Low Cost, Professional 3D Printer (FormLabs)
Breaks $1 Million On Kickstarter

post from Singularity Hub on 30 September 2012 11:41:16 AM. © Singularity Hub

The 3D printer space is getting crowded, but like many things, devices that are currently available fall into two camps: the high-end professional machines and the low-end DIY printers. Fortunately, this bimodal distribution of consumers couldn’t last and a company has launched a professional yet affordable 3D printer on Kickstarter [...]

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Latest Kickstarter Project To Break $1 Million Is
A Low Cost, Professional 3D Printer (FormLabs)

post from Singularity Hub on 30 September 2012 11:41:16 AM. © Singularity Hub

The 3D printer space is getting crowded, but like many things, devices that are currently available fall into two camps: the high-end professional machines and the low-end DIY printers. Fortunately, this bimodal distribution of consumers couldn’t last and a company has launched a professional yet affordable 3D printer on Kickstarter [...]

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TED: Vicki Arroyo: Let's prepare for our new
climate - Vicki Arroyo (2012)

post from TEDTalks (video) on 30 September 2012 10:00:58 AM. © TEDTalks (video)

Set aside the politics: Data shows that climate change is happening, measurably, now. And as Vicki Arroyo says, it's time to prepare our homes and cities for the new climate, with its increased risk of flooding, drought and uncertainty. She illustrates this inspiring talk with bold projects from cities all over the world -- local examples of thinking ahead.

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Time lapse: All Is Violent, All Is Bright

post from Bad Astronomy on 30 September 2012 09:09:43 AM. © Bad Astronomy

For this, the last day of the US Fiscal Year, here’s a lovely time lapse video from Tadas Janu?onis, a photographer in Lithuania. It’s called "All is Violent, All is Bright", and features a series of interesting optical phenomena in[...]

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is being a sexually active male killing you

post from weird thingsweird things | exploring science, technology, the strange and the unknown on 30 September 2012 07:21:10 AM. © weird thingsweird things | exploring science, technology, the strange and the unknown

Like the vast majority of men around the world, I’m not an eunuch. And you can probably tell by some of the graphics on this blog that I’m hardly disinterested in anything sexual. But according to a trio of researchers from South Korea, this isn’t a good thing for my lifespan and if anything, my [...]

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Troughs Suggest Stunted Planetary Development Of
Vesta

post from Space Tourism, Space Transport and Space Exploration News on 30 September 2012 06:16:42 AM. © Space Tourism, Space Transport and Space Exploration News

Pasadena CA (JPL) Oct 01, 2012
Enormous troughs that wrap around the giant asteroid Vesta may actually be dropped blocks of terrain bounded by fault lines, suggesting a geologic complexity beyond that of most asteroids. Since the discovery of the troughs last year in data from NASA's Dawn spacecraft, scientists have been working to determine the story behind these unusual features. The research reinforces the claim that

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Titan Shows Surprising Seasonal Changes

post from Space Tourism, Space Transport and Space Exploration News on 30 September 2012 06:16:42 AM. © Space Tourism, Space Transport and Space Exploration News

Madrid, Spain (SPX) Oct 01, 2012
Detailed observations of Saturn's moon Titan have now spanned 30 years, covering an entire solar orbit for this distant world. Dr. Athena Coustenis from the Paris-Meudon Observatory in France has analyzed data gathered over this time and has found that the changing seasons of Titan affect it more than previously thought. Coustenis explains, "As with Earth, conditions on Titan change with i

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The Magnetic Wakes of Pulsar Planets

post from Space Tourism, Space Transport and Space Exploration News on 30 September 2012 06:16:42 AM. © Space Tourism, Space Transport and Space Exploration News

Madrid, Spain (SPX) Oct 01, 2012
Pulsars are among the most extreme stars in the universe: dense balls of matter which are heavier than the Sun, yet only a few tens of kilometers in diameter. They rotate rapidly (up to several hundred revolutions per second) and flash like lighthouse beacons - hence the name, which is short for pulsating star. And yet despite these exotic properties, pulsars are like our Sun in one way at least

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Rock Grinding Action

post from Space Tourism, Space Transport and Space Exploration News on 30 September 2012 06:16:42 AM. © Space Tourism, Space Transport and Space Exploration News

Pasadena CA (JPL) Oct 01, 2012
Opportunity is conducting an in-situ (contact) science campaign at a putative location of clay minerals at the inboard edge of Cape York on the rim of Endeavour Crater. The rover is positioned next to a large light-toned block of exposed outcrop. Earlier Panoramic (Pancam) imagery indicates mineral hydration in this block. Opportunity began back on Sol 3076 (Sept. 18, 2012), using th

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Near Possible Target for Use of Arm Instruments

post from Space Tourism, Space Transport and Space Exploration News on 30 September 2012 06:16:42 AM. © Space Tourism, Space Transport and Space Exploration News

Pasadena CA (JPL) Oct 01, 2012
On Sol 52 (Sept. 28), Curiosity drove about 122 feet (37.3 meters) eastward toward the Glenelg area, using visual odometry to assess and adjust for any wheel slippage. The mission's total distance driven has now reached 0.28 mile (0.45 kilometer). The drive brought the rover to a few meters away from an outcrop being considered for an approach drive and subsequent examination with instrume

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