Smithsonian has a great round-up of different ways researchers have used the zombie myth to model scientific ideas.

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“Inspired by China’s densely populated urban areas, designer Colin Pan sought to design a conceptual vehicle that would satisfy young people who like the accessibility of electric bikes as well as older adults with families who prefer compact cars. …”

Read more (and see more photos) at Yanko Design

Altera and Arrow Electronics have teamed up to introduce the BeMicro SDK (Software Development Kit), a prototyping board for embedded software developers to learn about FPGAs.

Read more at Dangerous Prototypes

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The University of Technology in Sydney recently unveiled a new type of graphene nano paper that is ten times stronger than a sheet of steel.

via Inhabitat

source University of Technology Sydney

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On April 24th, 1990, the Space Shuttle Discovery roared into space, carrying the Hubble Space Telescope into orbit and into history.

Image taken by the NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope shows a group of interacting galaxies Arp 273.

via PhysOrg

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“It’s so easy: You see an open wireless connection called Linksys or dlink and you jump on to check your email or see if anyone has retweeted you. In fact, we did all the reporting for this story, including VoIP calls, over an unsecured Wi-Fi network.” from Wired

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