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Sheer Fun Posted at Bernie DeKoven, funsmith Aug 8, 14:30 GMT Sheer fun tastes like cotton candy - so light you're almost not sure you're tasting anything, so sweet, and sweeter still towards the end. Sheer fun. Sheer joy. Sheer glee. Sweet. And then sweeter. from Bernie DeKoven, [...] Kites could provide electricity for 100,000 homes Posted at KurzweilAI.net Accelerating Intelligence News Aug 8, 10:24 GMT High-flying kites tethered to generators could supply as much as 100 megawatts of electricity, enough to power 100,000 homes, according to researchers from the Delft University of Technology. [pic] Some researchers estimate kites could provide more than 100 times the amount of wind energy required to power the entire planet. (Source: http://www.physorg.com/news137388314.html) Also posted: An Artificial Pancreas Visions of our far future Fingerprint Test Tells What a Person Has Touched Politically motavated SWAT team raid? Posted at American Samizdat: Rebel Scum Since 2001 Aug 8, 08:00 GMT Also posted: Suskind to Release CIA Interview Transcripts on 'Forged' Document I saw "The Dark Knight." Aside from some fine supporting roles, I found [...] Posted at Posthuman Blues Aug 8, 06:20 GMT I saw "The Dark Knight." Aside from some fine supporting roles, I found virtually nothing of interest. The title character (and his alter-ego) are wooden, unconvincing and unsympathetic. (Contrast Christian Bale's comatose delivery with those of the always dependable Michael Caine and Morgan Freeman, characters I would have been happy to see more of.) "The Dark Knight" has garnered some serious praise. I don't doubt it's a superior super-hero movie. ... BabyPictureFilter Posted at MonkeyFilter Aug 8, 01:40 GMT Who's got the cutest baby pics? Of yourself? Of your kids? Of some other relative? That you found randomly? POST 'EM!!!! [more inside] Montauk Monster ReplicaYep, a replica of the Montauk Monster. It looks [...] Posted at Posthuman Blues Aug 8, 00:40 GMT Montauk Monster Replica Yep, a replica of the Montauk Monster. It looks very well done, nice color tones, and a good representation of a weekend wonder, if you ask me. Also posted: Tokyo Fantasy: Images of the apocalypseThese fantastic photoshopped [...] Johnny Posted at MonkeyFilter Aug 8, 00:40 GMT Johnny Eck [more inside] Also posted: Popcorn Cats Cake wrecks: professional cake decorating gone horribly, horribly wrong. Timeline of Internet Memes: Artificial eyeball does away with distorted images Posted at KurzweilAI.net Accelerating Intelligence News Aug 7, 11:47 GMT University of Illinois at Urbana-Champagne researchers have built a hemispherical digital-image sensor that can take wide-angle pictures without distortion by mimicking the curves of a human retina. [pic] (University of Illinois) They attached an array of silicon photodiodes on a curved "retina." The technology may make it possible to give the curved surface of a human retina a coat of digital sensors, helping blind people see again. (Source: [...]