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Robotics

Submission + - Soft-Shell Robot Comes Complete With Cloaking Abilities (revmodo.com)

heptapod writes: Harvard roboticists are close to mimicking cephalopod camouflage in a lab. This latest bit of bio-mimicry involves soft, silicone-based robots with a web of tiny channels flowing through their silicone skin. Going further, incorporating the muscle structure of cephalopods opens up an entirely new world of flexible, self-camouflaging robotics. More can be found at Harvard's website.

Comment Nitrogen (Score 1, Informative) 434

Get a container which is airtight and watertight. Pump it full of nitrogen.

I disagree with CDs and DVDs not being readable. Compact discs are a mature technology. As long as they're kept someplace cool, dark and dry they should be fine and readable when the container is opened in twenty five years. No idea if memory sticks or hard drives would survive.

Comment How about gameplay? (Score 5, Insightful) 197

One of the bad aspects of modern gaming is games becoming interactive DVDs. Press X, beat the bad guy and earn the privilege of watching a half-hour cutscene that tells you to press O to defeat the next boss to watch the next cutscene.

Create games that are engrossing with gameplay and don't require much of an investment on the behalf of the player.

Games

Submission + - Steam Officially Coming To Linux This Year! (phoronix.com)

heptapod writes: The long anticipated port of the popular video game distribution service Steam is finally coming to Linux. Michael Larabel shares an email sent in of a reader's exchange with Gabe Newell, and Mike confirms he already knew but was asked not to announce it. Since Valve won't be announcing Half Life 3, it's a strong possibility this will be their presentation at E3.
Science

The Encyclopedia of Life Passes the 1 Million Page Mark 23

Chuckles08 writes "The Encyclopedia of Life project, an online resource aggregating information about all life on Earth, now has over 1 million taxon pages with content. All content is licensed under a Creative Commons license and includes text, over 1.5 million images, video, and sounds. It's an amazing resource for educators since the information is curated and rated. EOL also develops tools to make the content even more accessible, like the field guide tool that lets you build a customized online (and printable) field guide about any group of species or higher taxa."

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