This is just really, really cool. Neat to see the effect they have on everyone!
The first sentence in this presentation (well, other than “can I have a beer please” in German) rocks my socks off.
http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=-6950604815683841321[Drew Endy]‘s Programming DNA talk was by far the most interesting talk we saw at Chaos Communication Congress. No, DNA doesn’t have much to do with computers, but he points out that hacking principles can be applied just the same. Right now engineers are reversing genetic code and compiling building blocks for creating completely arbitrary organisms. This talk was designed to bootstrap the hacking community so that we can start using and contributing standard biological parts to an open source collection of genetic functions.
via Hackaday
Go Japan! Golly, HD footage of the moon! Oh wait, we put a few people and cars on the moon 50 years ago. Kthxbye.
link to HD Video of moon flyover
It’s Friday, what else are you going to do?
Alex Telthorst just posted a sweet video of him and his buddies doing some cool boating on Lake Creek. Anything on a river that has the nickname “The Brains” just can’t be safe. You guys are nuts!
via Facebook
World traveler and adventurer extraordinare Cam Martindale has finally added video posts to his epic travel site. This guy has worked on the South Pole, trekked in Nepal, fought fires in Australia.. just look at the site already.
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