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No water needed: How to put out fire with sound

It’s a simple concept really. All you need are two very loud speakers on both sides of a fire. Put on some Nicki Minaj, turn the bass up super high so you can hear that boom, badoom, boom, and watch the flames extinguish using physics. The flames are suppressed because the sounds increase air speeds, and the combustion thins and the temperature drops thus making the flames go out.

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The iPad is just killing the tablet space

This is sad, for all iPad competitors that is. According to comScore October 2011 results, the iPad is destroying the tablet space with 87.6% of web usage worldwide coming from the iPad. There literally is no other tablet that even comes close to the iPad. Android has 10.9% of usage worldwide.

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Fire with Fire

In a stunning video projection made by Isabelle Hayeur using 3 Blu-ray players and 3 video projectors for 15 mins; she demonstrates a troubled period in Vancouver Canada’s history for the Downtown Eastside.  She says in her piece that this installation “alludes to the neighbourhood’s present conditions by reminding us that many lives have been consumed there, worn down by years of homelessness, drug use, street prostitution, and violence.”  source

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