Most modern lithium batteries should *not* be cycled or discharged "fully"--such a practice degrades the battery capacity quite rapidly. I think the practice of fully discharging the battery comes from the NiMH-type rechargeable AA(A) batteries.

Yeah, sometimes people recommend fully discharging a lithium battery during operation so that the monitoring software can recalibrate it's battery power meter to adjust for the decline in total capacity, but I'm not sure it's worth it.

As mentioned earlier, temperature is a big factor as well. Maybe Haswell will save the day...

My first thought was that OSC was pleading for die-hards to give the movie a chance...because the trailer was so terrible. No...not going to tolerate a crappy adaptation of a beloved childhood book...!

It would have been interesting if the researchers could have figured out how old the trash was--i.e. what make/model of shoe, any identifying marks on the tires, etc. But the major thesis is clear enough: disposable consumerism has victims and unintended (or ignored) consequences.

But having said that, you only get the air temp on the floor. This does you no good w.r.t. 3D air flows where you could have bad heat traps above ground (hot air rises, yo).

It's probably the integration of the temp probes (and physical nature of temp probes) that gets to be a hassle. I mean, you need a separate probe for each point...so you need some way to daisy chain that data before you end up with a trunk-sized batch of insulated metal wire spaghetti.

Resume building awards, money, berths to the International Science & Engineering Fair (expenses paid)...there's a lot you can win. And the intent of regional/state fairs is to provide geographic egalitarianism, or else you'll have half the high schools in NY sucking up all the qualifying spots from all other states nearby through border jumping.

I just run linux in a vm on top of Win7 enterprise. Sigh. Can't keep reinstalling my OS every so often; ain't nobody got time for that.

Maybe they've loaded the contractual clauses with fine print to help them avoid paying out $30k. Maybe the only bonus is $30k, which might be cheaper than any other headhunter's usual contract. Someone at HubSpot should think about contracting out to Bengaluru or Mumbai.

No context given in the article, but here's the abstract:

"Drugs that kill tuberculosis more quickly could shorten chemotherapy significantly. In Escherichia coli, a common mechanism of cell death by bactericidal antibiotics involves the generation of highly reactive hydroxyl radicals via the Fenton reaction. Here we show that vitamin C, a compound known to drive the Fenton reaction, sterilizes cultures of drug-susceptible and drug-resistant Mycobacterium tuberculosis, the causative agent of tuberculosis. While M. tuberculosis is highly susceptible to killing by vitamin C, other Gram-positive and Gram-negative pathogens are not. The bactericidal activity of vitamin C against M. tuberculosis is dependent on high ferrous ion levels and reactive oxygen species production, and causes a pleiotropic effect affecting several biological processes. This study enlightens the possible benefits of adding vitamin C to an anti-tuberculosis regimen and suggests that the development of drugs that generate high oxidative burst could be of great use in tuberculosis treatment."

So you need ferrous ions as well. Interesting things to have in your lungs, but it's a start.

So were the original video posters receiving revenue already? Hard to tell from the article diction.

"Until their claims are straightened out, I won't be playing their games," he continued. "I won't because it jeopardises my channel's copyright standing and the livelihood of all LP-ers."

Livelihood? Really?

First, the frequencies used by mobile phones are fairly different from those used by wifi routers. Second, I wonder what the total power output of the routers (and the received power at the watercress) was during the experiment. Third, I'm wondering how the kids will duplicate this experiment around a cell tower...very interesting.

(There is much anecdotal evidence about the bad health effects of cellphone radiation out there--I will not be surprised if the evidence proves a mechanism one day.)

Agreed. Sounds like the dialogue is already off a bit, and I can't see how they're going to work in the Game (with the giant killing Ender over and over). I know technology has advanced since the books writing, but I keep thinking of the Battle Room as an empty gridded holodeck with 'stars' and gates...none of this shiny Apple-store/Tron nonsense. Ditto for the battle "simulations." Sparse military conditions, c'mon! The ansible's bandwidth is surely limited. And, no allusion to Achilles in the trailer if the directors are trying to blend in Bean's perspective from Ender's Shadow...

Also, Harrison Ford doesn't have the gravitas in his voice to pull a narration. Sean Connery...yes.

I will be impressed if they can convince me that Battle School is truly a global endeavor. Ben Kingsley just doesn't look all that Polynesian to me either...

Atom is going to more than just consumer phablet market segments. While you laugh, the roadmap is being laid down way outside the scope you just described.

Looks like AMD's budgeted priority for their marketing staff at the expense of their engineering staff is paying off.

They will converge until one cannibalizes much of the other's market on the power consumption spectrum (guess which).