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Dog Powered Scooter

Dog Powered Scooter

Dgstrskynwhlleft Darn, my dog isn’t big enough for this- but if you have a dog over 45lb and have longed to take the pooch on a scooter ride you both enjoy- the Dog Powered Scooter might be for you. Simply harness the dog and clip them into the frame and off you go. With just a few outings pulling the scooter the dog quickly learns when to slow (by feeling the braking) and which direction to turn by again “feeling” the side pull on the harness. The two unit looks like you could cover a lot of ground. Link.

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RC Cars on the Battlefield

RC Cars on the Battlefield

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Sgt. Greg Papadatos of the 69th Infantry Regiment has posted some details about how soldiers in Iraq are using Radio Controlled cars to test objects to see if they’re bombs. When they find unidentifiable debris in the road, E.S. sends out his little RC car and rams it. If it’s light enough to be moved or knocked over, it’s too light to be a bomb, so we can approach it and get rid of it. If it’s heavy, we call EOD. At night, they duct tape a flashlight to the car. Link.

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Public Radio Feeds

Public Radio Feeds

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The world’s best radio, on your time- I like the sound of that! PublicRadioFeeds.com has a ton of feeds to all the public radio stations that publish their audio so you can subscribe to it. The science feeds are my favs of course- Dr. Karl, Quirks and Quarks, Talk of the Nation Science Friday, The Science Show, This week in Science and new one called Hack I am going to check out. Lots of great stuff. Link.

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Public Radio Feeds

Public Radio Feeds

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The world’s best radio, on your time- I like the sound of that! PublicRadioFeeds.com has a ton of feeds to all the public radio stations that publish their audio so you can subscribe to it. The science feeds are my favs of course- Dr. Karl, Quirks and Quarks, Talk of the Nation Science Friday, The Science Show, This week in Science and new one called Hack I am going to check out. Lots of great stuff. Link.

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Retropod Photo Shoot

Retropod Photo Shoot

4641975 E274691E4D T Photo shoot with Consuelo and Oraia in July(?) of 2004. Launched retropod.com a couple of days afterwards, then got a cease-and-desist from Sony six weeks later. Sony was worried that the Retropod would confuse consumers: “Moreover, they will be misled into thinking that Sony is backward in its design of products and is going away from miniaturization, as the size of the tape player housing is quite large by today’s standards.” Link.

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