3D chocolate printer
The world’s first 3D chocolate printer has just been unveiled in the U.K., . A 3D printer creates objects by gradually stacking layers of material into a desired shape. That is also how the chocolate version operates. It is also known as additive manufacturing in which the process has mostly been used for plastic and metal production but is not quite as tasty. (Video)
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The FLEDERHAUS
This amazing structure is an urban oasis situated in Vienna Austria designed by architects Heri & Salli. Visitors can hang out, quite literally. (Pics)
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Paulo David Amorim’s friends call him “Magnet Boy”. This 11-year-old Brazilian boy’s abdomen, chest and back attract metal! The boy’s doctor, Doctor Dix-Sept Rosado Sobrinho, says he’s never seen anything like it but is not concerned about the boy’s health…
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Something is certainly odd about this date.
Today is Odd Day. Three consecutive odd numbers make up the date only six times in a century. After 7/9/11, only two days remain in this parade of Odd Days which began with 1/3/5. The previous stretch of dates like this started with 1/3/1905. Odd Day was founded by Californian teacher Ron Gordon…
As part of whisky brand Ballantine’s “Leave an Impression” campaign, Paris-based tattoo artist Karl Marc seared a QR code onto his friend Marco’s chest.
Marc says the whisky company approached him and asked if he would be interested in executing the tattoo — a QR code that unlocked an animation when scanned — via a live stream on the brand’s Facebook Page. The brand is doing similar events with other artists, from ice sculptors to graffiti artists…
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Anonymous may be slightly less anonymous shortly.
The Italian government capped off a long investigation yesterday with a series of 32 raids across Italy and one in Switzerland. Authorities arrested 15 alleged members of Anonymous and accused them with conducting denial of service attacks against government web sites and the web sites of private and state-owned media organizations…
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One of many relics found at the site.
Mexican archaeologists have discovered a Prehispanic grave site they believe to be Mayan in the state of Tabasco. Estimated to be around 1200 years old and containing 116 bodies, this is the largest group of skeletons found in the region. The area was thought to have been used as a cemetery, with the elite buried in a separate area from their companions, and skeletons found with dental inlays, cranial deformation and other body modifications…
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An image released by Karolinska University Hospital shows part of the operation.
The world’s first transplant of a fully synthetic organ has been carried out by surgeons – a windpipe created using the patient’s stem cells and an artificial “scaffold”. A month ago a 36-year-old cancer patient received the organ at the Karolinska University Hospital in Stockholm.
Women have a tough time negotiating crossroads, T-junctions and slip roads, according to researchers.
According to scientists, women drivers are more likely to be involved in an accident.
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A single application was enough to stop all further bacterial growth.
U.S. scientists develop a new anti-microbial treatment that can make clothing – including smelly socks – permanently germ-free.
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PooPrints uses dog DNA to catch pet owners who don’t clean up.
Some pet owner is the U.S. who failed to clean up after their dogs got a nasty surprise from apartment complex manager Deb Logan. Logan started fining the irresponsible dog owners $100 per offense using DNA evidence.
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Sears is one of the brands expected to disappear within the next 18 months.
A new list of brands that will disappear in 2012 has been created by 24/7 Wall St. The list includes Sears, Sony Pictures, American Apparel, Nokia, Saab, A&W All-American Foods Restaurants, Soap Opera Digest, Sony Ericsson, MySpace, and Kellog’s Corn Pops.
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