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[casandra]

the glowing world of bioluminescence...check it out:

[hobglobin]

Green technology: The Greenpeace guide for greener electronics with the following goals (I copied from their FAQs):

• Set ambition goals for Greenhouse Gas reductions (GHG) and have a strong strategy to use up to 100 percent renewable power by 2020
  
• Produce efficient, long lasting products free from hazardous substances
  
• Focus on sustainable practices across the global electronics supply chain

Have a look here

[Ameya P]

A bit philosophical, but a friend brought the following to my notice and I found it very interesting

Called the Seven Blunders of the World:

• Wealth without work.
  
• Pleasure without conscience.
  
• Knowledge without character.
  
• Commerce without morality.
  
• Science without humanity.
  
• Worship without sacrifice.
  
• Politics without principle.

Source: Wiki

[casandra]

this is a bit more light-hearted (though not for the mice) ....the perfect snow dive:

[hobglobin]

I guess you'd sneak, monitor and jump the same way if there's a diamond necklace hidden, eh?

[casandra]

hobglobin, on 19 December 2011 - 03:14 AM, said:

I guess you'd sneak, monitor and jump the same way if there's a diamond necklace hidden, eh?

..of course...I could hear it calling...."I'm here...I'm here....save me, Casey...please...."...who can resist a plea like that? ....

[casandra]

in celebration of the holidays...here's  Great Operas 101: .....

[hobglobin]

A good video for crab scienticts (and all others who like inventive films):

[strawberry]

casandra, on 18 December 2011 - 08:51 PM, said:

this is a bit more light-hearted (though not for the mice) ....the perfect snow dive:

smart fox

[hobglobin]

a video showing our chief-moderator in an unusual situation   (and also one of the y-tube hypes these days):

Edited by hobglobin, 08 February 2012 - 08:03 AM.

[toejam]

haha, nice one hobs. i thought this website might be of interest particularly for you

http://www.flickr.co...s/24085570@N04/

[hobglobin]

yes that are great photos...I wonder how he made them...

[hobglobin]

advances in unmanned flying vehicles...swarm flight

[casandra]

hobglobin, on 29 February 2012 - 11:26 AM, said:

advances in unmanned flying vehicles...swarm flight

wow...really nice and interesting dr H.....and you know the coolest part- the makeshift studio with those hightech clothes pins....

[hobglobin]

I guess in your lab it would be a really expensive, fashionable high-tech solution for this studio. but the robots would be like crap....well everybody focuses on different topics