Cannabis Car, built from hemp
p2pnet view Cool:- Mee the Kestrel! Smokin! It’s the prototype of the four-passenger, zero-emission car from Calgary’s Motive Industries, “which announced recently it would introduce an electric car...
View ArticleTodd Reichert flies — like a bird
p2pnet view P2P:- It flies when he pumps pedals linked to pulleys and lines. That makes the wings flap. It really does. Canadian PhD student Todd Reichert’s ornithopter is astounding– fluid and...
View ArticleDMCA Title IV: Authorization of deadly force
p2pnet view Cool:- “This comic occasionally contains strong language (which may be unsuitable for children), unusual humor (which may be unsuitable for adults), and advanced mathematics (which may be...
View Article21st century steam-powered Analytical Engine
p2pnet view Cool:- Jokes about the steam powered computer may soon come true. “I woke up this morning to discover that the The Independent newspaper in the UK had picked up on my desire to build...
View ArticleLook for someone wearing cargo pants
p2pnet view Cool:- Randall Munroe, creator of the web comic xkcd, has obviously been there — like, when everything goes kablooey and you know it’s not your system: it’s your ISP’s. But the tech at the...
View ArticleHatsune Miku. Vocaloid.
p2pnet view Cool | Music:- http://www.crypton.co.jp/mp/pages/prod/vocaloid/cv01_us.jsp Hatsu (初, first) Ne (音, sound) Miku (未来, future) “The first sound from the future.”...
View ArticleVoice synthesizer ‘on steroids’
p2pnet view Cool | Music:- “It’s been a while since my last post, but I thought I’d shed some light on this article”, says Just My Two Cents, commenting from Japan. Someone else wondered, “??? what on...
View ArticleNo, Batman hasn’t move to Vancouver Island
p2pnet view Cool:- My family and I were recently on our way to p2pnet’s palatial HQ on Vancouver Island in British Columbia when we spotted the Batmobile (top) parked by the roadside about 15...
View ArticleShare your files with ‘Dead Drops’
p2pnet view P2P | Cool:- “eyebeam residency ‘dead drops’ project preview http://bit.ly/a6EL7I @eyebeam_org” Adam Bartholl on Twitter. Then on Aram Bartholl – Blog >>> I am pleased to preview...
View ArticleAir Canada stowaway and the Power of Silicone
p2pnet view Cool:- Who was that masked rider? Aircraft rider, that is. A doddery senior, complete with cheesecutter hat and wrinkles everywhere, stepped onto an Air Canada flight in Hong Kong, and...
View ArticleGetting a little WiFi WiGLE room
p2pnet view WiFi | Cool:- Gargle is rightly getting in the neck, and other parts, for scooping WiFi data without asking, and without the knowledge of the scoopees. Of course, the company’s entire...
View ArticleA Christmas Carol — in thIngan Hol
p2pnet view Cool:- “The story of Ebeneezer Scrooge is eternal and universal. But that alone isn’t what does it. Also, Star Trek has worked its way into the fabric of American pop culture so much, that...
View Article‘You’re not a goat. You’re a crab!’
p2pnet view Cool:- Atlas shrugged, and the world changed. Like really. When you woke up yesterday, you may have thought you were a Capricorn, or Aquarius, or maybe a Gemini. But you weren’t. As the...
View ArticleThe ‘Amen Break’, 42 years on
p2pnet view Cool:- “This fascinating, brilliant 20-minute video narrates the history of the ‘Amen Break,’ a six-second drum sample from the b-side of a chart-topping single from 1969″, said mobius32...
View ArticleString Theory – in 3d!
p2pnet view P2P:- First of the year. xkcd. Excellent. Many more to come. Follow me on Twitter. -And identi.ca More January, 2011 First they ignore you, then they laugh at you, then they fight you,...
View ArticlePineapple CEO – with ninja stars!
p2pnet view Cool:- Update: Sold out! And just before that, “For those of you who are waiting for the real Pineapple CEO to be back from his medical leave, he is training his body now, he will fully...
View ArticlePutting the world online, 78 micro-satellites
p2pnet view Cool:- Canada’s Microsat Systems Canada Inc (MSCI) says in 2014-2015, it plans to open the net in space with 78 orbitting micro-satellites. Under the name COMMStellation, they’ll circle...
View ArticlePrinciples of datalove
p2pnet view Cool:- The principles of datalove as seen by Telcomix agents, as posted on We Rebuild Interfax, as per anonymous in Dept. of Education. QUOTE There is as well a nice and cosy PDF of this...
View ArticleDistraction Affliction Correction Extension
p2pnet view Cool:- Over the years, p2pnet has had the pleasure and fun of sharing quite a few xkcd webcomics, but I don’t think we’ve ever run an actual text post from its artist/writer, Randall...
View ArticleDoes Cinderell have eigenvectors?
p2pnet view Cool:- Thank you, xkcd. Once again. Follow me on Twitter. -And identi.ca More March, 2011 First they ignore you, then they laugh at you, then they fight you, then you win ~ Mahatma Gandhi...
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