U.S. Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA), part of the U.S. Department of Defense will see to the development of an aircraft that will need to land but once every five years. Yes, only once every 5 years! The project is called Project Vulture!


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While the rest of the design community engaged in long-winded theoretical discussion, attendees at this year’s Maker Faire in San Mateo, CA were busy making things. Just wrapped up last night, this weekend-long collection of homemade and handcrafted technology is the brainchild of Make Magazine, and has got to be one of the coolest, most welcoming design-related events we’ve seen in a good long while.
Core77-style coverage of the event starts tomorrow, so expect interviews, video clips, and photo galleries, featuring the likes of TechShop, ThingM, Bug Labs, Engineers Without Borders, and a few of the minds responsible for organizing the Faire and the magazine both.
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Do you absolutely love Gateway desktops? If you said yes, prepare to be seriously stoked. The company is releasing a slew of new systems this week, ranging from cheapos starter to pretty heavily equipped gaming / multimedia models. We’ve got all the info that’s fit to print (and frankly, some that isn’t), and we’ve rounded up the basic specs and features after the break. Enjoy!
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Do you absolutely love Gateway desktops? If you said yes, prepare to be seriously stoked. The company is releasing a slew of new systems this week, ranging from cheapos starter to pretty heavily equipped gaming / multimedia models. We’ve got all the info that’s fit to print (and frankly, some that isn’t), and we’ve rounded up the basic specs and features after the break. Enjoy!
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Archer Quinn promised the world a working demonstration of his homemade free energy device called the “Sword of God” by June 20th, but it looks like we’re getting a sneak peek a little early: Quinn’s detailing the build on his blog, and it’s just about at pigs-in-trousers insane as you’d expect. It’s hard to even pick one quote as an example here — Quinn rails on about how he destroyed his first machine because he didn’t want Arab nations to starve without oil money but then a picture of Dubai’s opulence changed his mind, how “gravity wheels” are perpetual motion machines, how Nikola Tesla presented BS theories, how Australian Nazis are reading his email, and on and on. Most importantly, however, he continues to update on how his project is going. We’re not sure if he’s done yet or what (it’s not exactly easy to follow) but it looks like something’s ready — anyone want to bet if it works? We also have a very nice bridge in Brooklyn to sell you.
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Archer Quinn promised the world a working demonstration of his homemade free energy device called the “Sword of God” by June 20th, but it looks like we’re getting a sneak peek a little early: Quinn’s detailing the build on his blog, and it’s just about at pigs-in-trousers insane as you’d expect. It’s hard to even pick one quote as an example here — Quinn rails on about how he destroyed his first machine because he didn’t want Arab nations to starve without oil money but then a picture of Dubai’s opulence changed his mind, how “gravity wheels” are perpetual motion machines, how Nikola Tesla presented BS theories, how Australian Nazis are reading his email, and on and on. Most importantly, however, he continues to update on how his project is going. We’re not sure if he’s done yet or what (it’s not exactly easy to follow) but it looks like something’s ready — anyone want to bet if it works? We also have a very nice bridge in Brooklyn to sell you.
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