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nytimes.com - 12/15/2008

Year In Ideas 2008 - Interactive Feature

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New York Times' Year in Ideas
Boing Boing Gadgets — ... — like a scaled-up version of the self-winding watch. It was a cool demonstration of the principle but not really practical for civilians; to generate significant power, Rome’s backpack weighed up to 80 pounds. By contrast, the in-development version of Donelan’s device — with its aluminum frame, transmission system and generator — will weigh less than 2.5 pounds and easily fit underneath a pair of pants. Stillsuits and Weirding Modules by Christmas 2010. The 8th Annual Year in Ideas [NYT]

Year In Ideas 2008 from the NYTimes...
MAKE Magazine — Year In Ideas 2008 @ The NYTimes is a little tricky to navigate, but there is a lot to see, including our old favorite - the crow vending machine! In June, Josh Klein revealed his master’s-thesis project to a flock of crows at the Binghamton Zoo in south-central New York State. The New York University graduate student offered the birds coins and peanuts from a dish attached to a vending machine he’d created, then took the peanuts away. Klein designed the machine so that when the crows searched for the missing peanuts, they pushed the coins ...