This Is Just Cool!

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By John David Powell (06/24/08)
Here we are with a new week and another round of posturing, politicking, and punditry regarding the [...]

This is amazing. BigDog is the alpha male of the Boston Dynamics family of robots. It is a quadruped robot that walks, runs, and climbs on rough terrain and carries heavy loads. BigDog is powered by a gasoline engine that drives a hydraulic actuation system. BigDog’s legs are articulated like an animal’s, and have compliant [...]

 
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We just think this is a very cool choice.  We like the maverick in both McCain and Palin.  If elected, this will not be the same old Washington.
Here is a little background on her.  Sarah Louise Heath Palin (pronounced /ˈpeɪlɨn/ (PAY-lin); born February 11, 1964) is the current governor of the U.S. state of Alaska, [...]

Some of the things we take for granted today were dreamed up on pure brain power, others by total accident.
But just how much do you know about the origin of things? Here, is a quiz about 15 of the world’s most useful inventions from adhesives to TV to the zipper and the minds behind them.

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Record setting harvest was done in 2008, in Norton, Kansas.  160 acres was harvested with 100 combines and several grain trucks in 10 minutes and 15 seconds. This record will be entered in the Guiness World. Proceeds of this crop is to be sent to a kids [...]