Each one of those lovely blue pixels in the picture above is in fact a little chamber containing thousands of bacteria, which turn themselves on and off in unison to create a living fluorescent display . It’s not an infectious disease, it’s a biopixel! Or, well, I guess maybe it’s both.
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Living display uses millions of glowing bacteria for pixels
You’d have to be a pretty small ninja to wield one of these stars, since they’re made of molecules . Or rather, each star is just one single molecule all tied in knots, and they’re the most complex molecules (outside of DNA) that we’ve ever synthesized.
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Chemical martial artists synthesize molecular ninja stars
Out in the ocean, stuff sinks. Usually this is a bad thing, but if you’re a submarine or one of these newfangled wind turbine systems from WindFlip, sinking is exactly what you have in mind.
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WindFlip deploys offshore wind turbines the simplest way possible
Wow, that was some year. A scintillating presidential election, a exciting London Summer Olympics, literally shocking developments in the electric car business, the bloody problems in Iraq and Afghanistan, an astounding end to the Dark Knight trilogy and beginning of The Hobbit . It was a weird year in tech, too, especially compared to the yawn-worthy 2011, which will be remembered more for the death of Steve Jobs than any particular technology or gadget. With the improved economy, consumers were obviously willing to invest in new gear this year, and clearly unwilling to buy anything with even a hint of age. And that dissatisfaction with the old and unimaginative extended into several prominent high-tech boardrooms. So here’s a review of what happened in the coming year (and good luck untangling that twisted tense syntax).
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2012: Tech Year in Review
During the 1980s, the Kiev was the flagship of the Soviet Navy. At almost 1,000 feet long, it carried over 30 aircraft, as well as an arsenal of heavy missiles like a cruiser. China bought the Kiev in the late 90s, and it’ll be relaunching at the end of this month, but as a luxury hotel instead of a warship.
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China buys fearsome Russian carrier, turns it into luxury hotel
Further proof that iPads are everywhere has emerged. Orangutans at the Milwaukee Zoo have been given donated iPads via the Apps for Apes program, and have taken to them naturally. Favorite apps? They love drawing, playing the drums and above all — checking each other out. One guy even cozies up to David Attenborough documentaries. Go ahead. You can collectively say, “Awww…”
Now in the Boing Boing Shop, the Robot Tea Infuser , because tea is always better with robots.
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Tea infuser meets junkbot
Now in the Boing Boing Shop, the Robot Tea Infuser , because tea is always better with robots.
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Tea infuser meets junkbot
Pollution glue may sound like a joke, but it is real and it’s being deployed in London in a bid to clean up one of Europe’s dirtiest cities . The glue is really a dust suppressant solution sprayed on some of the city’s busiest streets to keep airborne particulates to a minimum.
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Can ‘pollution glue’ clean up dirty air?
Because what good is a $500 tablet if a cat can’t play games on it , here’s a video of someone’s cat scoring 128 on Fruit Ninja. Is that a good score ? I have no idea . What I do know is I’ve been blogging in the car all morning (yes, seriously) and I’m starting to get motion sickness. I really don’t know how much longer I’m gonna last. I tried covering my head and laptop screen with a sweatshirt so I couldn’t see the outside whizzing by but my little sister’s driving so I’m pretty much terrified out of my got-damn mind right now. “Because she’s a woman?” What the — no you sexist f***! Because she’s eleven. Hit the jump for fruit slicing in action. I think I’m gonna vomit.
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Oh Look, It’s A Kitty Playing Fruit Ninja On An iPad
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