Friday Night Links (8/28/2009)…

Written by The Digitante on August 29, 2009 - 0 Comments
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I’ve got some interesting stuff from the past week. Check it out:

Solar Roadways – Driving on glass solar panels? Yep, if these prototypes work out. This would be quite the feat of engineering and could be a planet saver it is works. Apparently, the company also did some calculations and a conservative estimate says that if we replaced all of our roads with these, it would produce 3 times our nation’s electricity consumption. It would also generate its own heat to melt snow in the winter. No more salt on the roads? Count me in.
Chipotle iPhone App – Chipotle has an iPhone app that allows you to find the closest Chipotle, customize a burrito (and save it to a favorites list), and pay for said burrito before arriving at the store. Delicious.
25 Must-Have Ubuntu Apps – Since I got rid of my little Dell computer about 6 months ago, I’ve been missing Ubuntu, the open source, free (as in beer and freedom) operating system. If you want to check it out (or already are), here are some great programs you need to pick up.
High-Speed Robot Hand – While they certainly aren’t sentient and can’t come to life organically (yet, anyway), robots really out-do humans in some aspects. This video is amazing. The robot hand bounces ping pong balls, picks up a grain of rice with tweezers, and tosses and catches a cell phone out of mid-air. Just a couple more years until Skynet becomes aware.

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