NxtUp...History

Ancient Computer

Lost in the excitement over the Antikythera Mechanism's Olympic calendar widget was news of its potential link to Archimedes, the greatest scientist of antiquity.

Consisting of intricately linked dials that foretold the future positions of the sun, moon and possibly stars, the 2100-year-old Mechanism was recovered in 1900 from a shipwreck off the Greek island of Antikythera. Though its function took decades to determine, scientists assumed that it came from Rhodes, a center of ancient Greek astronomy.

But in addition to finding a tiny dial indicating Olympic locations, researchers from the Antikythera Mechanism Research Project also realized that another dial was inscribed with month names in Corinthian script, suggesting its construction in an unexpected part of the Greek world -- perhaps by the intellectual descendants of Archimedes.

I saw a special on the History Channel on this. Very intriguing.
wired.com

NxtUp...Orange Eye®

For the Real Life Comic Book Guy

Prince Namor emerges from the sea.

Wiki

NxtUp...Orange Eye®

For the Dutch Olympian

Pieter van den Hoogenband!

View Here

Audio Rx prescribed from Seduced by the New...

NxtUp...Gear

DJ Headphones

These are effin' funky and fantastic. They are also 150 U.S. American.

link

NxtUp...Orwellian Prohpecy

Gadget Confiscation

"In further evidence of our rapidly eroding civil liberties, the Department of Homeland Security disclosed today that US Customs and Border Protection and US Immigration and Customs Enforcement have the right to confiscate and search a traveler's laptop or other electronic device without any suspicion of wrongdoing. The rules -- which we reported on in February -- allow for searches of hard drives, flash drives, cellphones, iPods, pagers, and video or audio tapes, and specify that the agencies can "detain" belongings for a "reasonable period of time," (i.e., as long as they please). Additionally, the DHS can share the data found with other government agencies or private entities for translation, decryption, or (astoundingly vague) "other reasons." The DHS says the policies apply to anyone entering the country -- including US citizens -- and claim the measures are necessary to prevent terrorism."

Via Engadget

NxtUp...What?!

Figure Skater Dress

What in the world? The Tonya Harding look is now 'in'.

Buy Here

NxtUp...What?!

ACTA

The Anti-Counterfeiting Trade Agreement allows the Australian government to searchi iPods and MP3 players at security checkpoints. They’ll be looking for illegally downloaded songs, and evildoers who are caught could face jail time.

I heard Canada was doing this as well.


dvice.com