Valadaars Link of The day

1. Valadaars Link of The day

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   Random stuff I trip over.  Unusually will be stuff I think could be applicable in some way...
   
   
   For today:
   
   "The chance of an animal gaining human consciousness is probably slim; their brains are just too different, and much smaller. Even so, as a precaution, researchers working with farm-animal chimeras haven’t yet permitted any to be born..."
   
   Something from the Cosmic era? Some Secret of NIM stuff? Nope. Reality.
   
   http://www.technologyreview.com/news/545106/human-animal-chimeras-are-gestating-on-us-research-farms/
   
   More Quotes:
   
   “What if the embryo that develops is mostly human? It’s something that we don’t expect, but no one has done this experiment, so we can’t rule it out.”
   
   
   ...
   
   "Nakauchi says that as a matter of convenience, most of the iPS cells his team has been placing into animal embryos are made from his own blood, since recruiting volunteers involves too much paperwork."
   
   Nothing could possibly go wrong here, right?  :)
   
   

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   Bonus Link  - Bald's Leechbook  - a collection of medical remedies, recipes, diagnostic guides, and charms, copied in the mid-10th century- is now available online
   
   http://britishlibrary.typepad.co.uk/digitisedmanuscripts/2016/01/balds-leechbook-now-online.html
   
   
   
   

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   I wonder if a human animal chimera would gain sentience in its own right or if it would just turn into a furry that hangs out on tumblr...
   If it's the former, I would be all for that. Who wouldn't want a profound existential conversation from a different perspective altogether, or just a talking doge for the heck of it.
   
   Odds are, there would emerge some kind of Martin Luther Pig creature though and we'd all have to turn veginarians...

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   Yep. There is surely a sub or story in that line of thought.
   
   
   Todays does as well. Perhaps this could be a path to lichhood, or a new type of undead:
   
   
   http://www.damninteresting.com/sokushinbutsu-the-ancient-buddhist-mummies-of-japan/

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   And here is some awesome - if disturbing - artwork
   
   
   http://m.imgur.com/a/vdLZg#
   
   
   [img width=339 height=400]http://i.imgur.com/JK0Ii.jpg
   
   [img width=318 height=400]http://i.imgur.com/JyFDv.jpg
   
   and more at the link.

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   Just wow. Can you imagine what thoughts and images dance around inside this guy's head every day? Wow.
   
   
   So umm, this is leading to me begin 5-7 new in-works.  :wink:
   
   I wonder if he'll let me use the images in the subs they inspired :D

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   He has been dead a while, so I doubt he has objections.
   
   

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   Today? How about Maps? How about Creative Commons maps?
   
   http://www.paratime.ca/cartography/bw_dungeons.html
   
   [img width=400 height=308]http://www.paratime.ca/images/fantasy/dungeon-007.jpg
   

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   Oops, missed a few days. Already.
   
   Time to catch up.
   
   First, more maps!
   
   http://www.davidrumsey.com/blog/2015/3/31/over-2-000-pictorial-maps-in-online-collection
   
   Next we have an awesome Starwars short done in Anime style. Not the cutey style with cats.
   
   http://geekologie.com/2015/03/dedication-guy-spent-4-years-creating-th.php
   
   Score one for the empire!
   
   And now for today:
   
   http://blinkingcity.com/luigi-prina-ships-sail-clouds/
   
   Visions of Renaissance Flying Ships dance in your heads...
   
   [img width=400 height=266]http://blinkingcity.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/11/Luigi-Prina-Flying-Ships-Milan1.jpg

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    Back on the ball. You can file this one under Worldbuilding, Sci Fie
    
    http://www.geologypage.com/2015/12/forbidden-substances-on-super-earths.html
    
    Basically, because of the gravity being higher, pressures underground are correspondingly higher and minerals impossible to produce on earth (outside of lab) may be present on these worlds.
    
    Need some Unobtanium Alloy? You might be able to get it here.  Have fun leaving that gravity well though.
    

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    New chemistry! That was a fascinating read.

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    [img width=400 height=266]http://cdn.flutter.co/pulse/uploads/lpurLp6vQ9unfiHEcI6F_Mandalorian_AR500_Armor%2001.jpg
    Doing the 20th a little early, cause its so darn tacticool!
    
    Apparently this is real armor with ballistic protection. Apparently they couldn't add the backpack rocket launcher though :)
    
    http://pulse.therpf.com/ar500-armor-builds-mandalorian-ballistic-armor
    
    

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    Planet X Found?
    
    Okay, getting ahead of myself, but this one is pretty darn cool too.
    
    http://www.sciencemag.org/news/2016/01/feature-astronomers-say-neptune-sized-planet-lurks-unseen-solar-system?utm_content=buffer78cba&utm_medium=social&utm_source=twitter.com&utm_campaign=buffer
    
    [img width=400 height=300]http://www.sciencemag.org/sites/default/files/styles/inline_colwidth__4_3/public/images/Orbits_1280_PlanetX2.jpg?itok=1wE6ahlP

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    Surely you can find inspiration in these photos:
    
    http://imgur.com/a/J9iOB
    
    Places like [img width=400 height=267]http://i.imgur.com/Zv5kDW4.jpg
    
    or
    
    [img width=400 height=256]http://i.imgur.com/Fmv7Fz3.jpg

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    And, back to maps...
    
    http://www.wired.com/2013/12/fantasy-maps-cartography-tips-jonatha-roberts-game-of-thrones/
    
    

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    And now, Russian robotic weapons:
    
    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cXP7sAMfLPM
    
    A bit sensational, but interesting.

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    A little early, but my son left this open in the browser. Good stuff.  He's 11 though...
    
    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VQM5kVedEZA
    
    Never heard of Audiomachine before today, seems it would make good background music for gaming.
    

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    Minecraft plus world building? Medieval Towns?
    
    Worth a look if any of the above float your boat.
    
    http://www.minecraftforum.net/forums/minecraft-discussion/discussion/118450-building-a-realistic-medieval-world

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    I actually found a link of Minecraft that came in real useful that shows me how a medieval carriage is built when I was trying to write up my action scene occurring in a carriage yesterday.

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    This one is neat. Seems like a great timeframe to set a campaign. No Platemail need apply
    
    
    http://thebreakingtime.typepad.com/the_breaking_time/2009/01/the-fire-last-time-bronze-age-collapse.html
    

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    How about a missile that needs a heatshield to launch?
    
    https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sprint_(missile)
    
    Oh, and its a Nuke too.
    

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    My goodness, I've been amiss.
    
    How about some Alchemy?
    
    http://blog.britishmuseum.org/2016/02/05/a-medieval-alchemical-book-reveals-new-secrets/
    

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    https://archive.org/details/OTRR_X_Minus_One_Singles
    
    This is awesome. Sci Fi Radio programs from the 50's :)
    
    

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    Again, been terribly remiss.  This is interesting though. Short fiction.
    
    https://motherboard.vice.com/read/one-star

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    And if you want some heavy science, how about some black-hole technology?
    
    
    http://blog.stephenwolfram.com/2016/02/black-hole-tech/

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    A couple of good ones for worldbuilding:
    
    http://noticing.co/on-size-and-metabolism/
    
    and
    
    http://nautil.us/issue/34/adaptation/can-a-living-creature-be-as-big-as-a-galaxy

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    Hmm, these are getting rather far apart.
    But here is a cool one. A site that proports to map all of the fossil finds in the world. You can even filter by timezone, type.
    
    https://paleobiodb.org/navigator/

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    Cosmic Era anyone?
    
    https://img.washingtonpost.com/wp-apps/imrs.php?src=https://img.washingtonpost.com/blogs/wonkblog/files/2016/04/032_Khan_9780812988550_ins_r2-1.jpg&w=1484

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    And tomorrows, in advance.
    
    http://www.luminarium.org/medlit/medprice.htm

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    http://www.nasa.gov/press-release/nasas-kepler-mission-announces-largest-collection-of-planets-ever-discovered
    
    More Planets!

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    Point Defense for tanks:
    
    http://nationalinterest.org/blog/the-buzz/almost-science-fiction-new-us-army-tech-instantly-destroys-16121
    
    

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    Waay out of date with this. But this one is truly awesome:
    
    http://www.bohurt.net/download/Bohurt-issue01.pdf
    
    FIGHT!

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    Creeping closer and closer to DNI (Direct Neural Interface)
    
    http://sciencebulletin.org/archives/5149.html

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    [img width=400 height=299]https://library.leeds.ac.uk/multimedia/imu/13922/tour-large-treasures-travelling-library-900x674.jpg

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    Okay, here's a real link of the day for the first time in a while.
    
    http://www.guns.com/2013/08/17/the-petit-protector-the-ultimate-ring-pop/
    
    I'd be afraid I'd blow my finger off fiddling in my pocket for my keys...
    

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    Building a castle?
    
    http://www.historyextra.com/article/premium/how-build-medieval-castle
    
    

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    Ok,no castle. How about a longboat? http://www.boredpanda.com/vikings-up-helly-aa-festival-shetland-scotland/

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    Great photo's on that one Val!

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    Russian tank wth jet engines. Seriously.
    
    https://i.ytimg.com/vi/GF4ExicO_dU/maxresdefault.jpg

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    Hello Hortas!
    
    http://www.astrobio.net/news-exclusive/possibility-silicon-based-life-grows/

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