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Named for the Polish-American bookseller who acquired it in 1912, its undeciphered text and purported 15th-16th century origins have long been a matter of controversy. So just how old is it? </p> <p>According to the University of Arizona, the sample was dated to between 1404 and 1438, making it older than previously thought; it predates the Gutenberg bible, printed in 1453. </p> <p>The dating team, led by Greg Hodgins in the university's physics department, did not decipher the language, itself hand-written in elegant "alien characters" on many of the manuscript's pages. </p> <p>They used an <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20110213200340/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Accelerator_mass_spectrometry">accelerator mass spectrometer</a> to detect traces of carbon-14, a rare radioisotope found in plants and animals. As the rate of decay is predicable after the plant or animal dies, the concentration of carbon-14 in a sample of organic material is an accurate indicator of age. Four samples, each measuring about 1 by 6mm, were taken from four different pages of the manuscript, according to the university, then cleaned and burned to leave only its carbon content for analysis.</p> <p>Inks on the document were also found to be consistent with colors available during the Renaissance, but it is not easy to date them.</p> <p>"It would be great if we could directly radiocarbon date the inks, but it is actually really difficult to do. First, they are on a surface only in trace amounts" Hodgins said in a press release. "The carbon content is usually extremely low. Moreover, sampling ink free of carbon from the parchment on which it sits is currently beyond our abilities. Finally, some inks are not carbon based, but are derived from ground minerals. They're inorganic, so they don't contain any carbon."</p> <p>The book is currently owned by the Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library of Yale University. In 2004, one academic concluded that <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20110213200340/http://www.wired.com/wired/archive/12.09/rugg.html">the text was meaningless gibberish</a>. His prime suspect, Elizabethan fraudster Edward Kelley, would appear to no longer be in the frame.</p> <p>Photo: Beinecke Rare Book & Manuscript Library, Yale University</p> <p><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20110213200340/http://uanews.org/node/37825">Press Release</a> [UoA]</p></em></b></strong></i> <strong><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20110213200340/http://www.boingboing.net/2011/02/11/voynich-manuscript-d.html" rel="bookmark">Read the rest</a></strong> </div> <div class="post" id="entry-93596"><script>postcount++;document.write("<a name=\"p"+postcount+"\"> </a>");</script> <p class="headline"><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20110213200340/http://www.boingboing.net/2011/02/11/mubarak-resigns.html" rel="bookmark">Mubarak resigns</a></p> <p class="byline"> <a class="names" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20110213200340/http://www.boingboing.net/author/rob-beschizza-1/">Rob Beschizza</a> at 9:15 AM Fri <span style="float:right;"></span> <p><p><img alt="mubarak.jpg" src="https://web.archive.org/web/20110213200340im_/http://www.boingboing.net/images/mubarak.jpg" width="600" height="377" class="mt-image-none" style=""/></p> <p>Hosni Mubarak has <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20110213200340/http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-middle-east-12433045">stepped down as president of Egypt</a>, according to Vice President Omar Suleiman, who announced on state TV that the military was now in control of the country. </p> <p>Earlier today, Mubarak and his family flew to Sharm el-Sheik, a resort town in the Sinai peninsula. [BBC. Photo: Reuters]</p></em></b></strong></i> <strong><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20110213200340/http://www.boingboing.net/2011/02/11/mubarak-resigns.html" rel="bookmark">Read the rest</a></strong> </div> <div class="post" id="entry-93588"><script>postcount++;document.write("<a name=\"p"+postcount+"\"> </a>");</script> <p class="headline"><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20110213200340/http://www.boingboing.net/2011/02/11/mans-head-rejects-im.html" rel="bookmark">Man's head rejects implanted camera</a></p> <p class="byline"> <a class="names" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20110213200340/http://www.boingboing.net/author/rob-beschizza-1/">Rob Beschizza</a> at 8:00 AM Fri <span style="float:right;"></span> <p><p><img alt="skullcam.jpg" src="https://web.archive.org/web/20110213200340im_/http://www.boingboing.net/images/skullcam.jpg" class="mt-image-none bordered"/></p> <p>Artist <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20110213200340/http://wafaabilal.com/">Wafaa Bilal</a> mounted a camera on a titanium base inserted between his skull and his skin, and planned to live with it embedded in his head for a year. Though he took antibiotic and steroid treatments, persistence was futile: <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20110213200340/http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-12429353">his body rejected part of the implant, forcing its removal</a> last week. <small>Photo: Reuters/Jessica Rinaldi</small></p></em></b></strong></i> <strong><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20110213200340/http://www.boingboing.net/2011/02/11/mans-head-rejects-im.html" rel="bookmark">Read the rest</a></strong> </div> <div class="post" id="entry-93584"><script>postcount++;document.write("<a name=\"p"+postcount+"\"> </a>");</script> <p class="headline"><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20110213200340/http://www.boingboing.net/2011/02/11/nokia-joins-forces-w.html" rel="bookmark">Nokia joins forces with Microsoft</a></p> <p class="byline"> <a class="names" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20110213200340/http://www.boingboing.net/author/rob-beschizza-1/">Rob Beschizza</a> at 7:50 AM Fri <span style="float:right;"></span> <p>After releasing <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20110213200340/http://blogs.wsj.com/tech-europe/2011/02/09/full-text-nokia-ceo-stephen-elops-burning-platform-memo/">a memo</a> that confessed its failure to compete with the iPhone and Android cellphones, Nokia plans to abandon its own mobile operating system <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20110213200340/http://conversations.nokia.com/2011/02/11/open-letter-from-ceo-stephen-elop-nokia-and-ceo-steve-ballmer-microsoft/">in favor of Microsoft Phone 7</a>. </em></b></strong></i> <strong><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20110213200340/http://www.boingboing.net/2011/02/11/nokia-joins-forces-w.html" rel="bookmark">Read the rest</a></strong> </div> <div class="post" id="entry-93495"><script>postcount++;document.write("<a name=\"p"+postcount+"\"> </a>");</script> <p class="headline"><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20110213200340/http://www.boingboing.net/2011/02/10/valentines-day-board.html" rel="bookmark">Valentines' Day Boardgame Remix Kits</a></p> <p class="byline"> <a class="names" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20110213200340/http://www.boingboing.net/author/rob-beschizza-1/">Rob Beschizza</a> at 10:55 AM Thu <span style="float:right;"></span> <p> <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20110213200340/http://boingboing.net/"><img src="https://web.archive.org/web/20110213200340im_/http://boingboing.net/features/standardbug.png" id="bbbug"></a> <div class="introduction"> <h1>Valentines' Day Boardgame Remix Kits</h1> <p>The game-redesigning-geniuses at London's Hide-and-Seek have released a V-day add-on for their clever <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20110213200340/http://www.boingboing.net/2010/12/12/boardgame-remix-kit.html">Boardgame Remix Kit</a> (<a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20110213200340/http://d3ne9kg0eu8sjw.cloudfront.net/assets/pdf/boardgame-remix-kit-valentines.pdf">download the pdf</a>). <p>For those of you who missed it the first time around: the BRK is a set of playtested alternative rules that treats the box-contents of Scrabble, Monopoly, Clue (AKA Cluedo) and Trivial Pursuit as raw material for a series of fun, fast, exciting games. <p>The Valentine's Day edition has four new lovestruck games to while away the after-date/pre-nookie hours. </div> <div class="game_left"> <div class="board_left"> <img src="https://web.archive.org/web/20110213200340im_/http://boingboing.net/features/boardgameremixes/scrabble.jpg" class="board_graphic"> </div> <div class="copytext_left"><h2>ROFDLT</h2><p>A game of acronyms that may well lead to lewdness. This two-player game requires a Scrabble set and a partner, preferably one with whom you are in a relationship. Make acronyms that describe something you can do to them!</p><p><strong><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20110213200340/http://boingboing.net/features/boardgameremixes/ROFDLT.doc">Download this game</strong></a> (Or get them all in <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20110213200340/http://d3ne9kg0eu8sjw.cloudfront.net/assets/pdf/boardgame-remix-kit-valentines.pdf">the complete PDF</a>) </div> </div> <div class="game_right"> <div class="copytext_right"><h2>Divorce!</h2><p>A game for two grumpy players. Get through the three inevitable stages of a relationship - Wooing, Marriage and Divorce - and come out with more property than your ex. Naturally, this game for two players requires a Monopoly set. </p><p><strong><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20110213200340/http://boingboing.net/features/boardgameremixes/Divorce.doc">Download this game</strong></a> (Or get them all in <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20110213200340/http://d3ne9kg0eu8sjw.cloudfront.net/assets/pdf/boardgame-remix-kit-valentines.pdf">the complete PDF</a>) </div> <div class="board_right"> <img src="https://web.archive.org/web/20110213200340im_/http://boingboing.net/features/boardgameremixes/monopoly.jpg" class="board_graphic"> </div> </div> <div class="game_left"> <div class="board_left"> <img src="https://web.archive.org/web/20110213200340im_/http://boingboing.net/features/boardgameremixes/cluedo.jpg" class="board_graphic"> </div> <div class="copytext_left"><h2>I Brought You This Piping To Show You My Love</h2><p>Bring your beloved the perfect gift and make their heart melt. Rope? A candlestick? A nice sharp practical knife? Requires 4-6 players and the game of Clue. </p><p><strong><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20110213200340/http://boingboing.net/features/boardgameremixes/Piping.doc">Download this game</strong></a> (Or get them all in <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20110213200340/http://d3ne9kg0eu8sjw.cloudfront.net/assets/pdf/boardgame-remix-kit-valentines.pdf">the complete PDF</a>) </div> </div> <div class="game_right"> <div class="copytext_right"><h2>WLTM Humpty Dumpty</h2><p>A quick, silly fill-in-the-blanks trivia game. Build up your very own personals ad using answers from the Trivial Pursuit questions.: Single Hans Holbein (the younger) WLTM a speed bump or sleeping policeman.</p><p><strong><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20110213200340/http://boingboing.net/features/boardgameremixes/Dumpty.doc">Download this game</strong></a> (Or get them all in <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20110213200340/http://d3ne9kg0eu8sjw.cloudfront.net/assets/pdf/boardgame-remix-kit-valentines.pdf">the complete PDF</a>) </div> <div class="board_right"> <img src="https://web.archive.org/web/20110213200340im_/http://boingboing.net/features/boardgameremixes/trivial.jpg" class="board_graphic"> </div> </div> <div class="introduction"> <center><p> Remixes: Hide-and-Seek • Post: Cory • Layout: Rob<p>Visit the <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20110213200340/http://boardgame-remix-kit.com/">Boardgame Remix Kit homepage</a></center> </div></em></b></strong></i> <strong><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20110213200340/http://www.boingboing.net/2011/02/10/valentines-day-board.html" rel="bookmark">Read the rest</a></strong> </div> <div class="post" id="entry-93446"><script>postcount++;document.write("<a name=\"p"+postcount+"\"> </a>");</script> <p class="headline"><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20110213200340/http://www.boingboing.net/2011/02/10/everests-open-gravey.html" rel="bookmark">Everest's open graveyard</a></p> <p class="byline"> <a class="names" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20110213200340/http://www.boingboing.net/author/rob-beschizza-1/">Rob Beschizza</a> at 8:34 AM Thu <span style="float:right;"></span> <p>Godhead/v writes of <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20110213200340/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Green_Boots">Green Boots</a>, the mysterious climber whose body lies <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20110213200340/http://gizmodo.com/#!5755875/abandoned-on-mt-everest">abandoned at the edge of heaven</a> ... and the others: "What happened next entered the folklore of the highest mountain on earth. Every man interviewed gives a different story." [Gizmodo]</em></b></strong></i> <strong><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20110213200340/http://www.boingboing.net/2011/02/10/everests-open-gravey.html" rel="bookmark">Read the rest</a></strong> </div> <div class="post" id="entry-93442"><script>postcount++;document.write("<a name=\"p"+postcount+"\"> </a>");</script> <p class="headline"><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20110213200340/http://www.boingboing.net/2011/02/10/box.html" rel="bookmark">Box headed to new home today (giveaway update)</a></p> <p class="byline"> <a class="names" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20110213200340/http://www.boingboing.net/author/rob-beschizza-1/">Rob Beschizza</a> at 8:00 AM Thu <span style="float:right;"></span> <p><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20110213200340/http://www.flickr.com/photos/rbeschizza/5433266751/sizes/l/in/photostream/"><img alt="boxthumb.jpg" src="https://web.archive.org/web/20110213200340im_/http://www.boingboing.net/images/boxthumb.jpg" width="300" height="169" class="bordered" style="float:right;margin:0px 0px 10px 20px;"/></a> What's in the box? We had <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20110213200340/http://boingboing.net/2011/02/08/thebox.html">so many wonderfully humorous explanations of why you need to know</a> that it's a shame there aren't enough boxes to go out to everyone. Alas, the window of opportunity is now closed; the recipient has been picked. Thank you all so much for your interest in such a trivial mystery! Its resolution is now out of my hands.</em></b></strong></i> <strong><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20110213200340/http://www.boingboing.net/2011/02/10/box.html" rel="bookmark">Read the rest</a></strong> </div> <div class="post" id="entry-93366"><script>postcount++;document.write("<a name=\"p"+postcount+"\"> </a>");</script> <p class="headline"><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20110213200340/http://www.boingboing.net/2011/02/09/hp-touchpad-enters-f.html" rel="bookmark">HP TouchPad enters fray</a></p> <p class="byline"> <a class="names" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20110213200340/http://www.boingboing.net/author/rob-beschizza-1/">Rob Beschizza</a> at 1:33 PM Wed <span style="float:right;"></span> <p><p><img alt="hpnewstuff.jpg" src="https://web.archive.org/web/20110213200340im_/http://www.boingboing.net/images/hpnewstuff.jpg" width="600" height="499" class="mt-image-none" style=""/></p> <p>The fruits of HP and Palm's merger are finally coming, in the form of the HP TouchPad and two new touchscreen cellphones.</p> <p>Out until later this year, the TouchPad has the same-size screen as an iPad (at the same 1024x768 resolution, too) and runs a new version of WebOS, the mobile operating system Palm developed to compete with Apple's iOS. It has a 1.2GHz dual core processor, a 1.3MP camera, and a similar look to its competitors. Engadget has <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20110213200340/http://www.engadget.com/2011/02/09/hp-touchpad-first-hands-on/">video of it in action</a>. </p> <p>Also announced today was a new version of the Pre cellphone, now with a larger, 3.6" display, and the HP Veer, <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20110213200340/http://gizmodo.com/#!5756088/hp-veer-is-a-tiny-tiny-palm-phone-with-a-slideout-keyboard">a remarkably small "pebble" smartphone that weighs just 103 grams</a>. [Gizmodo]</p> <p>There was an interesting surprise at HP's press conference, too: <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20110213200340/http://www.crunchgear.com/2011/02/09/hp-announces-webos-for-pcs/">WebOS will also be made available for PCs</a>. [Crunchgear]</p></em></b></strong></i> <strong><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20110213200340/http://www.boingboing.net/2011/02/09/hp-touchpad-enters-f.html" rel="bookmark">Read the rest</a></strong> </div> <div class="post" id="entry-93364"><script>postcount++;document.write("<a name=\"p"+postcount+"\"> </a>");</script> <p class="headline"><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20110213200340/http://www.boingboing.net/2011/02/09/orabrush-tongue-scra.html" rel="bookmark">Orabrush tongue scraper</a></p> <p class="byline"> <a class="names" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20110213200340/http://www.boingboing.net/author/rob-beschizza-1/">Rob Beschizza</a> at 1:12 PM Wed <span style="float:right;"></span> <p>Orabrush makes an inexpensive <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20110213200340/http://www.orabrush.com/">modern take on the classic tongue-scraper</a>, bristling with rubber fronds that "reach deep into the uneven crevices of your tongue." Alternative uses: muffin tenderizer; cat de-dandruffer; scoring paddle for kinky lawn bowlers. <small>Also, <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20110213200340/http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xl_gTHdrBqg">best PR pitch so far this year</a>.</small> [Orabrush]</em></b></strong></i> <strong><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20110213200340/http://www.boingboing.net/2011/02/09/orabrush-tongue-scra.html" rel="bookmark">Read the rest</a></strong> </div> <div class="post" id="entry-93263"><script>postcount++;document.write("<a name=\"p"+postcount+"\"> </a>");</script> <p class="headline"><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20110213200340/http://www.boingboing.net/2011/02/08/patriot-act-extensio.html" rel="bookmark">Patriot Act extension fails to pass</a></p> <p class="byline"> <a class="names" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20110213200340/http://www.boingboing.net/author/rob-beschizza-1/">Rob Beschizza</a> at 7:05 PM Tue <span style="float:right;"></span> <p>Not a misprint: House <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20110213200340/http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2011/02/08/AR2011020806345.html?hpid=topnews">Democrats and the Tea Party joined forces today</a> to defeat the rest of the Republican party and the Obama Administration. [Wapo]</em></b></strong></i> <strong><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20110213200340/http://www.boingboing.net/2011/02/08/patriot-act-extensio.html" rel="bookmark">Read the rest</a></strong> </div> <div class="post" id="entry-93199"><script>postcount++;document.write("<a name=\"p"+postcount+"\"> </a>");</script> <p class="headline"><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20110213200340/http://www.boingboing.net/2011/02/08/thebox.html" rel="bookmark">Boing Boing Giveaway #whatsinthebox</a></p> <p class="byline"> <a class="names" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20110213200340/http://www.boingboing.net/author/rob-beschizza-1/">Rob Beschizza</a> at 8:15 AM Tue <span style="float:right;"></span> <p><p><img alt="whatsinthebox.jpg" src="https://web.archive.org/web/20110213200340im_/http://www.boingboing.net/images/whatsinthebox.jpg" width="600" height="389" class="mt-image-none bordered" style=""/></p> <p>Inside this box lies hundreds of dollars worth of <em>stuff</em>: gadgets, CES swag, gris-gris. It belongs to one of our followers on the social networks, but I'm not sure who. Trusting chance, I'll mail it off tomorrow evening after selecting one at random. If you want a shot at getting it, do any of the following: </p> <p><strong>Follow us on Twitter<br/> </strong><br/> <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20110213200340/http://www.twitter.com/boingboing"><img src="https://web.archive.org/web/20110213200340im_/http://twitter-badges.s3.amazonaws.com/follow_me-b.png" alt="Follow boingboing on Twitter"/></a></p> <p><strong>Or on Facebook</strong><br/> <iframe src="https://web.archive.org/web/20110213200340if_/http://www.facebook.com/plugins/like.php?href=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.facebook.com%2Fpages%2FBoing-Boing%2F27479046178&layout=standard&show_faces=true&width=450&action=like&colorscheme=light&height=80" scrolling="no" frameborder="0" style="border:none; overflow:hidden; width:450px; height:80px;" allowtransparency="true"></iframe></p> <p>Then <strong>retweet this post with the #whatsinthebox hashtag</strong>, or <strong>comment below to tell us why you absolutely must know what is in the box.</strong>. The recipient will be selected from the hashtag search and commenters here.</p> <p><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20110213200340/http://twitter.com/share" class="twitter-share-button" data-url="https://web.archive.org/web/20110213200340/http://www.boingboing.net/2011/02/08/thebox.html" data-text="Boing Boing Giveaway #whatsinthebox" data-count="vertical" data-via="boingboing">Tweet</a><script type="text/javascript" src="https://web.archive.org/web/20110213200340js_/http://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js"></script></p> <p><strong>UPDATE</strong>: <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20110213200340/http://www.boingboing.net/2011/02/10/box.html">A recipient has been selected</a>. Thank you, everyone!</p></em></b></strong></i> <strong><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20110213200340/http://www.boingboing.net/2011/02/08/thebox.html" rel="bookmark">Read the rest</a></strong> </div> <div class="post" id="entry-93144"><script>postcount++;document.write("<a name=\"p"+postcount+"\"> </a>");</script> <p class="headline"><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20110213200340/http://www.boingboing.net/2011/02/07/gelaskins-inexpensiv.html" rel="bookmark">Gelaskins: scratch protection for just about anything</a></p> <p class="byline"> <a class="names" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20110213200340/http://www.boingboing.net/author/rob-beschizza-1/">Rob Beschizza</a> at 3:50 PM Mon <span style="float:right;"></span> <p><p><img src="https://web.archive.org/web/20110213200340im_/http://boingboing.net/rob/images/gelaskins/1.jpg"></p> <p>Gelaskins sent over <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20110213200340/http://www.gelaskins.com/">one of its new laptop skins</a>. Peel 'n' stick covers cut from sheets of <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20110213200340/http://solutions.3m.com/wps/portal/3M/en_US/Graphics/Scotchprint/Prod-Info/Catalog/?nid=1DNTF1Q9C9beGW5VRFJ6Q9gl">3M Controltac</a>, it goes on easily—not so sticky that it's hard to reposition or push out air bubbles, but sticky enough not to peel when you rub your thumb against the edge. </p></em></b></strong></i> <strong><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20110213200340/http://www.boingboing.net/2011/02/07/gelaskins-inexpensiv.html" rel="bookmark">Read the rest</a></strong> </div> <div class="content-nav"> <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20110213200340/http://www.boingboing.net/author/colinb-1/">« Colin Berry</a> | <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20110213200340/http://www.boingboing.net/">Main Index</a> | <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20110213200340/http://www.boingboing.net/archive.html">Archives</a> | <a 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