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Japanese Researchers Make Plastic Out of Water 117

Posted by timothy on Friday April 30, 2010 @07:22PM from the what's-kanji-for-boffin? dept.

greenrainbow writes with this excerpt from Inhabit: "The material shown in the picture above is just ice, right? Look again. Elastic water, a new substance invented by researchers at Tokyo University, is a jelly-like substance made up of 95% water along with two grams of clay and a small amount of organic materials. As is, the all-natural substance is perfect for medical procedures, because it's made of water, poses no harm to people, and is perfect for mending tissue. And, if the research team can increase the density of this exciting new substance, it could be used in place of our current oil-based plastics for a host of other things."

Comment Who cares. (Score 1) 733

by hachikyu on Monday April 19, 2010 @07:33PM (#31904092) Attached to: Roger Ebert On Why Video Games Can Never Be Art

I didn't bother to even RTFA. I couldn't care any less what Roger Ebert thinks is or isn't art. To be quite honest, the same applies to what he thinks about movies or anything else.

Failed Games That Damaged Or Killed Their Companies 397

Posted by Soulskill on Wednesday January 20, 2010 @02:22PM from the cause-or-symptom dept.

An anonymous reader writes "Develop has an excellent piece up profiling a bunch of average to awful titles that flopped so hard they harmed or sunk their studio or publisher. The list includes Haze, Enter The Matrix, Hellgate: London, Daikatana, Tabula Rasa, and — of course — Duke Nukem Forever. 'Daikatana was finally released in June 2000, over two and a half years late. Gamers weren't convinced the wait was worth it. A buggy game with sidekicks (touted as an innovation) who more often caused you hindrance than helped ... achieved an average rating of 53. By this time, Eidos is believed to have invested over $25 million in the studio. And they called it a day. Eidos closed the Dallas Ion Storm office in 2001.'"

Virtual Currency Becomes Real In South Korea 203

Posted by Soulskill on Tuesday January 19, 2010 @02:29PM from the license-to-print-money dept.

garylian writes "Massively is reporting that the South Korean Supreme Court has stated that virtual currency is the equivalent of real-world money. For those of you who might not be drawing the link, the core there is that selling in-game currency for real money is essentially just an exchange of currency and perfectly legal in South Korea. This could have sweeping implications for RMT operations the world over, not to mention free-to-play games and... well, online games in general. The official story is available online from JoongAng Daily."

One Variety of Sea Slugs Cuts Out the Energy Middleman 232

Posted by timothy on Wednesday January 13, 2010 @03:04PM from the would-never-leave-the-house dept.

dragonturtle69 writes with this story, short on details but interesting: "These sea slugs, Elysia chlorotica, have evolved the ability to gain energy via photosynthesis. Forget about genetic modifications for sports enhancements. I want to be able to never need to eat again — or do I?"

Proton Beams Sent Around the LHC 115

Posted by kdawson on Friday November 20, 2009 @05:40PM from the going-in-circles dept.

feldhaus writes "The BBC reports that the first beams for over one year have been successfully sent around the complete circumference of the Large Hadron Collider. Engineers do not yet have a stable circulating beam but they hope to by 0600 GMT on Saturday."

Comment I wouldn't mind the calls... (Score 1) 358

by hachikyu on Tuesday June 16, 2009 @05:07PM (#28353669) Attached to: Auto Warranty Robocall Scammers Busted

if I owned a car. I am curious how many others are in the same boat.

Comment Be proactive. (Score 1) 1188

by hachikyu on Thursday April 02, 2009 @10:10PM (#27440029) Attached to: Angry Villagers Run Google Out of Town

Anyone have a large black tarp? Physically censor your own house from streetview. Someone try this for me...

Comment Re:Harlen (Score 1) 483

by hachikyu on Tuesday March 17, 2009 @11:36PM (#27236897) Attached to: Harlan Ellison Sues For "Star Trek" Episode

Let me know if I can, there is some large software companies that sell code I have written. I'd love to get a couple of sense for every disk.

How about the sense of accomplishment?

Comment Re:Brain? (Score 1) 169

by hachikyu on Sunday October 12, 2008 @07:18PM (#25348745) Attached to: Canadian NDP Leader Praises P2P Communities

I would vote bloc if they were not bend on breaking up Canada... I'm stuck out on the ass end of our great land(Nova Scotia) and that probably would not be in any way beneficial to us maritimers. Other than that one thing, I really like the guy and what I have heard about teh bloc...

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