Lockpicking Village and Hardware Hacking Village, both of which will have demonstrations and training for those interested in picking locks, cracking safes, making blinky lights, or learning how to surface mount solder. This year will also be LayerOne’s first Tamper Evident Contest where teams compete to see who can best defeat mechanical, adhesive, and electronic tamperindicating technologies while leaving no … Read More → "The LayerOne hacking conference is just around the corner"
cnet got to chat with one of Portal 2’s writers, Erik Wolpaw (8-minute interview embedded below) about the process of creating the highly anticipated sequel and how Stephen Merchant was brought on as the voice of Wheatley, one of the game’s new characters.
