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SteamGirl by ~ZephyrChef

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Thank you my Secret Tindink. What a lissome limb that young lady has, I’m entranced by it’s fascinating detail.

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3753 Cruithne, a planetoid whose orbit around the Sun is approximately 364 days.

Cruithne is approximately 5 kilometres (3.1 mi) in diameter, and its closest approach to Earth is approximately thirty times the separation between Earth and the Moon (12 Gm or twelve million kilometres). From 1994 through 2015, Cruithne makes its annual closest approach to Earth every November. Although Cruithne’s orbit is not thought to be stable over the long term, calculations by Wiegert and Innanen showed that it has probably been synchronized with Earth’s orbit for a long time.

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This project explores the invisible terrain of WiFi networks in urban spaces by light painting signal strength in long-exposure photographs.

A four-metre long measuring rod with 80 points of light reveals cross-sections through WiFi networks using a photographic technique called light-painting.

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Caroline Lucas, Green Party leader and MP for Brighton Pavilion, called yesterday for Freedom Of Information (FOI) legislation to be extended to banks, telecoms operators and other large corporations providing key services to the public.

In her speech to the Green Party spring conference in Cardiff, Lucas said: “We depend on these corporations in just the same way as we depend on schools or hospitals to deliver our services. When they fail, we all suffer – so they must be opened up to public scrutiny. That’s why I am proposing that the current FOI act be extended to cover major corporations.”

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Jane McGonigal on the Colbert Report

Reader Leet Ninja Pirate writes “An interview with Jane McGonigal on the Colbert Report. Subjects include a wider gaming audience, Urgent Evoke, and the phrase “epic win.” McGonigal…

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Prosthetics gallery in Time Life and PowerKnees more widely available

Wonderful gallery in Time Life, In Praise of Prosthetics (via @aeromenthe):

Meanwhile, on Engadget:

“the world’s first and only motor-powered prosthetic knee” was recently…

Prosthetics gallery in Time Life and PowerKnees more widely available

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