It seems it will be a while before the LHC will be ready to convert the Swiss/French border into strange matter and suck all life as we know it into the oblivion of a homemade black hole. The cooling system that is responsible for keeping the LHC’s super-magnets from melting the planet has an electrical malfunction – Armageddon is down for repairs. [Physorg via Gizmodo, DVICE]

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While I was sorely tempted to write some spoof piece about the end of the world yesterday, something deep inside told me that it would be a bad idea. There are people who were genuinely afraid of that thing and the potential for someone to do something rash and totally irreversible was always there. As is evidenced by the case of Chayya, a 16-year-old girl from the state of Madhya Pradesh in India, who drank pesticide out of the fear that the world was going to end when CERN turned on the LHC.

While what happened to young Chayya is very sad, we are fortunate that none of the idiots that were sending death threats to physicists made good on their warnings. [News.com.au]

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There is more than one crackpot who will tell you that once CERN powers up their LHC that the world as we know it will, at the very least, go out the way we see in this video, enjoy! [Book of Joe]

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If you ever wanted to see a robot arm made of wood and controlled by a Pay Station 1 controller today is your lucky day. Video down below.

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Update: we found two new reviews. Posted towards the bottom of review
Of all the reviews we have posted this has been the hardest. We have tried all our advanced search tricks, set up product alerts and still very few true reviews to be found. We found tons of sites talking about it but no real reviews. Needless to say this review round-up will be updated as soon as we find something worth posting. If you come across a review for the Adidas 1 please email us and we will gladly give you full credit for the find. Here is a short list( a very short list)of what we found. The Engadget review is the most complete review and has the best quote.

Engadget by Peter Rojas
“First off, these are quite possibly the ugliest shoes we’ve ever worn, no matter how fine they appear in the photos, know that they look far worse in person (we actually preferred the packaging to the shoes themselves).”


Josh Rubin
“So how did it feel running in these things? Great! The bottom line is that it’s a really comfortable, solid shoe. We played with the settings so I could feel the range available, but once I just let the shoe adapt to me, it just felt good. And that’s the point. You shouldn’t constantly feel the shoe adjusting, you should just be able to run comfortably over any terrain.”

update:
here are two more reviews to add to the list

AP by Frank Bajak via ABC News
“one particularly long run I hit that endorphin-juiced sweet spot where my legs seem to cycle like a flywheel, even as fatigue sets in, I felt the shoes assisting me.
I’d have to say that the harder the surface and the choppier your running style, the more a pair of Adidas 1 will help you.”

The Authour does make an interesting point:
“There’s a computer inside these shoes taking measurements. It can record how far I run, diagnose my style and perhaps provide advice. How to tap in for feedback?
With these shoes, there’s no way to extract the data.” Maybe Adidas 2.0?

Working Smarter (this site has two reviews: first impressions and The week after review. This link is for the week after review)

“My main gripe is the weight. This shoe is heavy, and after a long run of 2 hours on Sunday, I felt it towards the end of my run. It”s definitely not a shoe you want to run long hours in.”

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