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Spiraling Skyscraper Farms For a Future Manhattan 403

Posted by ScuttleMonkey on Monday February 16, 2009 @03:07PM from the biomorphic-structures-are-made-of-people dept.

Mike writes "One of three finalists in this year's Evolo Skyscraper Competition, Eric Vergne's Dystopian Farm project envisions a future New York City interspersed with elegantly spiraling skyscraper farms. The biomorphic structures harness cutting-edge technology to provide the city with its own self-sustaining food source while dynamically altering the fabric of city life."

Comment Re:For what it's worth my soon to be sent letter.. (Score 1) 339

by snicho99 on Thursday February 12, 2009 @10:01PM (#26837987) Attached to: Some Of Australia's Tubes Are About To Be Filtered

Furthermore, the technical, financial and freedom of expression (as upheld through our constitution) issues are well documented and those in themselves should be more than enough to kill any further life in this poorly planned, poorly executed and poorly though-out plan.

Constitution fail. There is no such protection under the Australian Constitution. We have no bill of rights. This is not the Almighty US of A. Are you sure you're a politician? If so, that's a bit scary... though not surprising.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Australian_constitution#Protection_of_rights

Comment Re:Minor pet peeve (Score 5, Informative) 125

by snicho99 on Thursday February 05, 2009 @07:48PM (#26746055) Attached to: MIT Researchers Create a Cheap "6th Sense" Device

There's also the sense of body position, whose name escapes me, but that's not an external sense.

Proprioception
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Proprioception

Submission + - VIPeR: Israel's Killer Robot

Submitted by Guy Yernisberg on Friday March 09, 2007 @03:47AM

Guy Yernisberg writes: Israeli defense contractor Elbit Systems has just completeted the final model of its new VIPeR autonomous defense robot. It's armed with an Uzi submachine gun and can throw grenades. It has an onboard camera for aiming and identifying possible targets. The problem is, once armed, it shoots at everything it can see. It's supposedly intended for use against Palestinian and Lebanese guerilla fighters — but they live amongst the civilians and not in "combat zones" as the IDF claims. Releasing a killing machine in the middle of a city might not be such a good idea after all.

Submission + - Some WHOIS servers has been hacked

Submitted by

yohanes

on Friday March 09, 2007 @01:58AM

yohanes writes: "It seems a WHOIS server (crsnic.net) belonging to Verisign has been hacked (may be not just one, I can't confirm the others). Try doing whois google.com or whois microsoft.com on your console, and see what happens. If you miss it, you can see my archive at http://tinyhack.com. Please verify this story, as I have tested on three machines on different parts of the world."

Submission + - Scientists Seek Coca's Medical Benefits

Submitted by Funne~ on Tuesday March 06, 2007 @11:46PM

Funne~ writes: Cuban scientists are studying the possible medicinal benefits of the coca leaf, a Bolivian official said Tuesday, signaling a possible expansion of President Evo Morales' plans to develop more legal products from a plant that is the chief ingredient of cocaine"

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