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	September 13th, 2012 Amazing Wave Photos by Kenji Croman Posted about 24 hours ago by Amazing Pics to Amazing Pics Meet Kenji Croman, an up and coming photographer born in Hawaii who recently decided to focus on wave photography and discovered he was "meant to be in the ocean, creating art...". He has been featured on CNN's travel section, Innov8 magazine, published on the cover of the Hawaiian Yellow Pages, and various surfing magazines. Collected below are some highlights of his recent photos: ::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::: Be sure to checkout Kenji's Kickstarter page, where you can get some great wave prints for a good value, as Kenji seeks to travel to South America to picture the perfect wave. ::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::: View More Photos and Connect with Kenji: Website: gokenji.com Kickstarter Page: Chasing Waves "Photography is my music, my poem, my art." ~ Kenji Croman Scotch tape trick achieves 'a physics first' Posted 1 day ago by Futurity to Holy Kaw! A simple technique using Scotch poster tape has induced high-temperature superconductivity in a semiconductor for the first time. The team used Scotch poster tape and glass slides to place high-temperature superconductors in proximity with a special type of semiconductor known as a topological insulator. “Who would have thought simply sticking things together can generate entirely new effects?” says team leader and University of Toronto physicist Ken Burch. Full story at Futurity. More research news from top universities. Photo credit: Wikimedia Commons Solitary birds gather for noisy "funerals" [video] Posted 1 day ago by Futurity to Holy Kaw! The western scrub jays that UC Davis researcher Teresa Iglesias studied are typically solitary and competitive, but when one jay finds another one dead, the "funeral" gathering can last up to 30 minutes. Embedded media -- click here to see it. Full story at Futurity. More research news from top universities. Photo credit: Stephanie Macey-Gallow/UC Davis Can supermodels make Google glasses cool? Posted 1 day ago by The Week to Holy Kaw! Can Google conquer the runway? The California search giant isn't exactly synonymous with the glitz and glamour of New York Fashion Week, so onlookers were understandably surprised when Google's computerized glasses found their way onto the faces of models during Diane von Furstenberg's show over the weekend. The wearable computers, which run on Android and use a built-in camera to record what the wearer sees, were used to create a documentary called DVF Through Glass, which will be released on the fashion house's Google+ page Thursday. Google co-founder Sergey Brin, who walked arm-in-arm with von Furstenberg after the show, said, "Beauty, style, and comfort are as important to [Project Glass] as the latest technology." Can supermodels help Google take the geek out of geek-chic, or will it take a lot more to make the headsets actually look cool? View story at The Week. All the top stories from The Week. Microbes in gut grab more fat from food Posted 1 day ago by Futurity to Holy Kaw! 1 Some gut microbes help the body absorb more dietary fat, which means their host takes in more calories from the same amount of food. “This study is the first to demonstrate that microbes can promote the absorption of dietary fats in the intestine and their subsequent metabolism in the body,” says senior study author John Rawls, associate professor in the department of cell and molecular physiology at University of North Carolina School of Medicine. “The results underscore the complex relationship between microbes, diet, and host physiology.” Full story at Futurity. More research news from top universities. Photo credit: Ivana Semova Draw something: this computer can name that doodle [video] Posted 1 day ago by Futurity to Holy Kaw! Embedded media -- click here to see it. A new computer program can recognize rough sketches—of bunnies, teapots, donuts, and more—as they’re drawn in real time. The Brown University researchers credit crowdsourcing with their advances. “It was the data gathering that had been holding this back, not the digital representation or the machine learning; those have been around for a decade,” notes computer scientist James Hays. “There’s just no way to learn to recognize say, sketches of lions, based on just a clever algorithm. The algorithm really needs to see close to 100 instances of how people draw lions, and then it becomes possible to tell lions from potted plants.” Full story at Futurity. More research news from top universities. Awesome Wave Photos by Kenji Croman Posted about 23 hours ago by Amazing Pics to Amazing Pics Meet Kenji Croman, an up and coming photographer born in Hawaii who recently decided to focus on wave photography and discovered he was "meant to be in the ocean, creating art...". He has been featured on CNN's travel section, Innov8 magazine, published on the cover of the Hawaiian Yellow Pages, and various surfing magazines. Collected below are some highlights of his recent photos: ::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::: Be sure to checkout Kenji's Kickstarter page, where you can get some great wave prints for a good value, as Kenji seeks to travel to South America to picture the perfect wave. ::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::: View More Photos and Connect with Kenji: Website: gokenji.com Twitter: @kenjisphotos Facebook: WavePhotos Kickstarter Page: Chasing Waves "Photography is my music, my poem, my art." ~ Kenji Croman   Note: This is a sponsored post. Posted with full permission from the photographer, Kenji Croman. To inquire about sponsored posts, email contactamazingpics@gmail.com. Toast yourself the forecast with the Jamy Toaster Posted about 18 hours ago by Kate Rinsema to Holy Kaw! 2 For those who can’t help but hit snooze one time too many, there isn’t time before work to do responsible things like eat breakfast and check the weather, but French designer Nathan Brunstein’s got you covered with the Jamy Toaster (if you remember to grab the umbrella, that is). This concept toaster prints the day’s forecast right on your breakfast so that if you must eat and run, at least you’ll be prepared for what greets you outside the door. Full story at Design Taxi via Trendhunter. Practical design. Sent by Posterous. Change your email settings or unfollow. Other questions? We'd love to help.