Boiledbeans

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October 2012

Wednesday, October 31, 2012

In the words of the prophet Flo Rida

—srikanth @ 23:59

What are these?

Cracked by: rickde, Sumanth Patlolla, Anjul and Rogi

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Electron Microscope views of a vinyl record, and a compact disc


Tuesday, October 30, 2012

Wonder what the RIAA will think of this.

—srikanth @ 23:59

A recent demonstration. What is it?

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Cracked by: rickde, Sumanth Patlolla and Rogi

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3D printed vinyl record, demonstrated by Amanda Ghassaei of Instructables


Monday, October 29, 2012

beweechgelickhijt

—srikanth @ 23:59

What is happening here?

Cracked by: rickde, Sumanth Patlolla, Ananth, Rogi Ocnorb, Rogi, Dibyo and Mayukh Bose

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Dutch researchers, in 2006, analyzing the anatomical accuracy of Rembrandt’s 1633 painting titled ‘The Anatomy Lesson of Dr Nicolaes Tulp’


Sunday, October 28, 2012

CONSUME, CITIZEN!

—srikanth @ 23:59

Why were these mannequins in the news recently?

Cracked by: Rogi, rickde, raklodramA, Sumanth Patlolla, SLN and Ananth

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The EyeSee mannequins have cameras in their eyes, and track customers and aggregate shopper behaviour.


Saturday, October 27, 2012

I prefer Troy/Abed's Dreamatorium.

—srikanth @ 23:59

Diagrams from what? Alternatively, what are people likening it to?

Cracked by: Rogi, rickde, raklodramA, SLN, Sumanth Patlolla and Ananth

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Microsoft’s patent for the IMMERSIVE DISPLAY EXPERIENCE using the Kinect, AKA their own holodeck.


Friday, October 26, 2012

So, source code viewer then?

—srikanth @ 23:59

What “first”?

Cracked by: Anjul

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First photograph of a strand of DNA, taken with an electron microscope.


Thursday, October 25, 2012

Great success

—srikanth @ 23:59

Identify:

Cracked by: Rogi, Anjul, rickde, Ananth, raklodramA, Sumanth Patlolla and aparna rajeev

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Pyongyang Racer, North Korea’s first every Video Game. It’s free to play, BTW.


Wednesday, October 24, 2012

Now at 48fps?

—srikanth @ 23:59

Reconstructing what?

Cracked by: Manish Achuth, KK, rickde, ashwin, Sumanth Patlolla, Rogi, raklodramA and aparna rajeev

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A scientist’s reconstruction of the Homo Floriensis, colloquially called ‘The Hobbit’


Tuesday, October 23, 2012

Quack.

—srikanth @ 23:59

This canard lays claim to be the first. Identify the device:

Cracked by: Manish Achuth, KK, rickde, Sumanth Patlolla, Rogi, Ananth, raklodramA and aparna rajeev

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The Santos-Dumont 14bis


Monday, October 22, 2012

Wonder how they fixed typos..

—devadutta @ 01:56

Gust question from %gqh% raklodrama. Thank you sire!

What is special about this typewriter?

Cracked by: raklodramA, Sumanth Patlolla, Manish Achuth, mankuTimma, Rogi and Ananth

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Typewriter with predictive text