Bedbugs return part 2

Se pare ca epidemia e destul de grava si a atras atentia CDCului

The classic bedbug strain that all newly caught bugs are compared against is a colony originally from Fort Dix, N.J., that a researcher kept alive for 30 years by letting it feed on him.

But Stephen A. Kells, a University of Minnesota entomologist, said he “prefers not to play with that risk.” He feeds his bugs expired blood-bank blood through parafilm.

Coby Schal of North Carolina State said he formerly used condoms filled with rabbit blood, but switched to parafilm because his condom budget raised eyebrows with university auditors.

Tot articolul:http://www.nytimes.com/2010/08/31/science/31bedbug.html

Eu zic sa pastram tot DDTul care ne-a ramas si sa il pastram cu sfintenie just in case.

De asemenea niste tips:

• Check the corners of your mattress (under) for little reddish brown spots. This is the first thing you should do at every hotel you stay at
• They leave black-grey poop stains on white surfaces
• They are visible with the naked eye

Part 1: http://gilotopia.blogspot.com/2010/08/bedbugs-return.html

Victorian "rather sinister" artificial arm and hand

Nu este o creatie steampunk ci este chiar o proteza din vremurile victoriene.

Sursa: http://www.boingboing.net/2010/08/30/victorian-rather-sin.html
Mai multe poze: http://www.sciencemuseum.org.uk/broughttolife/objects/display.aspx?id=5936&image=1

Bedbugs return!

Din cauza lipsei DDTului si din cauza noilor obiceiuri de a depozita sau aduce mobila de pe strada America sufera de o epidemie groaznica de purici de pat.

Tot articolul: http://www.alternet.org/health/147848/bed_bug_infestation_is_scaring_millions_of_americans/

Brainless cat walking

Remarkably the cat was made decerebrate for the purpose of the experiment. This has lead researchers to the hypothesis that, when a quadruped walks/trots/gallops (or walks/runs in the case a biped), minimal control comes from the brain, and most of the control is computed morphologically through an implicit feedback structure in the bio-mechanical design.

Remember "What's in the box?" - se va face un film holywood dupa el

About one year ago a mysterious short film called “What’s In the Box?” by Tim Smit was posted on YouTube that impressed millions with it’s convincing (but unofficial) connection to LOST, Half Life, Portal, and Samsung, along with great VFX mystery and action. It lead to a complex fan-made viral and, with the creator getting contacted by 20th Century Fox, supposedly sparked a feature film adaption based on the short movie and assumptions that the viral connected to said film. After days, weeks, and even months, there was no more news on this feature film adaption, and it was for the most part forgotten, until now. Find out why after the jump.

Filmul original:


"Noul" film:


Interviu cu regizorul:


Si trailerul 2010:


Sursa: http://www.movieviral.com/2010/04/04/exclusive-whats-in-the-box-director-confirms-feature-film-still-happening/

World's most dangerous hikes (video)

China:


Spania:

Naveta spatiala NASA functioneaza cu 1MB de RAM

It’s true! NASA’s space shuttle is controlled by a computer running on only one megabyte of RAM. How is this possible? Since the space shuttle and all its hardware is over 30 years old, so is its computer. The current computer is actually an upgraded version of the 500-kilobyte computer that was used until 1991, but still based on the same outdated technology from the 1980s.

Tot articolul: http://astroblog.cosmobc.com/2010/03/27/did-you-know-the-space-shuttle-runs-on-only-one-megabyte-of-ram/


Mai multe de atat codul sursa al navetei spatiale este disponibil online. Nu glumesc: http://code.google.com/p/virtualagc/source/browse/trunk/Comanche055/STABLE_ORBIT.s?r=258

Kowloon Walled City

(folositi subtitrarile)

A fost daramat intre timp de catre guvernul chinez care a facut un parc in locul lui.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kowloon_Walled_City

What's wrong with credit cards?

Stewart first explained that the problem with American consumers is that they not only desire a Champagne lifestyle on a Busch Light budget, but will take any opportunity to act on that appetite—even when painfully aware of the consequences of doing so. If you let them, they will spend, whether they have the money or not.

Video (nu poate fi embedded): http://tv.gawker.com/5478876/jon-stewart-sums-up-everything-that-is-wrong-with-america-in-under-four-minutes

World record kick... to the balls

The World’s 50 Freakiest Animals

Am pus poza asta pentru ca orice poza din articol este mult prea freaky. Nu ma asteptam sa fie atat de ciudate. Click at your own risk. TOATE sunt reale.

http://www.jamesgunn.com/2009/07/02/evolution-fucked-your-shit-up-the-worlds-50-freakiest-animals/

Haiti 360 grade

http://edition.cnn.com/interactive/2010/01/world/haiti.360/index.html?hpt=C1 (nu l-am inclus pt ca e mare si porneste automat)

Click si drag pt rotire.

Need a hand?

Sursa: http://imgur.com/73jxW

Alma

Alma from Rodrigo Blaas on Vimeo.

Japanese Bees

23 de ani in "coma"

A car crash victim diagnosed as being in a coma for the past 23 years has been conscious the whole time.
Rom Houben was paralysed but had no way of letting doctors know that he could hear every word they were saying.
'I dreamed myself away,' said Mr Houben, now 46, who doctors thought was in a persistent vegatative state.
'I screamed, but there was nothing to hear,' added Mr Houben.
Doctors used a range of coma tests before reluctantly concluding that his consciousness was 'extinct'.
But three years ago, new hi-tech scans showed his brain was still functioning almost completely normally.

Articol: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/worldnews/article-1230092/Patient-trapped-23-year-coma-conscious-along.html

Training video horror

(daca nu va place sangele gratuit nu va uitati)