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Beam me up Scotty
German scientists invent working teleporter, of sorts
An object at one end of the system is milled down layer-by-layer, creating a scan per layer which is then transmitted through an encrypted communication to a 3D printer. The printer then replicates the original object layer by layer, effectively teleporting an object from one place to another.
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A techie note from church
This morning in Church it was my turn to read the lesson from the Hebrew scriptures, about Joseph being sold to the Ishmaelites for 20 pieces of Silver (Genesis 37). I also read the assigned part of Psalm 105, where this story also comes up.
17He sent a man before them, *
Joseph, who was sold as a slave. 18They bruised his feet in fetters; *
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Ixnay on the iPod:
In Praise of Crap Technology
I actually did have an iPod once, a sleek 30-gig number with a brilliant video screen and space for nearly half of my comically large music collection. I watched a video on it exactly once-Breaking Bad, season one-cringed with horror every time I dropped it and felt the $400 hole in my wallet for longer than I'd owned ( Read more... )
