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- A broken vintage piano turned into an analog hybrid of 20 instruments https://www.themusicman.uk/broken-vintage-piano/ 5 comments
- National Instruments to Build the E-Cat Cold Fusion Device Instrumentation http://pesn.com/2011/11/10/9601953_National_Instruments_signs_to_do_E-Cat_controls/ 4 comments
- A Powerful ISS Instrument Will Hunt for Minerals in Dusty Lands https://www.wired.com/story/a-powerful-iss-instrument-will-hunt-for-minerals-in-dusty-lands/ 2 comments space
- [NASA Webb] Bonus image! When it’s time to focus, sometimes you need to take a good look at yourself. This “selfie” taken by Webb of its primary mirror was not captured by an externally mounted engineering camera, but with a special lens within its NIRCam instrument. https://twitter.com/nasawebb/status/1492164093742047237?s=21 10 comments space
- India may replace car horns with the sound of musical instruments https://www.npr.org/2021/10/19/1047223116/india-may-replace-car-horns-with-the-sound-of-musical-instruments 22 comments nottheonion
- Texas Instruments’ new calculator incorporates popular Python programming language https://www.dallasnews.com/business/local-companies/2021/07/29/texas-instruments-new-calculator-incorporates-popular-python-programming-language/ 108 comments python
- Astronomers reveal first direct image of Beta Pictoris c using new astronomy instrument https://phys.org/news/2020-10-astronomers-reveal-image-beta-pictoris.html 4 comments space
- Dark Energy Spectroscopic Instrument Now Complete, Poised to Begin Its Search https://scitechdaily.com/dark-energy-spectroscopic-instrument-now-complete-poised-to-begin-its-search/ 14 comments worldnews
- My attempt at analyzing Texas Instruments for the years 2013-2018. I'm trying to get better at this company analysis for personal investment. All constructive criticism is very welcome (and also needed). https://www.reddit.com/r/investing/comments/bwqde8/my_attempt_at_analyzing_texas_instruments_for_the/ 9 comments investing
- For those who are interested in composing their own game music: I made a list of free or low-cost virtual instrument libraries https://www.reddit.com/r/wearethemusicmakers/comments/bq37gi/a_list_of_free_or_lowcost_acoustic_instrument/ 26 comments gamedev
- What is instrument used in this track? https://www.reddit.com/r/greece/comments/afwjok/what_is_instrument_used_in_this_track/ 3 comments greece
- InSight update, sols 1-24: Operations begin, first instrument deployed http://www.planetary.org/blogs/emily-lakdawalla/2018/insight-update-sols-1-25.html 3 comments space
- Long shot - but can anyone recommend anywhere that I can experience playing Indian instruments? https://www.reddit.com/r/india/comments/93zh7b/long_shot_but_can_anyone_recommend_anywhere_that/ 3 comments india
- Can anyone identify this instrumental that’s played frequently on NBA’s Snapchat stories? Link is in the post https://soundcloud.com/john-simmons-288702171/instrumental-nba-snapchat 6 comments nba
- 400 musical instruments for Javascript https://github.com/surikov/webaudiofont 7 comments javascript
- [Instrumentation of the Vostok] https://www.reddit.com/r/space/comments/4rtpg1/instrumentation_of_the_vostok/ 7 comments space
- An array of GPS instruments near the San Andreas Fault System has discovered nearly 125 mile-wide “lobes” of uplift and subsidence—a few millimeters of motion each year—straddling the fault system. This large scale motion was previously predicted in models but until now had not been documented. http://www.hawaii.edu/news/2016/06/20/new-analysis-reveals-large-scale-motion-around-san-andreas-fault-system/ 13 comments science
- For the first time, an instrument onboard an orbiting spacecraft has measured the methane emissions from a single, specific leaking facility on Earth's surface. The observation is a breakthrough in our ability to eventually measure and monitor emissions of this potent greenhouse gas from space. http://phys.org/news/2016-06-nasa-methane-leak-space.html 9 comments worldnews
- The biggest scientific instrument in the world was brought down by a tiny weasel https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/speaking-of-science/wp/2016/04/29/the-biggest-scientific-instrument-in-the-world-was-brought-down-by-a-tiny-weasel/?wpmm=1&wpisrc=nl_evening 3 comments technology
- Researchers say we can detect life on other worlds through its vibrations: A sensitive instrument vibrates with the metabolic activity of life itself. http://arstechnica.com/science/2014/12/researchers-we-can-detect-life-on-other-worlds-through-its-vibrations/ 5 comments science
- Hipster instrument to play - Spacedrums! w/ recorder so you can share your music. Would love some feedback. http://diofeher.net/spacedrum 5 comments javascript
- Texas Instruments - Op Amp Circuit Collection http://www.ti.com/ww/en/bobpease/assets/an-31.pdf 5 comments arduino
- US customs officials destroy flute virtuoso’s instruments http://www.bostonglobe.com/lifestyle/names/2014/01/01/customs-officials-destroys-flute-virtuoso-instruments/hrnfgh1fwiqy5n2fdoklmn/story.html 150 comments worldnews
- Musician's own handmade instruments smashed by customs officials at JFK http://www.artsjournal.com/slippeddisc/2013/12/outrage-at-jfk-as-customs-men-smash-flutes.html 24 comments worldnews
- New study links learning a musical instrument could be “a realistic intervention method to slow or even prevent age-related decline in frontal brain functioning". http://www.psmag.com/blogs/news-blog/want-quick-accurate-thinking-ask-musician-66844/ 3 comments science
- What is the most detailed, highest resolution picture or mosaic ever taken of our moon and what instrument captured the image? http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/e/e1/fullmoon2010.jpg 3 comments space
- Here are some examples of the quality of images Curiosity will be taking once it deploys its instruments. http://www.msss.com/science/msl-mastcam-pre-launch-images.php 5 comments technology
- June 2012 Was the Fourth Warmest June On The Instrument Record. The Warmest June For The Northern Hemisphere and, The Warmest June On The Instrument Record For Land Temperatures. http://www.ncdc.noaa.gov/sotc/global/2012/6 45 comments science
- For investors, playing the game of risk has never been easier --- UBS just launched instruments to let investors turn risk on or off. Is it really that simple? The Term Sheet: Fortune's deals blog Term Sheet http://finance.fortune.cnn.com/2011/12/21/risk-on-risk-off/?iid=sf_f_river 3 comments business
- City in Ireland plans to give every child a free musical instrument and tuition http://www.belfasttelegraph.co.uk/news/local-national/northern-ireland/derry-plans-to-give-musical-instrument-and-tuition-to-every-child-in-city-16076834.html 89 comments worldnews
- Black Deck - A homemade, optoelectric music instrument http://yehar.com/blog/?p=1398 5 comments electronics
- Jazz concert for tsunami evacuees on instruments donated from New Orleans, remembering Japanese help after Katrina http://www.asahi.com/english/tky201104300094.html 9 comments worldnews
- Designing instruments for a robotic space probe to the Sun... http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2010/10/101006141602.htm 6 comments science
- What's your favourite writing instrument? http://www.staples.co.uk/App_Themes/ck-CK/images/product/uk_404590_1_enl.jpg 14 comments reddit.com
- Reddit, can someone PLEASE tell me the name of the song that plays from 19:44 to 19:51 of this Friends episode?! Having only the instrumental bit to recall is driving me crazy! http://www.megavideo.com/?v=ts2vr755 7 comments reddit.com
- This neurosurgical set is dating to the early 19th century.They are signed by Zitier, Heine and Sandill and it is likely that the boxed set was made specifically to accommodate these instruments. http://thecontaminated.com/neurosurgical-set-from-early-19th-century/ 5 comments reddit.com
- The deepest ground based U-band image of the universe yet. The image contains more than 27 million pixels and is the result of 55 hours of observations with the VIMOS instrument. http://www.eso.org/public/outreach/press-rel/pr-2008/phot-39-08.html 2 comments science
- Bush has the bald-faced audacity to claim that faith-based groups, which tell people condoms don't protect against HIV, are instrumental to fighting AIDS worldwide http://www.cnn.com/2007/us/11/30/world.aids.day/ 63 comments politics
- Big government conservatives grew government because they needed it to blur the lines between public and private, in order to make government an instrument of private and political power. http://www.newamerica.net/publications/articles/2007/whose_big_government_5433 3 comments politics
- amazing musical instruments made out of glass! http://nicolamainville.com/index_eng.html 3 comments freeculture
