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No, you weren't. A Gizmo glitch caused me to reply to the wrong comment.

I did.

And Jean-Charles-Athanase Peltier was a clockmaker.

Gotcha, thanks for the explanation.

Gotcha, thanks for the explanation.

I would think it'd be powered for as long as it is held, even if it can only power a very small lamp. But a minute is still helpful, and the technology will improve.

Also: urine.

But image yourself riffling through your bag looking for a key in the dark. Now image it with a mini flashlight on the key-chain. Voila!

College dropouts like Bill Gates and Steve Jobs would probably have preferred a straight cash prize.

Up next: an electric fence.

And these dwarf planets are so massive - Eris is 27% more so than Pluto. Coaling stations of the 22nd century!

Wikipedia says that award goes to Eris, at 96.6 AU from the sun. What's the distinction, there? Is Eris the farthest object at the moment, only until it whips back around and Sedna -with its longer orbital period- surpasses it again?

They needed a study to figure out that cats recognize their owners.

Rich kid furniture design is not beneath Pininfarina either. Behold: the Alberto Fabbian Wood-stock Chair.

"The NEXT thruster operated for more than 48,000 hours," said Michael J. Patterson, principal investigator for NEXT at Glenn. "We will voluntarily terminate this test at the end of this month, with the thruster fully operational. Life and performance have exceeded the requirements for any anticipated science mission."

Life is sooooo boring in Flatland!

Bart Simpson probably has a smart answer.

Stop punching yourself intha face, Spacetime!

I'm reading the Expanse space opera series right now (third book released last month), written by two guys under the pen name of James S.A. Corey. Anyway, the cover has Mr. Martin's praise writ large across the top, and the About the Author bit reveals that one of them, Ty Franck, is an assistant to Mr. Martin. I…