LONDON – British military scientists are in the process of developing a space-age “force field” capable of protecting armoured vehicles and tanks by repelling incoming fire. Using pulses of electrical energy to repel rockets, shrapnel and other ammunition, the new type of armour will provide protection to vehicles, reports The Telegraph.
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Brit military boffins developing Star Trek-style force-field armour
LONDON – Silicone implants may soon be a thing of the past, all thanks to a surgeon who has developed a revolutionary boob job. In the three-hour op, costing from 8,000 pounds, Laurence Kirwan uses the patient’s own breast tissue to make boobs fuller. By doing so, the surgery cuts out the risk of complications from the …
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NEW DELHI – The Delhi consumer commission has asked the State Bank of India (SBI) to pay Rs.11 lakh for ignoring a request from an Italian company not to honour cheques from a lost cheque book. Delhi State Consumer Disputes Redressal Commission president Barkat Ali Zaidi and member M.L.
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Bank told to pay Rs.11 lakh for negligence
Net Income totals $349 million HAIFA, Israel, March 21, 2010 – - Reported consolidated operating income of $357 million in 2009 compared with an operating loss of $152 million in 2008 – Reported consolidated EBITDA of $232 million in 2009 compared
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Oil Refineries Announces Results for Fourth Quarter and Full Year 2009
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Can’t You See I’m Busy … Playing Games?
fred-wilson : The High Road – Broken Bells – Broken Bells Broken Bells, the collaboration between James Mercer and Danger Mouse, is the artist of the weekend on fredwilson.fm Fred turned me on to this new record. And I’m happy that he did.
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The High Road – Broken Bells – Broken…
Named & optional parameters are a new C# language feature coming up with .NET FX 4.0 and guess what… it’s in Silverlight 4 as well! Optional parameters will come very useful when defining complex APIs where you would usually have to provide several Read More……( read more )
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Named & optional parameters in Silverlight 4
RT @ greenroomQ : New blog post: And now for the Matildas! – Daily Play blog [link] | Good lord, a play a day … and a review? RT @ greenroomQ : New blog post: Letters from a Voluntary Exile # 2 … and so it goes … – [link] # @ Then take your presentation seriously – check spelling, punctuation – Watched 'Up' yesterday for the first time.
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Despite all precautionary measures, firefighting remains a risky task that poses life-threatening challenges in front of the firefighters all over the world. Making the life a bit easier and safer for the firefighters, the Firegard is an autonomous firefighting robot that reduces the exposure of the firefighters to intense situations. Capable of operating in different conditions and terrains, the Firegard records important pictures and information via built-in sensors and cameras, which helps the officials assess the situation and execute their operation without risking the life of the firefighters.
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Firegard: Autonomous firefighting robot makes life easy for firefighters
If the clutter of a life-size turntable holds you back from being a professional DJ, then have a look at this corrugated cardboard sleeve from audio engineering company GGRP Sound that unfolding a 45-rpm record becomes a personal turntable for beginners. Easy to assemble, the human-powered record player cum turntable needs a pencil to run and scratch those groundbreaking beats to rock the dance floor. Check out the video after the jump.
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Cardboard Record Sleeve lets you assemble your personal turntable
People often have an emotional attachment with their first or old belongings, and preserve them for long even after they become out of order. The “GE Phone Clock” from Geekware is a cool-looking wall clock, which as depicted by its name is made using an abandoned General Electric telephone to create a nostalgic among users
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GE Phone Clock recycled from the authentic General Electric phone
Slated to be launched at DistribuTECH next week, the “Vision” from Tendril is a next gen in-home energy display that reduces energy consumption by an average of 10-15 percent and envisions low electricity bills. Connecting to the electric grid, the energy smart device not only provides the real-time information of the users’ energy consumption but also the cost of energy throughout the day, so you could manage your household work during the hours when the cost of electricity is minimal. Via: Treehugger / Gizmodo
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Tendril Vision Clock envisions low electricity bills
Embarking on a new era in marine travel, Belgian designer Jan Geilens has come up with a revolutionary water vehicle that brings fresh technological advances in water sports, but surprisingly at a low price.
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Marine vehicle that’s ‘Breaking’ all barriers in water sports
In the pack, you will find 12 triangular wooden icons of popular social media sites released exclusively on Six Revisions. I wanted to create my first set of icons that were unusual from the rest of the other social media icons, yet still followed a particular popular design element: wood .
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Free Social Media Icons: Tricons
Over 100 Original Mixes Now Available For Virtual DJs and Their Friends to Spin, Scratch and Battle Two of the biggest artists in music, JAY-Z and Eminem, are mixing it up again with Activision Publishing, Inc.’s (Nasdaq: ATVI) DJ Hero™ – the #1 new video game intellectual property of 2009 – by dropping their rhymes in exclusive mixes available for download beginning today on Xbox LIVE® Marketplace for the Xbox 360® video game and entertainment system from Microsoft. The JAY-Z vs. Eminem Mix Pack delivers three standout hits from each legend, including JAY-Z’s “Can I Get A…” mixed with Eminem’s “Lose Yourself,” driving the total number of one-of-a-kind mixes available for fans to spin, scratch and battle into triple digits.
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Exclusive Downloadable Mixes Featuring Music Icons JAY-Z and Eminem Drop Today for the Award-Winning DJ Hero
Video Game Hilarity based on ABC’s Smash Hit TV Show Hits Shelves This Summer Activision Publishing, Inc. (Nasdaq: ATVI) today announced that it is bringing the Endemol USA produced hit ABC TV show “Wipeout” to Nintendo DS™ and Wii™ this summer. Wipeout: The Game challenges video game fans to master speed, balance, and precision to overcome the world’s largest obstacle course while enduring the inevitable hilarious falls, sometimes at the hands of your friends and family
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Wipeout: The Game for Nintendo DS and Wii Now Available
(Credit: CNET) As we get closer to the launch date of Apple’s iPad (April 3), I can’t help but ponder how each application I use might translate to the new device. Games obviously will have a lot more flexibility with the added touch-screen space, and having more available screen room will probably make development of more complex control systems easier.
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Calendar app and sailboat-racing game: iPhone apps of the week
Fotomoto is a service that’s been around for a couple of years but I only became aware of it a few weeks ago thanks to a Twitter friend. Since then I’ve been playing around with it on my own photography site and thought it might be of interest to photographers or web designers who are creating sites for photographers
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Fotomoto: An Easy Way To Sell Prints Or Send E-cards From Your Site
Episode 53 of The SitePoint Podcast is now available! This week your hosts are Stephan Segraves ( @ssegraves ) and Kevin Yank ( @sentience ). Listen in your Browser Play this episode directly in your browser! Just click the orange “play” button below: Download this Episode You can also download this episode as a standalone MP3 file.
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SitePoint Podcast #53: “I’m here with the booze!”
At one time or another, anyone who runs a graphic design website has written the ubiquitous ‘ Rules of Logo Design ‘ article. Oh, it’s not like we haven’t been guilty too.
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Logo design heresy? A Devil’s Advocate look at The 10.5 Commandments of Designing a Logo