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Procedural Programming- The Secret Behind Spore 277

Posted by CmdrTaco on Sunday August 05, 2007 @12:30PM from the i-thought-it-was-crack dept.

imashoe writes "Ever wonder how Spore works under the hood? The game seems to be insanely huge and how is it that there can be an infinite amount of different creates created in the game? The answer is Procedural Programming."

Aluminum Alloy Releases Hydrogen From Water 393

Posted by kdawson on Sunday May 20, 2007 @05:03PM from the fill-'er-up-with-AlGal dept.

mdsolar writes "PhysOrg is reporting on a method of releasing hydrogen from water by oxidizing aluminum in an alloy with gallium. In the presence of water the aluminum oxidizes, leaving aluminum oxide, gallium, and hydrogen gas. The Purdue scientists who discovered the effect think this could help to overcome difficulties with hydrogen storage. Quoting: 'On its own, aluminum will not react with water because it forms a protective skin [of aluminum oxide] when exposed to oxygen. Adding gallium keeps the film from forming, allowing the aluminum to react with oxygen in the water.'"

Comment Re:Non-Usable (Score 1) 264

by gears6556 on Thursday April 05, 2007 @02:09PM (#18623879) Attached to: The Modern Ease of 3D Printing

Exactly.

As soon as I can build my own product that isn't designed to fail in 5 years, I can get out of the consumerism loop that manufacturers today have me in. When durable items are truly durable, we can build one and then pass it on to the next generation.

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