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August 10, 2012

88: Rocker-bogie suspension

Hello.


This is London now
http://london-now.jit.su/


NewStatesman: How Mo Farah rejected the “plastic Brit” charge
“Look, mate, this is my country”
http://www.newstatesman.com/blogs/politics/2012/08/how-mo-farah-rejected-plastic-brit-charge


Opening ceremony playlist on Spotify
http://open.spotify.com/user/spotify/playlist/1q5i25waAx0OmN3wiejXLJ


Ye Oldelympics Medal Table
“I wonder how the old empires would have fared?”
http://labs.pingflux.com/oldelympics/


Air hostess suitcase sticker
“…these stickers may cause offense to airport and immigration staff”
http://iwantoneofthose.com/gift-novelty/suitcase-stickers-air-hostess/10602588.html


Famous album covers recreated with socks
http://thesockcovers.tumblr.com/


281-Gigapixel Image Depicts an Entire Animal at the Cellular Level
http://gizmodo.com/5932827/this-281+gigapixel-image-depicts-an-entire-animal-at-the-cellular-level


MagSurf Superconductor Hoverboard
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F-VVmMD4k


“Hey 8-year-old me, I just watched NASA land a giant rover on Mars on my wireless pocket computer. You’re going to like it here in the future”
http://twitter.com/mpanzarino/status/232348749760966657


Curiosity descent
(You did watch this, right?)
http://wired.com/wiredscience/2012/08/curiosity-descent-video


Lego Mars Curiosity Rover
“This model has a fully articulated arm, deployable mast, and a working rocker-bogie suspension system that allows the rover to climb over large rocks and keep all six of its wheels on the ground.”
http://lego.cuusoo.com/ideas/view/3431


Minifig Scale Serenity by Adrian Drake aka brickfrenzy
http://www.flickr.com/photos/brickfrenzy/sets/72157630914408000/
(via @tomcoates)


Lego turns 80 today
http://aboutus.lego.com/en-us/lego-group/the_lego_history/


“So far as we can determine, peanut butter has no effect on the rotation of the earth.”
http://www.improbable.com/airchives/classical/articles/peanut_butter_rotation.html


Is Twitter Wrong?
http://istwitterwrong.tumblr.com/
(via @andypiper)


Man talking to turkeys
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b9lT3wZNWw4
(via B3ta)


Yours sincerely
Roo

Roo Reynolds
@rooreynolds
http://tinyletter.com/rooreynolds

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