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Monday, April 30, 2012
MIT develops fog resistant, glare-free glass, it's clearly amazing (video)
It sounds like it's not just us that spend half our sweet time with lint-free cloth in hand. Researchers at MIT have developed a new type of glass that "virtually eliminates" reflections, and is also water-repellent. By using techniques from the semiconductor industry, conical nano-textures etched into the layered surface that give the wonder-glass its fog, glare and self-cleaning properties. The hope is that the technology will find its way into our many daily screens and even windows. It's not all about gadget vanity though; solar panels lose efficiency over time through residual surface build up, and using the new glass could go some way to eliminate that issue. If they can just remember where they put the ultra-clear test sample that is.
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Sunday, April 29, 2012
Britney Spears Posts Cute, Trippy Video of Kids
Britney Spears' sons Sean and Jayden sure know how to have fun.
The singer Tweeted a trippy semi-animated video of the boys, ages 6 and 5 respectively, dancing to "We No Speak Americano" by Yolanda Be Cool & Dcup.
Carrying a toy light saber, Sean does most of the dancing. "We shot a fun video for y'all," Spears writes. "Hint: it involves my boys. More to come, I promise!"
One can only hope. It's nice to see her kids playing and doing weirdly cute stuff like any other children that age. Check out the video posted by Britney below:
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Saturday, April 28, 2012
Friday, April 27, 2012
'Fringe' Renewed For Fifth And Final Season
Co-creator and executive producer J.J. Abrams promises fans a 'wild and thrilling' conclusion.
By Kara Warner
Jasika Nicole, Joshua Jackson and John Noble in "Fringe"
Photo: Liane Hentscher/FOX
Despite the many rumors of cancellation, genre favorite TV series "Fringe" has been renewed for a fifth and final season. The series' dedicated fans should rejoice at the news of the 13-episode order, which the network announced Thursday (April 26).
"We are thrilled and beyond grateful that Fox — and our fans — have made the impossible possible: 'Fringe' will continue into a fifth season that will allow the series to conclude in a wild and thrilling way," co-creator and executive producer J.J. Abrams said in a statement. "All of us at Bad Robot are forever indebted to our viewers and the amazingly supportive Fox network for allowing the adventures of Fringe Division to not only continue, but to resolve in a way that perfectly fits the show."
" 'Fringe' is a remarkably creative series that has set the bar as one of television's most imaginative dramas. Bringing it back for a final 13 allows us to provide the climactic conclusion that its passionate and loyal fans deserve," Kevin Reilly, president of entertainment for Fox Broadcasting Company, said of the renewal. "The amazing work the producers, writers and the incredibly talented cast and crew have delivered the last four seasons has literally been out of this world. Although the end is bittersweet, it's going to be a very exciting final chapter."
The news should be very welcome to the show's loyal fanbase, which was put on cancellation alert earlier this year when Reilly admitted to reporters that the show does not make the network any money.
Star Joshua Jackson told MTV News earlier this year that no matter how the show ends, he wants to please the fans who've stuck with the show and go out with a real ending, not a cliffhanger.
"The only thing that would piss me off about being canceled is if we brought people along for all these years — and they've been so dedicated and really stuck with the show — and we didn't finish it up," he said. "Whatever the future of the show is going to be ... the most important thing is that they have enough time to finish the story."
What do you hope happens in the final season of "Fringe"? Share your theories in the comments!
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Thursday, April 26, 2012
Can President Obama Drive A Sphero Robotic Ball? Yes He Can! [Video]
The Sphero is a clever little gadget. It's instantly addictive made possible by an incredibly intuitive control scheme. In short the little robotic ball is controlled by simply drawing on the connected smartphone's screen. Users generally get the hang of it within seconds. Obama did. "...Excuse me, give me some space to? drive my ball," the POTUS said.pat burrell chicago bulls allen west hilary rosen grilled cheese north korea missile nerlens noel
Zynga CEO Mark Pincus: OMGPOP Acquisition Was A ?Rare Instance?
Stepping back from remarks a few weeks ago that suggested that Zynga was about to go on a shopping spree, Zynga chief executive Mark Pincus said the $180 million acquisition of Draw Something-maker OMGPOP was a "rare instance." Although OMGPOP was certainly a step up from anything Zynga has ever done before, Pincus said it didn't represent a change in strategy from last year. He said Zynga will continue to be "prudent and bottom line-oriented" in its decisions today during the first-quarter earnings call.?That's a?change in tone from an interview with Bloomberg a few weeks ago when he said that he expected to do "a few? OMGPOP-sized deals in the next three to five years. His remarks helped send shares tumbling 13.9 percent from the day the story appeared.autism obamacare adrienne rich cesar chavez day raspberry ketone ron burgundy millennial media
Fashion Retail And Styling Platform JustFab Seeing Over $100M In Revenue, Expanding Internationally
JustFab, a fashion retail and styling platform, is announcing a number of new metrics today, including over $100 million in yearly revenue as well as international expansion. JustFab was incubated by Intelligent Beauty in March 2010 and has since grown to over 2.5 million members. Similar to sites like ShoeDazzle and BeachMint, JustFab operates a monthly distribution model.demarcus cousins savannah brinson mount rainier ohio state football capital one bowl winter classic 2012 2012 nfl draft order
Joran van der Sloot to Be Extradited to U.S., Charged With Extortion of Natalee Holloway's Family
The process to extradite Joran van der Sloot from Peru to the United States to face criminal charges is underway. He faces accusations of extortion and fraud.
Peruvian judges in January sentenced van der Sloot, a Netherlands native, to 28 years in prison for the murder of Stephany Flores in 2010.
He has long been the prime suspect in the disappearance of Holloway. Authorities want to try van der Sloot on charges of extortion and wire fraud in the U.S.
According to documents obtained through Maximo Altez, van der Sloot's Peruvian attorney, a judge has approved a U.S. request for provisional detention.
This is the first step in the extradition process between Peru and the United States. The document says a formal extradition request has yet to be submitted.
The only hold-up to the extradition process is van der Sloot's appeal, which should be finished in about a month, Altez said.
"I think he will be extradited within three months," said Altez. "He will go to trial in the U.S. Once he is sentenced, he will return to Peru to finish serving his 28 years, and then go back to the States to serve whatever sentence he gets there."
Talk about piling it on (deservedly so).
In June 2010, a federal grand jury in Alabama indicted him after allegations that he tried to extort $250,000 from Holloway's mother, Beth Holloway.
Van der Sloot offered to provide what turned out to be bogus info about the whereabouts of Holloway in exchange for the money, the indictment says.
He was allegedly given $25,000, which police say he used to travel to Peru for a poker tournament. If found guilty of extortion, he could get 25 years.
Van der Sloot admitted to killing Flores, 21, in his Lima hotel room. The judges gave him a sentence two years short of the 30-year maximum.
They ordered he be expelled from Peru at the end of his sentence and required him to pay about $74,500 in reparations to Flores' relatives.
Joran van der Sloot confessed to robbery in addition to murder, admitting that he stole Flores' belongings, including more than $300 in local currency, credit cards and the victim's van as a means to leave the country.
He fled to Chile and was arrested a few days later.
Another van der Sloot attorney, Jose Luis Jimenez, said his client was under special stress the day of the 2010 murder, which marked five years after Holloway, an 18-year-old from Alabama, disappeared while vacationing on Aruba.
Van der Sloot, who was among the last people seen with Natalee Holloway in 2005, was detained twice but has not been charged in the case.
Investigators have said van der Sloot killed Flores after she found something related to the Holloway case on his computer while visiting him in his hotel room. The two met while van der Sloot was in town for the poker tournament.
Judges described how Flores hit van der Sloot in the face after reading the item, leading him to elbow her in the face. Flores fainted and van der Sloot tried to strangle her, but she was still breathing, so he suffocated her with his shirt.
Van der Sloot then tried to clean the room by removing the sheets and changing his bloodied shirt, they said. He was caught in a taxi near the Chilean central coastal city of Vina del Mar, then charged with murder and later convicted.
Holloway's body has not been found, and no one has been charged in relation to the case in Aruba. Six and a half years after Holloway went missing, Alabama Probate Judge Alan King signed an order declaring her legally dead.
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Gotye Changes Tune On 'Glee' Cover
Singer says the show's version of 'Somebody That I Used to Know' was not 'dinky,' but 'clever.'
By Gil Kaufman
Gotye
Photo: MTV News
Did Australian singing sensation Gotye say he thought the "Glee" cover of his breakthrough hit "Somebody That I Used to Know" was "dinky and wrong," "ultra-dry" and sounded like "it's playing to you from a cardboard box"?
Well, what he actually meant was that the version performed by Darren Criss and Matt Bomer on last week's episode was "really clever." According to The Hollywood Reporter, during a private performance at a Los Angeles club on Monday afternoon Gotye clarified his comments.
He explained that, "The nature of using reverb and space in a recording can change your perception of how a sound appeals to you." That was after he originally said, "They did such a faithful arrangement of the instrumentals but the vocals were that pop 'Glee' style, ultra-dry, sounded pretty tuned and the rock has no real sense, like it's playing to you from a cardboard box," which was actually meant as a compliment.
See, what Gotye was referring to was, "This xylophone hook in my song — it's kind of dinky not just in the cover version but the original song." Aha!
Furthermore, Gotye said he thought the interpretation of his hit on the choral drama was, "Really clever to transpose the song to two guys ... It was a great idea."
Whatever Gotye thought of it, the cover was just what "Somebody" needed to get over the hump and top the Billboard Hot 100 chart.
And Gotye wasn't the first singer to slam the show (and/or creator Ryan Murphy), joining a list that includes the Foo Fighters , former Guns N' Roses guitarist Slash and Kings of Leon .
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