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Aug
19th
Tue
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Pac-Man: The Movie
Aug
18th
Mon
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Google Maps street view of the Apple campus at 1 Infinite Loop.
Google Maps street view of the Apple campus at 1 Infinite Loop.
Aug
17th
Sun
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Oktapodi, or, cartoon octopus chase sequence.
Aug
14th
Thu
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A robot controlled by a blob of rat brain cells could provide insights into diseases such as Alzheimer’s, University of Reading scientists say.

The project marries 300,000 rat neurons to a robot that navigates via sonar.

The neurons are now being taught to steer the robot around obstacles and avoid the walls of the small pen in which it is kept.

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In Britain, the Atomic Weapons Establishment is looking at whether an ultra-short pulse laser can trigger uranium isomers by stimulating the electron shell around the nucleus into an energetic state. The technique is called Nuclear Excitation by Electron Transition, and involves zapping a quantity of material so it becomes a plasma.
Aug
10th
Sun
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Ghosts of Macintosh Past T-shirt.
Ghosts of Macintosh Past T-shirt.
Aug
8th
Fri
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Body parts made of bread.