Dead Drops (Not The Ones In Infamous)

          Hey, this is a cool project I discovered thanks to one of my friends on Facebook. The project is an offline, peer-to-peer file sharing network. The project was started by Aram Bartholl and works by embedding flash drive in walls in the public space. Everyone is invited to use the Dead Drops--putting files on them and/or taking files off and more importantly making their own. Watch their video below and check out there website here. (Grammar, if there are issues, will be fixed when I get home tonight.)

Dead Drops Website

Dead Drops 'How to' - NYC from aram bartholl on Vimeo.

Navy To Test Fire Prototype Railgun Next Week

          The Navy is set to fire off a sufficient number of shots to test the BAE Systems-built version Railgun's barrrel structural integrity and life. The railgun is designed to fire the same rounds as the ones aboard U.S. warships. The gun works by propelling the round through the barrel not by gunpowder but by the electomagnets lined inside the gun. The Navy is planning the fully developed version to fire its rounds at speeds of Mach 7.

          Once the Railgun is complete it is expected so save the Navy millions in maintence cost since the weapon uses electromagnetic energy and won't have to use traditional rounds. Watch a video of it below.

SOURCE: AOL

IST 331: Database Design Class Recordings

          I'm putting all my recordings of IST 331 Database Design (CSU, Spring 2012, Lab Days) with Professor Schumaker here. The links below will direct you to the first part of that day's recording. The other parts should show up in the descriptions.

• Class Recording 1 (2/1/12)
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• Class Recording 2 (2/8/12)
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• Class Recording 3 (2/15/12)
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• Class Recording 4 (2/22/12)
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• Class Recording 5 (3/21/12)
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• Class Recording 6 (4/4/12)
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• Class Recording 7 (4/18/12)

UPDATE 1 (4/18/12): I added a playlist option.

Professor Schumaker's Website

83-Year Old Women Receive First 3D Printed Jaw

          A few month ago in Belgium, an 83 year old woman has become the world's first recipient of the coolest implant ever: A '3D printed' titanium jaw. That's right, that jaw see above was printed using technology developed by the University of Hasselt BIOMED Research Institute, which took titanium dust and literally printed the three dimensional jaw. It weighs a tiny bit more, but the procedure only took hours instead of the normal few days it usually take and the woman was able to get her daily habits by the next day! True amazing.

          If you want to learn please visit the links below.

SOURCES: Engadget, Inhabitat, The Blaze