infinitees

so cool

Broadband quantum networks inched closer to reality recently when researchers demonstrated the ability to transfer quantum-bits (qubits) from entangled photons to solid-state crystalline memory devices. Using a super-cooled crystal the researchers were able to demonstrate the reversible transfer of entangled qubits from a quantum network waveguide to the solid-state memory and back again.

"An amazing picture of thousands of rays swimming through the ocean in a colossal school has scooped top prize in the CIWEM Environmental Photographer of the Year 2010 awards. The group of Munkiana Devil Rays were spotted in Baja California Sur, Mexico, by German conservation photographer Florian Schulz. He described how he was able to capture his jaw-dropping image named Flight of the Rays: "During an aerial expedition I came across something I had never seen before. Not even my pilot, who has surveyed this area for 20 years, had seen anything like it. As we got closer we started to discover its nature: an unprecedented congregation of rays. The group was as thick as it was wide, all heading towards the same direction. I have asked around why this took place but no one has been able to explain it to me. After such a unique sighting, I realise there are so many marvels in the oceans that we are yet to understand"

New aurora webcam captures spectacular displays from the Canadian tundra [video gallery]

Knuth as basketball team manager!

Wicked cool. Rather creepy. But wicked cool. /via @garru
"If you’re using a browser that supports web sockets, you might see some extra mouse cursors moving around. These are actually other people also looking at this page right now, live, as we speak. "

CSI: 100 million years BC -- Oldest mammalian hair discovered

Discovery that some humans are part-Neanderthal reveals the promise of comparing genomes old and new.

hand-drawn map of London

Conversations about uniting Big Bend with the territory in Mexico have been reignited every decade or so since the land deed was signed in 1944 but ultimately have been squashed by politics. Despite daily death tolls in the dozens in Mexico and tense international politics, the idea now seems to gaining new momentum. Big Bend managers and federal representatives are seeking approval from the Interior, Homeland Security and State departments to unite Big Bend with Mexico’s designated protected areas and create the United States’ second international park, after Waterton-Glacier International Park in Montana and Canada. The project would require a binational effort to build visitor facilities and open at least one legal crossing in the park.

glacier + volcano

XKCD CLI + jQuery terminal implementation (so cool)

Neato! Print an air-letter form imprinted with your current Google Map location. Write on reverse, fold, seal and stamp.

'realistic' body painting...

Stunning twist on 'living paintings' idea. via @mariapage

» @jackschofield: Photos superimpose the past on the present [Clever] « excellent idea, very @lileks

Carry your keys on your other key. Real working key blank. Key blank can be cut by any key cutter to fit KW1 or SC1 keyways.

In Manor, TX - crowdsourcing govt: "Welcome to Manor Labs! Manor Labs is an open innovation platform designed to allow you to help us solve problems that plague our local government agency. This is also a place for you to submit ideas on how we can do things better. For more information on how we are using open innovation in Manor, please e-mail innovations@cityofmanor.org."

Brilliantly done, New York Times interactive team. The Berlin Wall: 20 Years Later http://jr.ly/wc9k

RT @jamesoreilly: Ahoy Mars lovers! RT @Bill_Romanos Martian Landscapes, some mind-boggling, from The Big Picture http://bit.ly/2Hm80t

@kgreenbaum In that case, have you looked at http://j.mp/geocommons ?

Reading a newspaper, I saw a picture of birds on the electric wires. I cut out the photo and decided to make a song, using the exact location of the birds as notes

This device works with GPS enabled mobile phones to track physical locations. Dandella bends and points toward the targeted location. It can be programmed to track each other, for parent and child to locate one another. Alternatively, it can also be use to find a location base on a particular set of GPS coordinates determined by the user. By ‘going where it points’ users can instinctively find their way with Dandella.

1000fps

uses flex

(uses sinatra)