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Reply #240 - May 31st, 2013 at 11:21am

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And this just in...
http://weather.yahoo.com/doomsday-9-real-ways-earth-could-end-134549020.html

Paraphrase:  "...Not with a bang, but a..." duck?!
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Reply #241 - Jun 1st, 2013 at 1:12pm

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Man Describes Life With 'Walking Corpse Syndrome'
By Katie Moisse | ABC News Blogs – Fri, May 31, 2013 11:32 AM EDT

A man's account of living with Cotard's syndrome offers a chilling look at a rare condition that has patients convinced they're zombies....
"I've been analyzing PET scans for 15 years, and I've never seen anyone who was on his feet, who was interacting with people, with such an abnormal scan result," Dr. Steven Laureys of the University of Liège in Belgium, who consulted on (the patient) Graham's case, told New Scientist. "Graham's brain function resembles that of someone during anesthesia or sleep. Seeing this pattern in someone who is awake is quite unique to my knowledge."*

http://gma.yahoo.com/blogs/abc-blogs/man-describes-life-walking-corpse-syndrome-...


*Perhaps Dr. Laureys should attend a sci-fi marathon. -RF Wink
 

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Reply #242 - Jun 8th, 2013 at 7:27pm

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Reply #243 - Jun 24th, 2013 at 12:37pm

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A new Robo-ape is being developed by DFKI-Deutschland. German scientists wouldn't do anything creepy would they? Huh -RF

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There'll Be Nowhere to Hide When These Robot Apes Take to the Trees

If you thought the prospect of being chased down by one of DARPA's terminator-wannabes was horrifying, there's a whole new flavor of terror for you to consider: the iStruct robo-ape. It's just barely limping along for now, but it's easy to imagine it galloping out of your nightmares someday soon.

The robo-ape—developed by DFKI (the German Research Center for Artificial Intelligence)—is still in its early testing phases, as is plenty apparent by its slowly, careful gait. But the form factor has already proven itself pretty versatile in nature, and it seems plenty possible that this thing will be lurching and climbing around in no time.

What exactly DFKI is attempting to accomplish with its robo-ape isn't totally clear, but the center's admittedly vague description suggests it's all about melding robots' locomotive structures with sensors and internal wiring. The result are "intelligent structures," robotic analogs for biological structures like legs that move and feel, or a full-on artificial spines. It's a step closer to building robots like they are real living creatures that just happen to be made out of metal and plastic.

Clearly this can only mean one thing: there's an army in the making, and a Planet of the Apes and Terminator crossover will be real life. Better get to work on developing some robot bananas in the meantime. [DFKI via IEEE Spectrum]


http://gizmodo.com/therell-be-nowhere-to-hide-when-these-robot-apes-take-5121873...
 

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Reply #244 - Jul 4th, 2013 at 5:02pm

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Reply #245 - Jul 9th, 2013 at 7:31pm

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A-Rod and 19 other MLB players to be suspended!
Linked to Biogenesis* Clinic Shocked

..The question is the length of the suspensions. Sources said the commissioner's office was considering 100-game bans for Braun and Rodriguez, the punishment for a second offense, even though neither player was previously suspended for violating MLB's drug policy...

http://sports.yahoo.com/blogs/mlb-big-league-stew/report-ryan-braun-refuses-answ...


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*The name "Biogenesis Clinic" just has to have been used in sci-fi movie at some point. Wink

In a related note: "Coma" has never played the 'thon. -RF
 

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Reply #246 - Jul 10th, 2013 at 11:26am

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R_F_Fineman wrote on Jul 9th, 2013 at 7:31pm:
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A-Rod and 19 other MLB players to be suspended!
Linked to Biogenesis* Clinic Shocked

..The question is the length of the suspensions. Sources said the commissioner's office was considering 100-game bans for Braun and Rodriguez, the punishment for a second offense, even though neither player was previously suspended for violating MLB's drug policy...

http://sports.yahoo.com/blogs/mlb-big-league-stew/report-ryan-braun-refuses-answ...


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*The name "Biogenesis Clinic" just has to have been used in sci-fi movie at some point. Wink

In a related note: "Coma" has never played the 'thon. -RF

 
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Reply #247 - Aug 5th, 2013 at 2:50am

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Japan launches talking humanoid robot into space

TOKYO (AP) — Japan has launched the world's first talking humanoid robot "astronaut" toward the International Space Station.

Kirobo — derived from the Japanese words for "hope" and "robot" — was among five tons of supplies and machinery on a rocket launched Sunday from Tanegashima in southwestern Japan, the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency, or JAXA, said.
...Ahead of the launch, the 34-centimeter (13-inch) tall Kirobo told reporters, "one small step for me, a giant leap for robots."...
Photo deleted for being obscenely too cute


http://news.yahoo.com/japan-launches-talking-humanoid-robot-space-002814797.html


Yeah, but what will he do when you tell him to "open the pod bay doors?" Roll Eyes-RF

In other news...TREMORS for real!...


Hydrothermal Worm Viewed Under An Electron Microscope

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http://www.livescience.com/33401-hydrothermal-worm.html
 

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Reply #248 - Aug 21st, 2013 at 8:35pm

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Mysterious ‘horned’ sea monster washes ashore in Spain


A mysterious sea creature featuring what appear to be horns on its head was discovered in the advanced stages of decomposition along the shoreline of Luis Siret Beach in Villaricos, Spain, on Thursday.

A woman first discovered the head and then found the body farther down the beach, according to ThinkSpain.com. The entire carcass with the head stretched 13 feet.

“A lady found one part and we helped her retrieve the rest,” said Maria Sanches of Civil Protection in Cuevas. “We have no idea what it was. It really stank.”



http://www.grindtv.com/outdoor/nature/post/mysterious-horned-sea-monster-washes-...

Soon to be a Already has been a bunch of motion pictures! Smiley
 

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Reply #249 - Aug 24th, 2013 at 4:12am

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"It was no boating accident!"



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Mysterious sea monster discovered in Spain is identified

It wasn't an oarfish, as many believed, but a shark, three leading shark experts conclude; 'definitely a shark skeleton,' says one...
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Reply #250 - Sep 8th, 2013 at 11:07am

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"How many sci-fi movies start out like this?" part 7 Shocked

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Is it The Hum? Listen to the strange groaning from the sky that's spooked a Canadian town... following similar reports from around the world
Kimberly Wookey of Terrace, British Columbia was able to catch a mysterious noise from above on video Thursday
Since 2011, hundreds of such videos have appeared on YouTube from all over the world
A similar phenomenon known as The Hum strikes indoors and only affects two percent of people
Science has yet to identify the cause of The Hum or the sounds from the sky

By Daily Mail Reporter

PUBLISHED: 17:30 EST, 2 September 2013  | UPDATED: 07:15 EST, 3 September 2013


http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2409453/The-Hum-Strange-groaning-sky-spo...


Meanwhile...in Kiev:


Could it be the sound of the Rays season imploding? Wink
 

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Reply #251 - Sep 11th, 2013 at 4:30pm

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I might want to consider moving in if the recent SF-board warfare escalates to the use of WMDs! Cool-RF



"Blast From The Past" for Real!


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Underground Vegas estate lets you weather the apocalypse



Even on the eclectic list of underground homes on the market (like a converted missile silo or a $53 million six-story hacienda), this Las Vegas bunker is unique. Built during the Cold War, when being vaporized by Russian nukes was an imminent fear of many Americans, the subterranean palace is pure 1970s-era luxury....
Surrounded by rusty iron gates, the aboveground portion of the Las Vegas house is 2,800 square feet that sits on a 1-acre lot. It fits in comfortably with the surrounding properties. But take an elevator down 26 feet beneath the ground and you’ll find another house--this one truly built to last.

In fact, the home has been preserved in all its 1970s-era glory, including a now-retro kitchen, bright pink walls and a fake backyard fit for the Brady Bunch...green carpet meant to mimic grass...The barbecue grill, hidden in an artificial rock, ventilates through the artificial trees.... Cheesy

http://homes.yahoo.com/blogs/spaces/underground-vegas-estate-lets-weather-apocal...


Click the link for some truly amazing pictures -RF
 

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Reply #252 - Sep 14th, 2013 at 11:48am

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Voyager 1 becomes first human-made object to leave solar system:

http://www.cnn.com/2013/09/12/tech/innovation/voyager-solar-system/


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Next stop for the Voyager - becoming "V'Ger" for the Star Trek crew to discover.......

OH $HIT! I just gave JJ Abrams the story idea to re-hash in his next Trek film..............
 
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Reply #253 - Sep 14th, 2013 at 3:04pm

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Quote LA: Voyager 1 becomes first human-made object to leave solar system:


I'm thinking Pioneer X1 or Jarrod Saltalamacchia's grand slam last night would come in a close second!  Smiley

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OH $HIT! I just gave JJ Abrams the story idea to re-hash in his next Trek film..............


Don't be so hard on yourself LA. If you hadn't done it J.J. would have had NO Idea what story to rehash. Wink


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1Pioneer 10 will continue to coast silently as a ghost ship through deep space into interstellar space, heading generally for the red star Aldebaran, which forms the eye of Taurus (The Bull). Aldebaran is about 68 light years away and it will take Pioneer over 2 million years to reach it....Pioneer 10 is now over 8 billion miles away. (On 17 February 1998, Voyager 1's heliocentric radial distance equaled Pioneer 10 at 69.4 AU and thereafter exceeded Pioneer 10 at the rate of 1.02 AU per year.)
http://www.nasa.gov/centers/ames/missions/archive/pioneer.html
 

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Reply #254 - Sep 17th, 2013 at 9:03pm

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"Snakes on a Plane II: Snakes on a Mars Explorer" Cheesy
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European Space Agency Wants to Send a Snake Robot to Mars

"It's because of a snake's ability to get past almost any type of obstacle that makes it useful. Howie Choset, a professor of robotics at Carnegie Mellon University, said that there are many places that current rovers can't reach. "The snake robot could travel to cliffs and look underneath overhangs," he said. "It could find a crevasse, crawl down it and extract a sample, which itself could tell us how Mars evolved as a planet."

http://news.yahoo.com/european-space-agency-wants-send-snake-robot-mars-21480571...
 

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