A 1998 study that unleashed a major health scare by linking childhood autism to a triple vaccine was an elaborate fraud
, the British Medical Journal (BMJ) said — via redwolf.newsvine.com
Working with wood, one learns quickly that flexibility is lost when thickness is added – but strength is lost is you make something too thin. One solution is to try and take the best from both properties, as this ingenious seating system does.
Titled Spring Wood, the series of three pieces shown here each represent hundreds of hours of prototype modeling, building, carving and testing by recent arts academy graduate (and award-winning) Carolien Laro and associates. Each seat itself has about five hundred machined slices made through it — via Dornob
When these architects say defensible space
, they mean it in a drastically literal fashion. Centuries old and made to rebel French invaders from the shores of Britain, this defense tower has stood the test of time.
Originally, over 100 such towers dotted the coastal landscape, constructed to defend against a potential invasion by Napoleon. Cannons were mounted atop them, lofted to 30 feet above the ground below. They were abandoned nearly 150 years ago – this one was rediscovered (or rather: re-envisioned) recently, however, by Duncan Jackson and Piercy Conner Architects — via Dornob
The new Richard Mille RM 010 Boutique Special automatic watch is issued in a super-limited edition of 10 pieces and is reserved exclusively for RM`s boutique located at the famous Place Vendome square in Paris — via World Watch Review
Located in Woodside, California the Creekside Residence sits in its own natural world. The site is in a meadow surrounded by western oaks, Douglas fir, and aromatic bays that border two creeks that never meet. Bohlin Cywinski Jackson focused the design of the residence around the surrounding landscape creating cantilevered roofs and views to the environment beyond. This project received a 2009 Honor Award for Design AIA Pennsylvania and a 2009 Wood Design Honor Award. More photographs and sketches following the break — via ArchDaily
The rainbow warrior is a street artist working in Albuquerque, using spilled paint to pour rainbows off the tops of buildings. He (or she)’s really got some people riled up and it strikes me as remarkable that people can be so dour in the face of rainbows — via aesthetics of joy
Taiwan’s environmental authorities say they are planning to promote toilet training for pigs to help curb water and waste pollution — via redwolf.newsvine.com
A full-scale search and rescue operation was launched in Arbroath to find an 81-year-old man, who turned up in his next door neighbour’s flat — via redwolf.newsvine.com
Researchers have observed a new kind of extremely light and stable gel in a suspension of clay at the European Synchrotron Radiation Facility (ESRF) in Grenoble, France. The so-called equilibrium gel, predicted 4 years ago by physicists, could lead to improved drug-delivery systems and other novel microscopic devices — via redwolf.newsvine.com
The Rechter House
in Tel Aviv was originally designed by Zeev Rechter as a single storey home for his family with an orderly arrangement of internally and externally exposed, longitudinal concrete beams which formed the basis for the internal spaces, whilst adhering to the principles of open planning
that were prevalent in those years. Over the years, an extra floor and a third wing were added to the building in such a way that its original form was hidden and the modern design principles governing its original design were abandoned. As the project’s designer, I was asked to cope with a situation where the house had been stripped of its original ideas, disconnected from all of its parts and been used by two, separate families — via ArchDaily
You know you’re dealing with a special household when a domestic argument turns into a case of gang assault.
But witnesses in Pakistan say that’s what happened to polygamist Mian Ishaq, who was beaten up by his first and second wives for allegedly conducting a secret wedding with a fourth wife — and planning a fifth marriage — via redwolf.newsvine.com
The California Supreme Court allowed police Monday to search arrestees’ cell phones without a warrant, saying defendants lose their privacy rights for any items they’re carrying when taken into custody — via redwolf.newsvine.com
There is, in the words of Jeff Atwood, trouble in the house of Google
. It’s not unrest within the company that he’s talking about, though; it’s externally among users who are beginning to find that when they try to do searches to evaluate or buy consumer items – such as dishwashers, or iPhone 4 cases – or to find a site that will give them some useful answers, that Google’s results are awash with spam.
In fact, the problem that plagued the first generation of search engines such as Altavista now seems to be gaining traction on Google, which outdistanced those earlier rivals precisely because it dumped the spam so effectively — via redwolf.newsvine.com
Dell announced Tuesday it is purchasing security services vendor SecureWorks, expanding its range of IT management offerings. Terms were not disclosed.
SecureWorks handles more than 13 billion security events
and spots some 30,000 varieties of malware each day, according to a statement. Its customer base of about 2,900 clients includes more than 1,500 financial institutions and more than 15 percent of the Fortune 500 — via redwolf.newsvine.com
We’ve looked at other disposable email services, like MeltMail and SpamBox, but TrashMail provides a huge amount of control over your disposable addresses and you can create them quickly, without visiting Trashmail, using a Firefox or Chrome browser extension.
Trashmail offers several features, but most notably you can customize your own disposable email address, specify the number of times that address can forward to you, and set an expiration date for the address as well. Trashmail also provides a browser extension for easier disposable address creation — via lifehacker
Is a bonafide universal storage cartridge finally at hand? It is if the Serial ATA International Organization and its partnership with 200 some-odd consumer electronics and computer companies can successfully implement the Universal Storage Module spec announced Tuesday.
This isn’t the first attempt at creating a universal storage cartridge. We’ve seen previous efforts fizzle; proprietary efforts with limited mass market appeal; and kludgy efforts that use standard 3.5-inch or 2.5-inch hard drives — via redwolf.newsvine.com
In Google’s self-prescribed mission to organise the world’s information and make it universally accessible and useful
, it has encountered a stumbling block: language — via redwolf.newsvine.com
That status bar was removed in Firefox 4.0. Status-4-Evar is a collection toolbar widgets and settings to provide replacements for what was previously in the status bar
When two students asked Eric Anderson, a sociology lecturer at Bath University’s department of education, if he had heard of the game gay chicken
, he shook his head. I had no clue what it was,
he says. So they showed me.
The students – both men – went in to kiss each other.
The challenge was that whoever pulled out first was the loser,
Anderson explains. But because men are no longer afraid of this, they ended up kissing.
Anderson was inspired to carry out a new research project — via redwolf.newsvine.com
Researchers are creating a new type of solar cell designed to self-repair like natural photosynthetic systems in plants by using carbon nanotubes and DNA, an approach aimed at increasing service life and reducing cost — via desertjeeper49.newsvine.com
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