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Artist Creates Machine That Makes Rainbows

by James Plafke | 5:30 pm, December 21st

Michael Jones McKean, professor at the Virginia Commonwealth University, created a machine that makes artificial rainbows out of natural materials. The machine uses high-powered jet pumps and custom fountain nozzles to spray recycled rainwater into the air in such a way that it forms rainbows. The machine is solar-powered and generates renewable electricity.

McKean is planning to install a larger iteration of his rainbow machine at the Bemis Center for Contemporary Arts in Omaha, Nebraska.

More photos of the artificial rainbows at Inhabitat.

(Inhabitat via Solar Feeds via The Next Web)

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Solar Sail Powered Space Drone Successful

by Susana Polo | 2:31 pm, July 17th

The Japanese space agency JAXA announced yesterday that their IKAROS drone is successfully propelling itself through space in the wind of its massive solar sail, giving hope to all those who dream of spaceflight without carrying all that heavy fuel around with you.

The IKAROS was launched about two months ago, and its sail was unfurled in early June.

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Boy DIYs His Way to Suction Powered Wallcrawling

by Susana Polo | 12:55 pm, July 3rd

Hibiki Kono, a 13-year-old attending King’s College School in Cambridge has created a couple of suction plates that allow him to climb walls, powered by two $22 vacuum cleaners.

Said Kono to The Sun:

I used to dress up as Spiderman[sic] when I was younger and I love all the films. So it’s great to be able to climb walls like him. I’ve climbed up the school wall but I’m not allowed too high. It’s not scary and I completely trust the machine.

Unfortunately for Kono, he can’t get too far. At least not without another extension cord.

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“Scrubbing” Turns Graffiti into Public Service

by Lindsay Van Kirk | 1:30 pm, March 12th

In the mossy, dirt covered tunnels of Leeds, England, Paul Curtis, known as “Moose” used a sock to scrub away the grime and create pictures in the contrasting white tile. And the eco-friendly new graffiti art known as Reverse Graffiti or “Scrubbing” was born.

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14 of the Best Geekiest Beers

Given beer's pervasive place in human history, it's not surprising that the geeky pastimes of drinkers would eventually rub off on the beers themselves. The result is a veritable cornucopia of nerdy beers, 14 of which are right here.

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Eric Limer I'm trying to come up with a control scheme where I can use my xbox 360 controller for leisurely web surfing. It's....interesting.
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James Plafke For a show about a sport I don't really dig, Friday Night Lights is an alright show.
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Eric Limer Just spent a few hours playing Kyntt. Stunning, cute little game. Highly recommended.
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Max Wanna create work flows, wanna make it all work work work.
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James Plafke I am jealous Elmo got to make out with Kristin Chenoweth.
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Eric Limer I swear under my breath A LOT. This must make people near by me very uncomfortable. That being said, I have no intentions of stopping.
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Max Court is now in session at the Burp Castle.
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Eric Limer I don't look at my finances as often as I should which is the main reason why I don't often want to look at my finances.
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Max Desert PolyBus: The game where you drive to Reno and then die.
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Eric Limer If I wrote a webcomic, every strip would be titled "Get it? GET IT?!"
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Max Got chili oil on my hands and face. It hurts. A lot.
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Eric Limer Suddenly I remember what I hate about PC gaming. Mainly never having a computer that can actually do it.
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James Plafke The halftime show taught me that football-watching men drinking beer who love seeing muscular men beat each other up really like to vogue.
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Max Pestering your friends at 8am is how you show you care, right? #hopeso
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Eric Limer Twitter is like RiffTrax for EVERYTHING.
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James Plafke I know global warming is scary, but not having a winter was pretty cool. I didn't have to spend money on shoes for the snow.
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Eric Limer I hereby apologize to all persons --past, present and future-- who have the misfortune of hearing me "sing" dubstep songs.
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Max Even Facebook's Timeline thinks I could have done more with my life.
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Max I did that thing where Facebook turns your Timeline into a movie. Mine had pictures of ducks and foliage set to really dramatic music.
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Max "But I don't wanna go to the dog show!"
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