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Building a Homemade Nuclear Reactor In NYC 219

Posted by samzenpus on Thursday June 24, 2010 @10:37AM from the extreme-diy dept.

yukk writes "Mark Suppes, a web developer for Gucci, is working on his own personal fusion reactor. His work in a NYC warehouse using $35,000 of his own money and $4,000 raised on a website has made him the 38th independent researcher recognized as creating a working fusion reactor. How's that for a hobby?"

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?"

Comment Old and Slow (Score 1) 404

by rhodiumalkyl on Tuesday October 13, 2009 @11:37AM (#29732529) Attached to: Should Computer Games Adapt To the Way You Play?

I'm looking forward to retiring in the next few years and playing all the games that have come out in the last 20 years. I stopped about 20 years ago when my son got to be 12. I would guess lots of us boomers will want to do the same. Setting up games in geezer mode may be the only way to make single player games work for us. Unfortunately we do not get slow and forgetful and shaky because it seems cool.

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