[Sponsor] Demigod designer Philippe Starck has perfectly deconstructed the wristwatch by completely eliminating the center of the dial. All that is left is a big hole where traditional timekeeping has been flushed down the horological toilet. Surrounding the negative space where a watch once seemed to be isn't quite digital and not really analog but both do seem to co-exist in the perfectly designed Starck O-Ring Watches. Minutes are seen as liquid crystal segments growing clockwise around the donut shaped LCD display. The digital representation of hours show through the blocks either positively or negatively, depending where the minutes are located. Simply put, it's revolutionary. See all the Philippe Starck Watches at Watchismo
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By Bob Harris on Jun 30, 2012 11:12 am My friends at Bike Zambia have been working for months to raise both funds and awareness for local HIV/AIDS prevention with their 300-mile cross-country bike ride from the capital of Lusaka to Victoria Falls. I assume BB readers are well-informed on how the disease still ravages parts of sub-Saharan Africa, even if the urgency has faded in ...
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By Cory Doctorow on Jun 30, 2012 09:42 am Russia's nuclear missile bunkers reportedly come standard-issue with a sledgehammer whose designated purpose is smashing open the safe containing the launch-codes, should the combination not work: The sledgehammer's existence first came to light in 1980, when a group of inspecting officers from the General Staff visiting Strategic Missile Forces headquarters asked General Georgy Novikov what ...
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By Xeni Jardin on Jun 29, 2012 08:06 pm Photo: Shutterstock Washington Post science writer Brian Vastag reports on the story of the last four chimps that remain at a controversial research facility in Maryland. Bioqual has been experimenting on chimpanzees for 30 years. Soon, that era will end, as part of "a historic shift away from using apes in medical experiments." On Monday ...
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By Xeni Jardin on Jun 29, 2012 07:47 pm [video link] A cool cover of the Guided By Voices song "I am a Scientist," performed by Mates of State on the "Science Fair" benefit compilation support girls in science. Dir.: Lindsay Van Dyke. Science Fair features new and exclusive music from Mates of State, Laura Veirs, Moona Luna (Pistolera's kids' music incarnation), Elizabeth Mitchell, ...
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By Xeni Jardin on Jun 29, 2012 07:34 pm [Video link]From 2008, hence the hinky aspect ratio. The EU wasn't always so terrible at promoting science careers through funny internet music videos! (thanks, Guido) Historic photos of female scientists at work Young girl rages over pink toys and gendered play-choices Stupid EU video PSA shows how *not* to promote science to young ...
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By Xeni Jardin on Jun 29, 2012 07:25 pm [Video Link] Miles O'Brien points me to this cute musical video written and performed by young female scientists at the Barber Lab. The video was discussed on a recent email thread of scientists debating the (lack of) merit of this EU PSA. Commenters: before you say anything mean about the fact that their homemade Billy ...
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By Cory Doctorow on Jun 29, 2012 06:44 pm Again. I miss its glory days.
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By Maggie Koerth-Baker on Jun 29, 2012 05:14 pm Almost two years ago, 21 people died when they were crushed to death in the crowd at the Love Parade music festival in Germany. Now, scientists have been able to pinpoint exactly what lead to those deaths. Here's a hint: It wasn't a stampede, there's no evidence of intentional pushing, and it doesn't look like ...
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By Maggie Koerth-Baker on Jun 29, 2012 04:54 pm Scientific advising for science-fiction films is a really fascinating topic for me. It's a weird, weird world, where the goal is not necessarily extreme accuracy, but extreme believability. That can be a stress point for science, a field that is, generally, all about striving for accuracy. The scientists that help directors create believable worlds have ...
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By Maggie Koerth-Baker on Jun 29, 2012 04:25 pm In a first-person account of his battle with chronic illness, Minneapolis musician Kevin Steinman explains why he's decided to move to Norway rather than keep fighting the American healthcare system. (Via Erik Hess)
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By Maggie Koerth-Baker on Jun 29, 2012 04:22 pm Smithsonian has a fun article on America's top second-banana—the vice presidency—a job that John Adams, the first vice-president, described as "the most insignificant office that ever the invention of man contrived." Lest you think Dan Quayle was the first VP mocked in the press, or that The Onion's superb (if fictional) coverage of Joe Biden ...
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By Mark Frauenfelder on Jun 29, 2012 04:12 pm [Video Link] Jimmy Slonina's lip sync videos are really good. Here's his latest: Screamin' Jay Hawkins' "I Put a Spell on You." (Thanks, Pat!)
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By Mark Frauenfelder on Jun 29, 2012 04:05 pm Scott Horton of Harper's explains why the Drug Enforcement Agency does a lot of damage to society. (Via Andrew Sullivan)
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By Maggie Koerth-Baker on Jun 29, 2012 04:01 pm Okay, maybe I'm an idiot, but this is one of those facts I'd missed until recently. Despite the impression you may have gotten from grade school and/or old Superman cartoons, diamonds are probably not lumps of coal that just got compressed real good—at least, not in exactly the way you might imagine. Diamonds are made ...
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By Maggie Koerth-Baker on Jun 29, 2012 03:31 pm The other day, someone asked me what the most surprising thing was that I learned while writing Before the Lights Go Out, my book about America's electric infrastructure and the future of energy. That's easy. The most surprising thing was definitely my realization of just how precarious our all-important grid system actually is. There are ...
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By Cory Doctorow on Jun 29, 2012 03:20 pm This teeny weeny little car is 3D printed, fully assembled, with all its mechanisms in place: These tiny 3D printed cars were printed on the Objet Eden 3D printer and scale down from 4cm in length to a tiny 1cm in length. Even in the tiniest car, the wheels remain fully functional and there is ...
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By Mark Frauenfelder on Jun 29, 2012 02:25 pm [Video Link] Here's Reason TV's Net Nanny of the month award: June's busybodies want to shield your eyes from bikinis and remind you that they're not above ripping your garden out (even if you are complying with city codes). But top dishonors go to the police chief who admitted on camera that his officers had ...
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By Cory Doctorow on Jun 29, 2012 02:16 pm Here is a video in which Amanda Fucking Palmer and David Byrne and a very large, very good band perform "Burning Down the House." My life is complete. That is all. David Byrne & Amanda Palmer - "Burning Down the House" (Thanks, Michael!)
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By Mark Frauenfelder on Jun 29, 2012 02:08 pm [Video Link] The latest installment of the "Off Book" series from PBS and Kornhaber Brown is called Seeing Beyond the Human Eye and features microphotography, astrophotography, slow-motion video, and time-lapse video. My favorite part is Cameron Michaels' time-lapse scenes of Manhattan. This piece explores the beautiful imagery that has been uncovered thanks to modern technology. ...
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By Mark Frauenfelder on Jun 29, 2012 01:55 pm Mick Jagger asked Shepard Fairey to redesign John Pasche's 1971 tongue and lips trademark for the Rolling Stones. In a statement by Fairey, he said that he was overwhelmed by the idea of redesigning the logo when Mick Jagger reached out to him. One of the first questions he had for Jagger was the inclusion ...
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By Mark Frauenfelder on Jun 29, 2012 01:50 pm Yesterday I wrote about artist Mitch O'Connell's funny pencil sketches that Hanna Barbera commissioned him to create. Today, Mitch posted the paintings that Hanna Barbera commissioned. See them all here.
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By Mark Frauenfelder on Jun 29, 2012 01:38 pm Cockeyed's Rob Cockerham lost his job last year and now works as a contractor. He now buys his own medical insurance: And man, oh man, is it expensive. Our family's policy, two adults and two kids, for medical, dental and vision, costs $1,320.87 per month. That's the insurance premium. If we actually use the care, ...
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By Xeni Jardin on Jun 29, 2012 01:27 pm China made space history this week, as three Chinese astronauts returned to Earth after a 13-day mission that made their nation the third to dock on manned spacecraft to another in orbit. The Shenzhou 9 space capsule landed about 12 hours ago in Inner Mongolia, one day after the astronauts departed the Tiangong 1 prototype ...
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By Mark Frauenfelder on Jun 29, 2012 01:14 pm [Video Link] We got a couple of kittens a few weeks ago. Louis doesn't pay much attention to Game for Cats, but Zelda (above) loves it.
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