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London pads poles to save those who text while walking

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2008-03-09 06:51:55 by Cheryl in Gadgets Blog
...poles and lamp posts across the city Now before you ask the obvious question: Why the hell the government is doin that Let me tell you its only for the citizens of the city who keep banging their heads into poles while they are busy text-messaging on their mobile phones! As per statistics 1 out of 10 London texters have broken their heads,...
 
Tags: poles, carsfor texters bump, texters, government, london government, bump, lamp posts, london texters, wrong
 
 
 
 
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Wenzel Piñon Sport 7-by 7-Foot Three-Person Dome Tent

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2008-05-13 12:16:51 by Ashish in The newest of gadgets
...poles) in under five minutes. The one impediment to an even faster assembly was the heavy-duty nylon corner pockets that secure the poles, which included a polyester-reinforced interior flap that's not seamed at the top of the entry. Thus, we had a tougher time than we should have trying to make correct purchase with the pocket, continually...
 
Tags: tent, tent yesterday, easy, easy day trips, dome-style tent, easy set-up, person, interior, interior flap
 
 
 
 
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Coleman Red Canyon 17- by 10-Foot Eight Person Modified Dome Tent

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2008-05-13 12:16:55 by Ashish in The newest of gadgets
...poles and simple instructions that are sewn right onto the storage bag. Separate storage bags for the poles and stakes keeps everything well organized. To top it all off, the included welcome mat and interior pockets help keep everything tidy on your camping adventure Key Features Features Coleman's exclusive WeatherTec System Footprint:...
 
Tags: tent, coleman, red canyon, red canyon tent, simple instructions, exclusive weathertec system, features coleman, simple instructions sewn, poles
 
 
 
 
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A tale of municipal Wi-Fi gone terribly wrong

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2008-01-24 15:00:26 by Doug Aamoth in CrunchGear
...poles were placed on just about every corner and never really worked correctly from the get-go. Well it seems like the city is fed up with its contractor, Arnic Were going to tell Arinc, Come get your poles, take them out of the ground, stick them someplace where the solar panels wont work at all, St. Louis Park Mayor Jeff Jacobs said. The...
 
Tags: city council, city, poles, ugly brown poles, million, power, solar panels, sue arnic, solar power
 
 
 
 
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THEMIS Satellites Discover Northern Lights Are Powered By Magnetic Fields Snapping Like Rubber Bands [Nasa]

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2008-07-24 17:49:11 by John Mahoney in Gizmodo
...poles, causing a burst of light and movement in the Northern and Southern Lights Substorms often accompany intense space storms that can disrupt radio communications and global positioning system signals and cause power outages. Solving the mystery of where, when, and how substorms occur will allow scientists to construct more realistic...
 
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History's Greatest Gadgets

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2008-02-01 17:26:23 by Rob Beschizza in Gadget Lab
...poles. Some believe this odd composition suggests it was a primitive battery Perhaps the ark was a Leyden Jar of sorts, able to hold a charge and zap sticky-fingered thieves Finally lost when the Babylonians plundered Jerusalem,it was likely stolen and ultimately destroyed by the invaders. The faithful hope it found its way in hiding: the...
 
Tags: century, 15th century, eleventh century, 19th century, century construction, gadgets, 11th century, 18th-century inventionits mystery, 18th
 
 
 
 
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History's Greatest Gadgets Revisited

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2008-02-04 10:41:56 by HASH0x86d5ea4 in Newlaunches.com
...poles. Some believe this odd composition suggests it was a primitive battery. It was lost when the Babylonians plundered Jerusalem, it was likely stolen and ultimately destroyed by the invaders. The faithful hope it found its way in hiding: the British Isles or Ethiopia. The Mariner's Compass c. 1100 It was quite difficult for early mariners...
 
Tags: century, 18th-century invention, 15th century, eleventh century, 11th century, 13th century, mechanical turk blindly, turk, eighth century
 
 
 
 
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Device That Sorts Through Structural Isomers of Neutral Molecules

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2008-04-18 08:09:29 by Michael in Medgadget
...poles to repeatedly jump backwards and forwards. The direction in which the force of the electrical field acts on the molecules changes accordingly The frequency of the alternating field is decisive; that is, the speed at which the poles change places. Different dipoles vary in their response to the alternating field. Finally, at a certain...
 
Tags: molecules, mass, berlin, berlin sorts, quadrupole mass filter, dipole moment, berlin researchers equipment, dipole, beam
 
 
 
 
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English towns equipping crossing guards with cameras

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2008-05-01 08:02:00 by Nilay Patel in Engadget
...poles are fairly conspicuous, and the hope is that it'll curb aggressive driving around crossing zones, which resulted in 1,400 incidents last year. There's no word on how anyone plans to measure the effectiveness of the program, but we're certain the crossing guards who get passed over for the poles and end up with the hat-mounted cameras...
 
Tags: cameras, guards, cctv cameras, stop signs, poles, gadgets england, choice words, local councils, fairly conspicuous