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Western Washington Univ. Considers Cutting Computer Science – Slashdot
Western Washington Univ. Considers Cutting Computer Science – Slashdot
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paperbits: Paper computer by humanmedialab. “this is the future. everything is going to look and feel like this within five years,” says creator roel vertegaal, the director of queen’s university human media lab,. “this computer looks, feels and operates like a small sheet of interactive paper. you interact with it by bending it into a…
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twilmet123: ★ discovered on imgfave.com (social image bookmarking)
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“We will have a custom-made energy management system with three settings: eco, standard and full attack,” he said. “That will help us [manage] the energy in the batteries.” (via Electric Racer to Charge Through Dakar | Autopia | Wired.com)
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Pew: 71% of Americans say “This country should do whatever it takes to protect the environment.”
Pew: 71% of Americans say “This country should do whatever it takes to protect the environment.” mohandasgandhi: Public support for alternative energy transcends political barriers A new Pew Poll “Beyond Red vs. Blue: The Political Typology” finds strong support for the environment and clean energy. The PDF is here and the summary with charts is…
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laughingsquid: Skynet
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theatlantic: florid: Oh my god oh my god oh my god is this by that same person who did the interpretive dance video to World Spins Madly On?! This is today’s Google doodle, and it is AMAZING.
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NEW YORK – Microsoft has agreed to buy the popular Internet telephone service Skype for $8.5 billion in the biggest deal in the software maker’s 36-year history. Buying Skype would give Microsoft a potentially valuable communications tool as it tries to make a bigger splash on the Internet and become a bigger force in the…
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Depth through new systems: When the game wasn’t engaging, we added new systems such as having downed planes drop powerups. A more traditional approach might be to manually create more detailed scenarios with surprise plot points where a pack of planes pop out of a hidden cloud when you collide with a pre-determined trigger. However,…
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paperbits: Tinkercad – Solid modeling for artists and makers That’s a solid modeling application that runs in your browser.