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Can High-Tech Indoor Agriculture Transform Local Food?

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On one of those unseasonable 40-degree days this April when there was soaking ice-cold rain followed by umbrella-wrecking wind, the weather inside a miniature indoor farm near Manhattan’s City Hall was balmy.

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Some awesome chemical reaction GIFs. :)

chemical reaction

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Yup.

Photo source: http://kuvaton.com/browse/30237/finnish.jpg

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Now this is green electricity!

The conception of Moss FM.

The result of our research and experimentation is Moss FM - the World’s first plant-powered radio. It is also the first time Photo-MFCs have been used to run an object higher powered than an LCD screen. 

Moss FM consists of ten Photo Microbial Fuel Cells, which can be connected in parallel, series, or combination thereof, depending on the performance of each single cell. 

Designed by Fabienne Felder, 2013 in collaboration with Dr. Paolo Bombelli and Ross Dennis of the University of Cambridge.

Video: Fabienne Felder, 2014

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Lolling... :)

Nothing, literally nothing could make me laugh harder than this did.

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Hans Rosling's visualizations are always awesome. :)

Cool. Hans Rosling’s 200 Countries, 200 Years, 4 Minutes

The Joy of Stats - BBC Four

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Jason Silva's video series Shots of Awe is awesome. I really like his style and delivery.

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For those who wish to know more, it's called the Aquatic Ape Hypothesis. I personally think it's an awesome idea and could possibly explain a lot of the peculiar differences between human anatomy and the anatomy of other primates. Many mainstream biologists have been sceptical about it, but that's how science works... Personally I think it could become mainstream someday.

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Magnets are effin' awesome!

(via http://www.youtube.com/attribution_link?u=/watch?v=keMpUaoA3Tg&feature=share&a=X32QKHBsRJkSFeKsZqVmqA)

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Wow... these are amazing!

If you’ve never seen Villafane Studio's Pumpkin carvings before, here you go. 

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"Exocoetidae, commonly called Flying Fish, is a family of fishes aptly named for their ability to emerge out of the water and glide for long distances with their outstretched pectoral fins. Their streamlined torpedo shape helps them gather enough underwater speed to break the surface, and their large, wing-like fins get them airborne. Once in the air, these fishes can glide over considerable distances. Their flights are typically around 50 meters, but some fishes have been recorded to fly up to 200 meters or more. Some species of flying fish have enlarged pelvic fins as well as enlarged pectoral fins, which allows them to fly further than two winged gliders (up to 400 meters), and have far greater maneuverability. These fishes are known as four-winged flying fish."

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James Flynn's awesome talk about intelligence.

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Box by Bot & Dolly.

This awesome video mixes real and digital space into a seamless augmented reality experience. And it's a live performance!

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Learn about the roundest object ever made, and why it is awesome!

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This could lend some credibility to the Panspermia Hypothesis, although evolution might not always follow Moore's Law.

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A ship that stands on its tail to turn into a marine research tower... now that's pretty awesome!

The FLoating Instrument Platform (FLIP) is a naval research station designed in 1962. It is towed horizontally to open water then flips vertically to provide a stable platform mostly immune to wave action. The tilting is actioned by directing water into ballast tanks. The position is reversed by sending compressed air in the tanks. Because the bulkhead becomes the deck, the FLIP has rooms with doors mounted on the floor, portholes in the ceiling, and sinks and toilets mounted for both configurations.

Developed during the cold war, it continues to provide a uniquely stable platform for research missions that include ocean acoustics, marine mammal studies, geophysics, meteorology, physical oceanography, and laser propagation experiments.

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