[Ani Niow] built this steam powered vibrator. It has a milled stainless steel shell with a brass motor structure. The motor is a Tesla turbine made from a stack of Dremel diamond cutoff wheels. This drives an off-center weight to create the vibration. She tested it using a pressure cooker as the steam source. It worked, but became so hot it had to be held using welding gloves. It works just as well with compressed air though. You can see the device at the Femina Potens Art Gallery in San Francisco or later this month at Maker Faire.
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UPDATE: Asian Shares Rise Amid Japan Holiday, But ANZ Drops
UPDATE: Asian Shares Rise Amid Japan Holiday, But ANZ Drops (Adds information, quotes, updates/adds market levels)SINGAPORE (Dow Jones)–Asian share markets were broadly higher Wednesday as investors started to look past the swine flu headlines. Trade was subdued amid a Japanese holiday, and Australia and New Zealand Banking Group fell after its first half net profit dropped 28%.Australia’s S&P/ASX 200 was up 0.3% with South Korea’s Kospi Composite up 1.6% and Hong Kong’s Hang Seng Index 1.6% higher. U.S. stock futures were up a tad. Better-than-expected U.S. consumer data helped support Wall Street late Tuesday, with indexes ending only mildly lower.But…
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Australian Banks Weathered Global Financial Turmoil – IMF
Australian Banks Weathered Global Financial Turmoil – IMF
Wednesday, the Australian banks weathered the global financial turmoil reasonably, the International Monetary Fund, or IMF said in a latest report. The direct impact of global financial crisis on Australian banks was limited despite a fall in the share prices of financial companies during late 2007 and early 2008.
As Australian banks had minimal exposure to U.S. subprime related assets, they suffered only limited direct losses compared to their counterparts in North America and Europe, the international lender said.
However, the IMF added that the banks’ funding cost increased due to the…
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Magic Tricks Revealed ?
Magic, sometimes known as sorcery, is a conceptual system that asserts human ability to control or predict the natural world (including events, objects, people, and physical phenomena) through mystical, paranormal or supernatural means. The term can also refer to the practices employed by a person asserting this ability, and to beliefs that explain various events and phenomena in such terms. In many cultures the concept of magic is under pressure from, and in competition with, scientific and religious conceptual systems.The most important thing about magic is principle. Magic is not about talent, but sometimes magician is going for a talent…
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Earplug for airplane travel
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Ear Plug for airplane travel ,Lizhi
anti-noise earplugs and protection earplugs can be used in airplane,ear plug for airplane travel can relief pressure discomfort.
