A study recently found that life expectancy in America was increasing… and decreasing. Despite a general trend towards longer life from the 60s to the 80s, from the 80s onward there is a strong diversion of those areas with continuing growth of life expectance and those that are diminishing. Areas in green are increasing and areas in red are shrinking. I find it interesting that the turn around is the Reagan period and mostly in Republican dominated portions of America. I’m just sayin’.
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Ever want a replicator like in Star Trek? Well, they don’t exist yet, so here’s the next best thing. It’s a 3D printer, which in itself isn’t new, but the fact that it’s an open source 3D printer is.
For less than $1000 you can build one of your own, then print the upgrade parts when you need them. Neat!
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Do you take the red pill or the blue pill? It looks like Professor Albert took a plaid pill and jumped head first down the rabbit hole. Check out this motivation video I found on The Movie Blog for a sample.
From there the videos just get stranger. Mostly he has songs covering celebrities, but apparently he’s also running for President. I suppose he’s no worse than many of the other candidates…
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In addition to the effects of radiation, space scientists want to see how the monkeys react to prolonged weightless conditions, isolation and a special diet of juices and pureed food.
Mars-500 director Viktor Baranov says 520 days “are enough for the flight to Mars - 250 days to fly there, 250 days to come back and a month for the landing on Mars”.
All that comes to mind is an image of a capsule slowly filling with monkey poo until the thing is just crammed into a corner, quietly saying “eek eek” as it suffocates.
And don’t get me started on the pee. Think a monkey’s going to keep a catheter in for 17 months? No sir!
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Well, the site name is pretty self explanatory, but there is more to it. Basically, you download a pdf, print it out, and if you see someone who parks poorly, check off the appropriate box and leave it on their car.
Best of all, if you receive a notice, you can find out exactly what it was that you did wrong.
Methinks Mookee will be all over this one.
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