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Herb VanHook

@herbvanhook

long-term IT guy - working in CTO office of BMC (enterprise management software) - reads, likes travel, music, food, mechanical things

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Joined December 2012
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REE demonstrates its wildly innovative vehicle platform of the future flip.it/nriklA
REE demonstrates its wildly innovative vehicle platform of the future

REE demonstrates its wildly innovative vehicle platform of the future

When we first encountered REE's ultra-modular EV chassis, we struggled to know what to make of it. Speaking to CEO Daniel Barel, we couldn't seem to pin down any specifics. What is it? A flat, …

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Researchers Have Discovered a Hidden Drawing Behind ‘Mona Lisa’

No, this isn’t the plot of a Nicholas Cage movie. A special camera went deep into the famous painting's nooks and crannies.

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Novel printing process turns ordinary paper into interactive surfaces flip.it/laDSiI

Novel printing process turns ordinary paper into interactive surfaces

A typical sheet of paper or cardboard is neither waterproof, interactive or able to harvest energy, but an innovative new printing technology developed at Purdue University can make it all of the …

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Scientists say a new ocean will form in Africa as the continent continues to split into two flip.it/qkEiCq

Scientists say a new ocean will form in Africa as the continent continues to split into two

The East African Rift system made up the western and eastern continental rifts, and stretches from the Afar region of Ethiopia down to Mozambique. It is an active continental rift that began millions...

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Prehistoric 'hotel' found in Mexico shakes up understanding of human history flip.it/TWo8yE
Prehistoric ‘hotel’ found in Mexico shakes up understanding of human history

Prehistoric ‘hotel’ found in Mexico shakes up understanding of human history

Exactly how long people have lived in the Western Hemisphere has been a topic of hot debate in archaeology circles going back at least to the 19th century. Two papers published in the journal Nature...

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Scratching the surface: drones cast new light on mystery of Nazca Lines flip.it/vkEh-k

Scratching the surface: drones cast new light on mystery of Nazca Lines

An aerial search in the Peruvian desert has revealed intriguing figures of humans and animals that predate the nearby Unesco world heritage site

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Coal industry will never recover after coronavirus pandemic, say experts flip.it/0aEu.2

Coal industry will never recover after coronavirus pandemic, say experts

Crisis has proved renewable energy is now a safer investment, and accelerated the shift

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These drones can plant 40,000 trees in a month. By 2028, they’ll have planted 1 billion flip.it/d9p_-F

These drones will plant 40,000 trees in a month. By 2028, they'll have planted 1 billion - Fast...

We need to massively reforest the planet, in a very short period of time. Flash Forest’s drones can plant trees a lot faster than humans.This week, on land north of Toronto that previously burned in...

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Watch This Indestructible Glass Drop Literally Break a Bullet flip.it/-zJmk-

Watch This Indestructible Glass Drop Literally Break a Bullet

You're crazy for this one, Prince Rupert.The unique Prince Rupert's Drop is a glass structure so strong, it can destroy bullets.• When the drop is sometimes destroyed by a bullet, it's because a...

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ASTEROIDS Size Comparison 🌑 youtu.be/bSkPNMjRRio via @YouTube
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ASTEROIDS Size Comparison 🌑

Hello everyone, today I bring you an impressive video of asteroid s...

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This clever R/C car leans and drifts like it weighs tons, not pounds flip.it/K76el2

This clever R/C car leans and drifts like it weighs tons, not pounds

R/C cars usually don’t move like thisA handy Redditor has made a really cool Arduino-powered toy R/C car that can dip, move, and drift almost exactly like a real car. (And it’s decked out with an...

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A virtual version of da Vinci’s mystery glass orb has helped explain its weirdness flip.it/O7EDXU
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Research: DNA pinpoints region in northern Botswana as humanity's birthplace flip.it/nj3Q6K

Research: DNA pinpoints region in northern Botswana as humanity’s birthplace

Where was the evolutionary birthplace of modern humans? The East African Great Rift Valley has long been the favored contender – until today.Our new research has used DNA to trace humanity’s earliest...

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Listen to the mesmerising sound of London's new electric buses flip.it/V6acmd
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Hidden for centuries, Rembrandt's secrets are finally being revealed flip.it/pYxp8l
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Church Unearthed in Ethiopia Rewrites the History of Christianity in Africa flip.it/9F2rjT
Church Unearthed in Ethiopia Rewrites the History of Christianity in Africa

Church Unearthed in Ethiopia Rewrites the History of Christianity in Africa

In the dusty highlands of northern Ethiopia, a team of archaeologists recently uncovered the oldest known Christian church in sub-Saharan Africa, a find that sheds new light on one of the Old World’s...

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How Scientists Resolved the Mystery of the Devil’s Corkscrews flip.it/JRizb_

How Scientists Resolved the Mystery of the Devil’s Corkscrews

One of the most unusual fossils ever to be found are strange tall structures recovered across Nebraska, primarily in the state’s northwestern badlands and in neighboring parts of Wyoming. Known …

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