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Augmented (hyper)Reality

I am unsure if the Vimeo video will work properly - if not please visit here and have a look: http://vimeo.com/8569187 This is a concept video for a quite frankly startling future. Augmented reality...
10:13 Fri 09th Jul 201010 answers, last by alpanasharma1190 07:04 Fri 20th Sep 2019
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hippyhoppy

Can a fish drown in a resevoir with no currents...?! lol

11:50 Tue 20th Jul 201012 answers, last by jomifl 18:20 Tue 03rd Aug 2010
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zzxxee

the last named asteroid to hit the earth

my daughter needs to answer this for her homework googled the question no clear answer though can anyone help? TIA X...
03:49 Wed 14th Jul 20105 answers, last by jomifl 20:23 Mon 02nd Aug 2010
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Captain Spod

How do anchors work?

If it was just the weight, dragging along the seabed, then they wouldn't all have that, well, anchor shape. If the shape is important in somehow clinging to the seabed, how does the ship simply raise...
20:20 Mon 19th Jul 201010 answers, last by McMouse 12:30 Fri 23rd Jul 2010
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David90

Quantum theory

Here's a good question from the novel "Solar" by Ian Mcewan: Is the strange reality described by quantum mehanics a description of the actual world, or is it simply a system that happens to...
14:39 Sat 17th Jul 20107 answers, last by Count-A-Strong 17:10 Thu 22nd Jul 2010
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David H

Free energy devices

I have been checking out free energy devices some time and been told by a number of engineers they are viable. There is now a website with a number of links to the main retail companies offering such...
02:39 Wed 14th Jul 201011 answers, last by Old_Geezer 17:09 Thu 22nd Jul 2010
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snake7

Mercury ( HG )

I have just found 500 gms of Mercury in my shed, can I legally sell it online, how much shall I ask . Thanks
19:06 Sat 17th Jul 201024 answers, last by theprof 23:20 Tue 20th Jul 2010
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hippyhoppy

reservoir - please can you help settle an arguement...

I say there are no 'currents' in a reservoir.. as basically it's just a huge puddle... however my friend and daughter disagree with me... who's correct..? (And the answer is me!!)
11:43 Tue 20th Jul 20108 answers, last by Captain Spod 16:47 Tue 20th Jul 2010
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mollykins

brown light

How do you make brown light?
15:59 Sat 17th Jul 201010 answers, last by mibn2cweus 18:21 Mon 19th Jul 2010
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gregcropper

How much energy reaches the earth each day from the sun?

We are all worried about our future energy needs. How much energy reaches the sun each day, and how much do we (as a global user) consume? The obvious question I am posing is what percentage do we...
22:08 Sat 17th Jul 201014 answers, last by vascop 16:59 Mon 19th Jul 2010
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rov1200

GM technology- an undeniable benefit- or is it?

http://www.bbc.co.uk/...-environment-10654599 Will this eradicate Malaria for future generations or will nature overcome it and produce a new breed of super mosquitos?...
18:52 Fri 16th Jul 20103 answers, last by jake-the-peg 11:18 Mon 19th Jul 2010
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ll_billym

Relativity - Atomic Clocks

The basis of the GPS system is time, each satellite has atomic clocks onboard to maintain accurate time and frequency. Because the satellites are moving faster relative to the clocks in the GPS...
14:48 Sat 17th Jul 20108 answers, last by jake-the-peg 08:35 Mon 19th Jul 2010
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rov1200

Chicken comes before the Egg

Now that scientists have proved that the chicken arrived before the egg what does this tell us about evolution?
09:21 Thu 15th Jul 201022 answers, last by mibn2cweus 15:05 Sat 17th Jul 2010
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12thPaladin

Missing link

<----- This is a representation of "Ardi" Ardipithecus Ramidus, reconstructed from fossil fragments and possibly the earliest Hominid. Thought to have lived 4.4Ma ago and pre-dates...
14:01 Mon 12th Jul 201026 answers, last by 12thPaladin 13:56 Sat 17th Jul 2010
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mollykins

inventors and revolutionaries etc . . . .

. . . . who are long gone but their legacy is still with us, what would they think of now a days? Such as Guttenburg and how millions of papers and books are printed every day, even from a computer....
09:14 Fri 16th Jul 201015 answers, last by Buenchico 21:39 Fri 16th Jul 2010
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AlisonMansell

Can I put a sealant on the inside of my freezer to repair a tear?

14:15 Wed 14th Jul 20105 answers, last by wildwood 01:02 Thu 15th Jul 2010
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AlisonMansell

Can I put a sealant on the inside of my freezer to seal a tear? And, would this tear have contaminated any food stored inside?

14:14 Wed 14th Jul 20101 answer, last by Count-A-Strong 16:02 Wed 14th Jul 2010
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Hugo-Johnson

The boy with half a brain

This is nothing short of a miracle. Just how little brain can we survive functioning with?
17:27 Thu 08th Jul 20106 answers, last by mike11111 03:13 Wed 14th Jul 2010
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secretagentman

Mathmatical equations

Can they explain everything or are they just tailored in some circumstances and the gaps filled in?
11:39 Mon 12th Jul 201017 answers, last by kaw69 21:08 Tue 13th Jul 2010
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flobadob

Why does it still hurt for women to have babies....?

From an evolutionary viewpoint.
00:23 Sun 11th Jul 201032 answers, last by scotman 20:34 Mon 12th Jul 2010

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