A mini star factory lost in the sky

post from Bad Astronomy on 22 June 2012 08:30:14 AM. © Bad Astronomy

You’d think that with all our fancy equipment and technology, all the nearby galaxies in the Universe would’ve been spotted by now. But it turns out that’s not the case. Some galaxies are very faint — small, with few stars —[...]

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if you track me, would you really know me

post from weird things on 22 June 2012 07:17:30 AM. © weird things

According to a piece in NYT, a company called Acxiom is giving the new NSA’s data mining effort a run for its money already; it’s just using its vast storehouses of data on your age, gender, surfing habits, and purchases online to serve you[...]

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Mobile Payment Startup Square Growing Strong And
Transforming Small Business

post from Singularity Hub on 22 June 2012 03:10:47 AM. © Singularity Hub

Some ideas are just too good to be true, and accepting credit card payments with a mobile device is one [...]

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Curiosity's Seven Minutes of Terror

post from HD - NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory on 22 June 2012 03:00:00 AM. © HD - NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory

Team members share the challenges of Curiosity’s final minutes to landing on the surface of Mars.

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PMPA NTC 2012- Behind The Scenes

post from CR4 - Recent Blog Entries on 22 June 2012 01:00:00 AM. © CR4 - Recent Blog Entries

It takes quite a bit of coordination to prepare and turn around a hotel ball room for lunch, a keynote address, and then setup tabletops for exhibits in the same afternoon.Here's a 2 minute 49 second time lapse look at how it's done.A tip of the hat to the folks at the Westin Chicago North S

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2012 Ford Focus Electric: Ready for Prime Time

I can't believe it's been nearly two years since we test-drove the electric Ford Focus prototype. Now, with the production version on the market, Ford invited Rob and I back down to take the finished version for a spin at Daniel's Broiler on Lake Union, the site of our original test drive. Wit

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