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Thunderbird: Delete Emails Automatically When Marked as Junk

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With the default setting in Thunderbird, every time an email is marked as junk, it is only moved to the Junk E-mail folder. If you want the junk emails gone completely, you will have to manually delete them. If you think this process is unnecessary, you can configure the program to delete those spammy emails [...]6 Vote(s)

Timeless Capture: A camera designed to demand an emotional attachment

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Do you have an emotional attachment to your DSLR? Design student Brian Matanda says the constant stream of new cameras filled with ever better tech means we no longer feel the same way about our cameras and the images they produce. As such he's created Timeless Capture, a concept digital camera that he claims users would have no option but to develop an emotional attachment to … and there's certa11 Vote(s)

the fantasies of charles by charles kaisin

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a ten foot long solid oak and beech table is supported by cut trees in order to set the stage for a surrealist dinner event evocative of the environment in lewis carroll's 'alice in wonderland'. read more14 Vote(s)

How Space Quest's creative duo buried the hatchet after 20 years apart

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Twenty years ago, game development duo Scott Murphy and Mark Crowe, having shipped four games in Sierra On-Line's Space Quest series, parted ways after a falling out. For many graphical adventure game fans, it was a premature ending to a partnership that should have told many more stories. Recently, Murphy and Crowe -- affectionately known by their fans as The Two Guys From Andromeda -- set aside18 Vote(s)

G-POD: Your futuristic garden lounge or portable office has landed

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While the G-POD may resemble a cabin from the London Eye's giant Ferris wheel, the prefabricated pod does come with some backyard benefits. The futuristic looking pod is a portable unit that comes in four different options, designed to create a backyard lounge, dining room or office. Created by the British garden specialists, Ornate Garden in Birmingham, U.K., the G-POD series features rotating o20 Vote(s)

The Market Value of the IKEA Cardboard Digital Camera? About $100

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There was a collective groan from hipster photographers around the world last month after it was revealed that IKEA had no plans to start selling its KNÄPPA cardboard camera to the general public. If you were one of the lucky few who got your hands on one of the cameras, you’ll be happy to know that the free handout you snagged is increasing in value. Earlier today one of the cameras was au9 Vote(s)

Oliver Nome Could Use a Hand

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The life of a freelancer is never easy, but when you’re young and ailing and in financial difficulty, it can suddenly be just awful. Artist Oliver Nome, a highly regarded comics artist, is having a medical crisis and could use a helping hand. Blog @ Newsarama’s Graeme McMillan has the details and if you can spare it, I can’t think of a better cause. [Artwork: by Oliver Nome, f8 Vote(s)

SAOTA: la lucia

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lining the lower and upper levels, a series of screens made from bronzed anodised aluminum evoke the texture of the leaf canopies of the encompassing native milkwood trees.read more16 Vote(s)

Paralyzed rats regain mobility with a combination of robotics and chemical stimulation

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Researchers working at the Swiss Federal Institute of Technology have successfully made use of electrical and chemical stimulation techniques to excite neurons in the lower spinal cord of previously paralyzed rats, enabling the subject rodents to walk and even run when suspended by a vest which provides balance and restricts movement to the hind legs only. .. Continue Reading Paralyzed rats regai10 Vote(s)

szuwei wu: welding

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imitating the folding of paper this collection of fused iron bowls features the joining of the materials with a prominent burn detail.read more6 Vote(s)

Viking Burger and Blocks That Matter highlight this week's Best of Indie Games

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This week on "Best Of Indie Games," we take a look at some of the top independent PC Flash/downloadable titles released over this last week. The goodies in this edition include an RTS inspired by Bullfrog's legendary Populous, a finalist from the Experimental Gameplay's 5 Buttons Competition, a Dream.Build.Play grand prize winner, plus a couple more picks from the recently-concluded Ludum Dare 2315 Vote(s)

Toasty Tush adds some warmth to your folding camp chair

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Whether you're sitting just outside the lines of a baseball diamond on a mid-April night or camping at 10,000 feet in July, a thin piece of canvas isn't really enough to keep you warm. And yet that's all that stands between your backside and the cold air molecules below. The Toasty Tush uses some simple design to make your camp chair a little warmer. .. Continue Reading Toasty Tush adds some warm16 Vote(s)

transparent double-sided smartphone prototype

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being developed by NTT docomo and fujitsu, the prototype android smartphone features touchscreens on both the front and back of the device, opening up the possibilities for touch interaction.read more12 Vote(s)

Lab-grown human blood vessels could help study diseases, grow tissues for transplant

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A team of bioengineers at the University of Washington has developed the first structure for growing small human blood vessels in the laboratory. The vessels behave remarkably like those in a living human and offer a better and much more modular approach to studying blood-related diseases, testing drugs and, one day, growing human tissues for transplant... Continue Reading Lab-grown human blood v14 Vote(s)

Google plans to show off 3D maps 5 days before Apple does

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It's pretty much a sure thing that Apple will be replacing Google Maps with its own solution in iOS 6, highlighting a new 3D mapping feature in the process, and that this will be revealed on June 11 during the WWDC 2012 keynote. What we didn't expect, however, was that Google would be planning its own Maps even five days prior to Apple's announcement in order to show off what we ass8 Vote(s)