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Mounting a camera to a helicopter blade

What does the view from the edge of a helicopter blade look like? Well, if you’re a camera with a frame rate of 30fps attached to a rotor that goes 1800rpm, this is what it looks like. [via]

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Zune HD now available for pre-order

The Microsoft Zune HD is now available for pre-order. This new portion of the Zune website allows you to see the Zune HD 360-degrees. Nice if you want to get a good look at how beautiful this thing is.

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'Leap second' to be added at the end of this year

Just like in a leap year when an extra day is added to the end of February, a leap second’s purpose is to readjust atomic clocks to the gradual decrease in rotation of the Earth. This year, on December 31, … Continue reading

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