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Scotland’s One & Only Tidal Power Generator Now Providing Electricity to Eday Island
 
Scotland’s first and only currently consented tidal power project has successfully completed an initial testing period in Orkney, and is now providing electricity to homes and business on the nearby island of Eday.
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The Beer Moth Truck-Tent Is the Ultimate in Car Camping [Camping]





If driving up to a campsite and setting up a tent is too much "roughing it" to endure, this tent/truck chimera is just what you need to enjoy the great outdoors without sacrificing the amenities of a cabin...
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Scottish Scientists Invent "Sonic Screwdriver" [Science]





Part Tricorder and part lock-pick, Dr. Who's famous all-in-one device could handle any crisis—save deadlock seals. Now, researchers from Dundee University have replicated at least some of the screwdr...
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370-MW Scottish Viking Wind Farm Gets Go-Ahead

Scotland finalized consent for a 370-MW(!) wind farm on Shetland, the government announced today. The wind farm is projected to power up to 175,000 homes and generate £30 million a year for the island community, and will be Scotland’s third-largest...
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New Hospital Alarm System Shames Smokers into Stopping [Smoking]





There's no smoking in front of Forth Valley Royal Hospital in Scotland—the sign says so—though nobody really paid attention to it. That's why the hospital installed a loudspeaker-backed smoke a...
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The Ultimate Test of Siri's Accent-Deciphering Skills: Scotland [Video]





Siri has been tested in the interpretation of accents across the country, but she meets her match with the utterly amazing dialect of the proud Scottish people. To be fair, how many actual humans would kn...
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35 Wind Towers Bound for Wales and Scotland
UK manufacturer of wind turbine towers Mabey Bridge is set to supply 35 towers measuring in at between 65 and 70 metres in length to wind farms in Wales and Scotland.
Production of the turbines will begin in mid-February as part of Mabey Bridge’s ne...
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British Wind Sector Passes 6 Gigawatts Mark
Britain’s wind sector has reached 6 gigawatts of installed capacity, says trade association RenewableUK, creating enough energy to supply 3,354,893 homes with electricity.
The 6GW mark was reached with the completion of the Ormonde offshore wind far...
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SCOTLAND


SCOTLAND
where flaming terrorists are kicked in the balls since 2007
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50 Tons of Plastic Recycled Into Scottish Foot Bridge [Architecture]






The charming rural scene pictured above actually contains 50 tons of discarded water bottles and sandwich containers, which were blended up and refashioned into this 90-foot-long plastic bridge. More&n...
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The World's Only Rotating Boat Lift Looks Like God's Bottle Opener [Monster Machines]






The Clyde and Forth Canal and the Union Canal in central Scotland were major commercial arteries from the time of their construction in the late 1780's up until the 1930's, when economic competition from ...
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Archaeologists Unearth Intact Viking Burial Site, Swords and All [Science]






Archaeologists have uncovered the remains of a 1,000-year-old Viking in Scotland, along with his boat, ax, sword and lots of other nifty Viking stuff. More »






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Probably Bad News: What Could Go Wrong?

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Teenager Arrested for Inciting Riots on Facebook [Blip]


A 16-year-old's been arrested in Glasgow, Scotland, for attempting to kickstart a riot via Facebook, to match England's riots. While it's not yet known if his/her efforts will spark any trouble, Facebook has at least taken the page down. [T...
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New Tests Spot Suspect Scotch [Booze]






The whiskey business in Scotland is a £800 million/year industry. With that much money flowing, knockoff brands are pervasive. But a newly developed test can rapidly and accurately tell real scotch from f...
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Jellyfish Shut Down a Nuclear Power Plant [Nuclear Power]






Jellyfish invaded the cooling water at a Scottish nuclear power plant this week. There were so many of these aquatic creatures floating around, the plant had to shut down. More »



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A Beautiful Building For the Scottish War Blind [Architecture]






Blind veterans in Scotland have a new place they can hang out and not hurt themselves. More »






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Shitty Scottish Wedding
Stolid traditionalism can really lead to the shit hitting the fan. Via.
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MEANWHILE


MEANWHILE
in Scotland
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Viagra-infused beer coming to the UK
BrewDog, Scotland’s largest independent brewery is releasing a limited-edition beer called Royal Virility Performance to celebrate the Royal Wedding.
“We put a bottle in a jiffy bag marked ‘Prince Willy, Buckingham Palace’. We sent it by Royal Mail as we ...
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MEANWHILE
in Scotland
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The Worst Typist In the Universe Is a Scottish Cop [Video]






If someone were filming me at work, I'd be sure to do all sorts of cool stuff, like put my feet up on the desk and wear sunglasses. But if I had to use my computer, I'd be sure I didn't type like it was ...
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MEANWHILE
in Scotland
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HotelPal: Stunning iPad app to browse & book hotels worldwide
HotelPal is a simple and elegant app that brings users the ability to find and book rooms across the planet from over 100,000 hotels.
To start room hunting, users can input the desired hotel location by postal code/zip code, city name or use the GPS featu...
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How to Survive a 1,000-Foot Fall [Luck]






British climber Adam Potter fell 1,000 feet down the side of a mountain in the Scottish Highlands. A helicopter crew found him half an hour later, standing on his feet reading a map. How did he survive? ...
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Prisoners Are Hacking Playstations With Stolen Computer Mice For Charging Cellphones [Prisoners]






Honestly, I'm beginning to think prisoners have been receiving some sneaky electricians' training, such is the quality of rewiring skills they possess. From rewiring Playstations into tattoo guns, Scottis...
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Bono Is Evil
I don’t know if this story is true or not but, having spent the first 19 years of my life in and around the Glasgow area, I tend to believe that it just might be, given the quick wit and, let’s face it, the alcohol loving tendencies of my peop...
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KILTR, like LinkedIn but for Scottish people and their mates [TNW Apps]
KILTR, an online professional networking site for Scottish people and their mates opens publicly today, worldwide.
According to KILTR, there are 40 million people in the Scottish diaspora and 100 million including those who also share an affection for, or...
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Watch This: Unbelievably Brilliant Viral YouTube Videos Showcases Scotland’s Beauty [TNW Shareables]
If I had one word to describe this video it would be, “Freedom!!!!” Because that must be what rider Danny MacAskill, also known as ‘Taggart’ and ‘Danny MegaSkill’ felt while he filmed his bike riding tour from Edinburgh...
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Every Day is a Fairground Ride for Wind Turbine Engineers [Wind Turbines]






As you stagger into work and slump over your desktop like one of last night's zombies, engineer Ross Kennedy is having an exhilarating ride atop a 100m-high wind turbine with the best views of Scotland. I...
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See the World's Fanciest Nuclear Submarine Pathetically Stuck in the Mud [Video]






Aw, look at the poor British nuclear submarine, HMS Astute. The "world's most advanced nuclear submarine" has run aground off the coast of the Scotland's Isle of Skye, and it's just sitting there like a s...
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X-Rays Reveal Perfectly Preserved Mechanisms Inside 300-Year-Old Pocket Watch [Xrays]






It looks like some crusty old rock, but this is actually an exquisite 17th century pocketwatch. And now, state of the art x-rays have revealed that its 300-year-old mechanisms are still perfectly intact i...
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Play the Most Irritating Instrument On Your iPad: the Bagpipes [IPad Apps]






You can "learn" to "play" many instruments on the iPad, but now you can irritate neighbors for hours with the world's most joy-sapping tool of all—the bagpipes. You can even play along to your iTune...
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Set Phasers To Malkie
Star Trek they way it should have been. Scottish.




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Administrator of Daily Shite Takes Sobriety Test
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Because Sometimes ‘Boooo!’ Just Isn’t enough.
Fred McAuley’s epic routine from Mock The Week on harsh language and particularly the Scots use of the word “fuck”.







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Amphibious Bus Runs Into Water, Trouble, But Is Back Now [Bus]
Glasgow's Dutch-built "amfibus" resumed testing today after being grounded for an unnecessarily deployed airbag. From the video on BBC's website, it looks just like a big yellow schoolbus, but runs in liquid and allows writers to make water puns.
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