February 2010
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Coca-Cola Simpsons Ad (Super Bowl 2010)
Hard Times features a variety of characters from The Simpsons, most notably greedy billionaire C. Montgomery Burns. As Mr. Burns faces the loss of his fortune and worldly belongings, he learns to appreciate lifes simple pleasures like friends and family. The commercial was first shown during Super Bowl XLIV (44) 2010.
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A Car Has More Lines Of Code Than The Boeing...
The avionics system in the F-22 Raptor, the current U.S. Air Force frontline jet fighter, consists of about 1.7 million lines of software code. Boeing’s new 787 Dreamliner, scheduled to be delivered to customers in 2010, requires about 6.5 million lines of software code to operate its avionics and onboard support systems.
These are impressive amounts of software, yet if you bought a premium-class...
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Popcorn Tweets: Twitter-powered Popcorn Maker
Two men have built a popcorn-making robot that serves up a new batch whenever someone mentions #popcorn on Twitter.
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Clipper In The Sky: Seymourpowell Aircruise...
Seymourpowell’s Aircruise concept presents an alternative take on the future, suggesting ‘slow is the new fast’. Nick Talbot, design director at Seymourpowell explains, “The Aircruise concept questions whether the future of luxury travel should be based around space-constrained, resource hungry, and all too often stressful airline travel. A more serene transport...
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Urban Skiing - In a city of Romania