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Tesla is Most Excellent

Nerd Grind — Tue, 06 Nov 2007 20:03:22 +0000

Click on the Picutre of Tesla and check out the cool vid.

Twin Solid State Musical Tesla coils playing Mario Bros theme song at the 2007 Lightning on the Lawn Teslathon sponsored by DC Cox (Resonance Research Corp) in Baraboo WI. The music that you hear is coming from the sparks that these two identical high power solid state Tesla coils are generating. There are no speakers involved. The Tesla coils stand 7 feet tall and are each capable of putting out over 12 foot of spark. They are spaced about 18 feet apart. The coils are controlled over a fiber optic link by a single laptop computer. Each coil is assigned to a midi channel which it responds to by playing notes that are programed into the computer software.

Solar Trees

Nerd Grind — Thu, 04 Oct 2007 14:06:59 +0000

Solar "trees" are about to be unveiled in Vienna, Austria at the MAK Museum on October 8th. This latest from K Museum on October 8th. It’s just the latest from Ross Lovegrove who worked with Italian lighting Co. Artemide and Sharp Solar.

Mushroom!

Nerd Grind — Wed, 03 Oct 2007 15:15:41 +0000

I found these on the internet (gasp!) and I thought everyone who has every played Super Mario Bros would enjoy them. Oh and if you click on the link provided you can read a little story about a how they are under legal dispute.

fun stuff

Quantum Computing Deciphers Codes Quickly

Nerd Grind — Sat, 18 Aug 2007 19:17:28 +0000

Okay, so, it works like this: little tiny gremlins who are really good at math sit inside a box that’s supposed to be a "quantum computer," and break encrypted code really quickly. The world goes ga-ga, millions of the boxes are sold, and that’s how an entire industry of gremlin slavery gets started.

Okay, I admit it, I wrote that because I really don’t get this quantum computing stuff. It all seems like it’s going to fall apart one day when some mathematician slaps his head and say, "Guys, look, we forgot a decimal point here!" But nevertheless, at the University of Michigan, they’ve been using light pulses to make quantum computers run faster (how? gotta be a quantum scientist to know). According to the researchers, the systems would be capable of cracking "highly encrypted codes" in minutes, not years, and on the flipside creating even stronger security.

And the day of our Robotic Overlords taking over moves inexorably closer.

Vomit Flashlight

Nerd Grind — Tue, 07 Aug 2007 16:06:34 +0000

Optical Systems, based in Torrance, CA has come up with a flashlight which basically makes you vomit. Seen to aid the police in nabbing the bad guys, a high-intensity beam first stuns the culprit and then a series of flashing lights makes him sick. If he looks away, that gives the cops the chance to handcuff him. Anyway, that’s the plan.

USB Hub Looks Like Medical Device of the Future

Nerd Grind — Thu, 02 Aug 2007 18:31:02 +0000

Can you imagine the poking and prodding this thing could do? If one imagines it larger than it really it, it’s actually quite frightening. But as a combination USB/Firewire hub, it’s pretty remarkable in a very dense field. Made by Ora-Ito, "The Hub" includes dual USB extension cables, a standard USB cable, a miniUSB cable, a USB fan and a USB light. I’m sure there’s artificial intelligence in there that wakes up the moment you place it on your desk, that performs alien medical experiments, but if you’re willing to take a chance it’s reasonably priced at $90.

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