06/13/2010 Ethnic rioting spreads in Kyrgyzstan, with 80 dead (AP)

AP - Ethnic unrest spread Sunday in southern Kyrgyzstan, where at least 80 people were killed and more than 1000 injured. Thousands of Uzbeks fled after their homes were looted and burned by roving crowds of men in Kyrgyzstan.

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07/28/2010 Patriot Fires Off Three More Inferno SSDs

Patriot's scorching hot Inferno series SSDsspread to three new capacities - 60GB, 120GB, 240GB and - joining the existing 100 GB and 200GB models.

Built for the performance of MLC drives boast up to 285MB / s Read and up to 275MB / with the recording speed, as well as obscene 24K IOPS (record) in the 4K file size. In other words, these little fireballs quickly, which is starting to become standard fare for the drive is built around SandForce SF-1200 controller.

"The Inferno series of SSDs are the fastest and most exciting that Patriot has yet brought to the market," states Les Henry, Vice President of Engineering at Patriot. "Our Inferno series has been well received and reviewed. We are excited to expand the product family with the introduction of the new larger capacity Inferno drives as well as the new 60GB capacity option. With the addition of the 60GB capacity drive, enthusiasts can enjoy the blistering performance of the Inferno SSD at a more affordable price point making it ideal as a boot drive in a high performance system."

For those who plan to do that, all Inferno series SSDs ship with a 2.5-inch to 3.5-inch adapter plate. No word yet on price or availability.

Image Credit: Patriot

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06/25/2010 Jeri experiments with electroluminescent phosphor

Those who follow Jeri's mad-scientist-like curiosity and sci-tech explorations in her many YouTube vids know that she's recently been hot to create electroluminescence. In this vid, she tries to make her own phoshor. It didn't quite work out, but she explains the process and then shows something cool that she did discover, triboluminescence, the optical phenom that occurs when crystal (or other) material is crushed, rubbed, pulled apart, etc. (think: Wint-O-Green Life Savers). Actually, when it's crystals being crushed, it's more specifically known as fractoluminescence. Keep at it, Jeri! We know you'll have a homebrewed EL display in no time.

Triboluminescence - Batteries, Glow Paint and Fire

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04/15/2010 See out the apocalypse in luxury: Vivos Underground Survival Shelter Network

Tags: Catastrophe, Disaster "Housing

Articles:

• Oxfam innovates to tackle shelter crisis in earthquake zone
• Flexible solar strips shed light on the bus waiting
• Crosslink flexible lighting could change the look of the future
• Inflatable composite structures enable lightweight transportable buildings
• The Bushbunker: last resort wildfire protection
• The paraSITE - an inflatable shelter for the homeless that runs off expelled HVAC air

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07/03/2010 Firefox Home for iPhone awaiting Apple’s approval

Mozilla has submitted Firefox Home, its first iOS app, to the App Store. Although Apple shouldn't have any objections to it, nothing is certain until the software appears on the App Store. Firefox Home is a simple app that syncs your personal history, bookmarks, and open tabs from the Firefox browser on your desktop. Once you [...]

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