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NASA’s TRMM spacecraft observed this view of Hurricane Gustav on August 27, 2008 as it attacked Haiti. At this time the storm was a category 1 hurricane with sustained winds of 65 knots (75 mph) and a pressure reading of 992 millibars. The cloud cover is taken by TRMM’s Visible and Infrared Scanner(VIRS) and the [...]

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view of left hand, fractured scaphoid. taken 2008.08.15. viewed with open source xray viewer OsiriX. normal xray view of scaphoid in lower right.

Radiohead just released a new video for its song “House of Cards” from the album “In Rainbows”.
No cameras or lights were used. Instead two technologies were used to capture 3D images: Geometric Informatics and Velodyne LIDAR. Geometric Informatics scanning systems produce structured light to capture 3D images at close proximity, while a Velodyne Lidar [...]

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My apologies for the launch delay. The iHole was originally scheduled to be released on Jan. 15. to coincide with MacWorld and pay tribute to the woz all in one fell swoop, but unfortunately we experienced the all-to-often unforeseen delays (of life) in a few of our manufacturing processes. These issues have been resolved and [...]

Take a bunch of solar cells. Lay them between some recycled plexiglass. Use them to repair or replace crumbling bus shelters, or shelters in laces where there have been none and people braved the elements. Then use solar energy to small power screens in the middle that tell you when the next bus is arriving, [...]