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This is Real Art was commissioned in 2009 by the satellite operator SES- Astra to document the build of a new bird, the Astra 3B, at their factory in France and its subsequent launch. Collaborating with photographer Simon Norfolk, they've produced a stunning series of photographs, a brochure and seven documentaries that show the commerical side of space. If you want to go
Smashing Magazine just keeps coming up with great stuff. This time they've got a beginners tutorial on how to develop for Android using Eclipse, XML and Java. Starting with an introduction by way of "Why Develop for Android", it takes the user through installing the development environment Eclipse and the Android SDK, before setting up the Android Virtual Device, so that
The Plantronics .Audio 1100M is a simple USB VoIP telephone handset optimised for use with Microsoft Office Communicator 2007 and Lync 2010, though it will also work with Skype and other softphone applications. Habitual users of these systems will recognise the benefit of having a dedicated handset rather than relying on speakers or built-in microphones. As you'll see from the photos,
I love maps. You look at an Ordnance Survey Landranger map and you see a thousand years of history, of exploration, of society, of geography all in single sheet of paper that you can fold up and put in your pocket. GPS gives you directions but a map gives you a world. Consequently, I was fascinated and delighted to see
Tor.com are hosting a Steampunk Fortnight over at tor.com, building on the success of last year's Steampunk Month. From 20th October through to 3rd November, there will be stream of articles, stories, desktop backgrounds and giveaways all on the steampunk theme. If you aren't familiar with steampunk, it's a sub-genre of sci-fi where scientific discovery stopped in the Victorian era
Buffalo Technology has added three new wireless-n (802.11n) products to its AirStation range, including the N-Technology USB 2.0 Adapter, N-Technology 150Mbps router and the Nfiniti Dual-Band Wireless-N Ethernet Converter. Starting with the AirStation N-Technology USB2 adapter, this is the smallest wireless-n adaptor I've seen - it's more like the little Bluetooth or wireless mouse transmitters - but still manages 150
The politics of the green movement and the polarity of views have often prevented real debate on climate change from happening. Each side will reinforce their opinion with selective facts from the data and use every opportunity to ridicule their opposition's theories. A great deal of the climate discussion that has appeared in the media has been coloured by specious