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NERD ALERT! Dinosaurs’ Farts Started It—An Early Impact on Global Warming

The warming of Earth’s climate might not just be a modern-day problem after all. According to a new study, dinosaurs may have already been warming the atmosphere a couple hundred million years ago. Just how did these dinosaur...
by Sera Yoo
 
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NERD ALERT! Real Paranormal Powers

The idea of humans having an aura is an ancient concept and has been described in spiritual practices from Europe to Asia.  An aura is a color or light surrounding a person, showing their emotional and physical state.  Often ...
by Jessica Wheeler
 
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NERD ALERT! Kinetic Sculptures Claim the Beach for Their Own

Remember when you were little and thought your toys could walk on their own? When Animal Planet seemed to promise there were huge, beautiful beasts out in the world you could observe within breathing distance if you just went t...
by Tiffany Tsai
 
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Commercial Entity Buying Up Open Source Software Alternatives

How does one compete against FREE? That’s an interesting question for Blackboard, a company which creates learning management systems (LMS). Blackboard previously engaged in buying up and either dismantling or integrati...
by Jonathan Davidson
 
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NERD ALERT! Robojelly – the Robotic, Search-and-Rescue Jellyfish

I think jellyfish are absolutely awesome.  So when I learned about this amazing jellyfish-inspired robot, named Robojelly, I felt I needed to share it with other nerds.  Robojelly is constructed from smart materials that reme...
by Jessica Wheeler
 
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Hollywood Blockbusters Go Anime: Crowdsourcing Sci-Fi Series

Over at kickstarter.com, Peter Hyoguchi has some epic plans underway for a crowdsourced, CGI series of 5-7 minute episodes of a science fiction series called The New Kind. Inspired by a genre of anime that doesn’t resona...
by Jonathan Davidson
 
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Pi Day! Celebrating Circles in Free Pictures!

March 14th, or 3.14, is known around the world as Pi day! Join us in celebrating circles, and Pi (and even pie) on this momentous occasion!   Creative Commons Love: Gloson, Wonderlane,  Mykl Roventine, peasap, estherchase...
by Michael Jones
 
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NERD ALERT! From Quarks to Super Clusters

 Opening the website The Scale of the Universe, designed by Carrie and Michael Huang, brings you to a world scaled to humans.  Using the scroll bar at the bottom, you can zoom in to smaller scales – through the world ...
by Jessica Wheeler
 
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NERD ALERT! I Want (Cotton) Candy

World’s smallest computer. Relatively cheap. Interested? Imagine the ability to turn any screen into a computer, and then revel that it exists in FXI’s new Cotton Candy. This USB stick-sized device, a little more th...
by Jonathan Davidson
 
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NERD ALERT! Open Source Guide to the Zombie Apocalypse

Here at Open Equal Free, we love all things open source.  So when we discovered The Open Source Guide to the Zombie Apocalypse, we were pretty excited.  I mean, who could ask for more?  This document was written in an effort...
by Jessica Wheeler
 
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NERD ALERT! Leaves, the Original Powerhouse

What if you could make a solar panel from agricultural waste?  What if these solar panels were so simple to make that a small bag of chemicals and one sheet of cartoon instructions were the only necessary supplies? This is not...
by Jessica Wheeler
 
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NERD ALERT! Soda vs. Pop

Do you call it “Soda” or “Pop”?  I’ve always called Coca-Cola or any soft drink “Coke”.  That fact goes to show that the awesome map below is accurate.  I’m from central Oklaho...
by Travis Thompson
 
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NERD ALERT! The All Time Diva of Flies

If you were a taxonomist put in charge of describing and naming a horsefly with a sexy golden rump, wouldn’t you also be tempted to honor your favorite pop-star?  Bryan Lessard did just that when he named a previously un...
by Jessica Wheeler
 
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NERD ALERT! Bicycles Will Save You!

As a teacher in northwest Cambodia, I ride my bike to and from school every day.  When I travel 15 miles into Siem Reap for a visit, I ride my bike.  When I go 20 miles to visit friends, I ride my bike. But, bikes haven’...
by Travis Thompson
 
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NERD ALERT! Pentagon Achieves True Invisibility

If you’re a nerd, any type of nerd, you know a thing or two about invisibility. Until now, scientists have had pretty good luck with cloaking objects: A team at the University of St. Andrews used metamaterials to hide obj...
by Michael Jones
 
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NERD ALERT! Africa is Big, REALLY BIG

I’m nerding out on this map because: 1.)  I love maps. 2.)  This map is extremely enlightening and cool. Looking at most maps it’s tough to tell exactly how big Africa is.  It’s REALLY big. It’s 11.7 ...
by Travis Thompson
 
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NERD ALERT! Silicon Island!

Blueseed has an interesting solution to America’s pesky visa laws: Build an offshore office complex. The company plans to build a floating office and living space about 12 miles off the California coast. The goal? To make...
by Michael Jones
 
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NERD ALERT! Go Go Gadget Water-Propelled Jetpack!

I’m totally nerding out over this video.  This is the stuff of my dreams.  Mom, if you need any holiday gift ideas for me… Creative Commons Love: Mathieu Marquer on Flickr.com
by Travis Thompson
 
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NERD ALERT! Is there Life on Mars?

The robot, Curiosity, was recently sent on a mission to Mars, to answer the question, “Is there Life on Mars?”  Or, more accurately, “Is Mars capable of sustaining life?” Using a robot the size of a car...
by Deb Myers
 
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Creative Commons 101: License to Thrill

I love the open content movement.  A lot.  I’ve always believed that computers provide an amazing opportunity to make information and art (and therefore education) completely free. At first, it seemed this dream could o...
by Michael Jones
 
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NERD ALERT!: The Dreamliner

The future of flying took off this morning from Tokyo’s Narita Airport.  As we’ve promised on this blog, we’re going to nerd out about our favorite nerdy topics.  I’m obsessively nerdy about commercial...
by Travis Thompson
 
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Type-o-riffic

Earlier this year I heard my first joke about Comic Sans. I laughed for a variety of reasons. Yes, I knew Comic Sans was hokey and over used, but I didn’t know about the in-joke the entire typographical community had abou...
by Michael Jones
 
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Nerding Out on Site Stats

So, the site is about 10 days old now. I have learned a lot about word press, a little about html, and a ton about website analytics. The Google analytics dashboard is one of my new favorite places to gaze longingly. I’ve...
by Michael Jones
 
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