Machines

2022 - 9 - 8

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Tour news: Pavement, Jack White, Machine Head, The Secret ... (Brooklyn Vegan)

Plus: Rome Streetz, a Lex Records party, Loathe, Succumb, Flo Milli, Dry Cleaning, Taking Back Sunday, Crowded House, Subhumans and more tour and festival ...

All dates are [here](https://www.ilovemetric.com/). [The Doomscroller Tour](https://www.brooklynvegan.com/metric-announce-new-album-formentera-2022-tour-hear-all-comes-crashing/)." [All dates are here](https://jackwhiteiii.com/tour-dates/). [Head here](https://www.machinehead1.com/blogs/news/machine-head-announce-north-american-tour-dates) for all dates. Dates wrap up with two shows at [Brooklyn Steel on 10/26 and 10/27](https://www.axs.com/search?q=metric+brooklyn+steel). [reunion tour](https://www.brooklynvegan.com/pavement-announce-tour-openers-horsegirl-the-goon-sax-steve-gunn-more/) starts tonight in San Diego. [Supply Chain Issues tour](https://www.brooklynvegan.com/jack-white-extends-supply-chain-issues-tour-including-dates-with-cat-power/), happening in Chattanooga, TN on 9/17 and Santa Fe on 9/29. [postponed](https://www.brooklynvegan.com/crowded-house-postpone-first-north-american-tour-in-12-years/). [are playing shows](https://www.brooklynvegan.com/esg-prep-new-album-documentary-playing-nyc-with-sister-nancy/). The Girls Just Wanna Have Fun tour hits Atlanta, DC, NYC, Boston, and Montreal before Houston rapper Monaleo joins for dates in the Midwest and West Coast. The tour includes [four shows at Brooklyn's Kings Theatre](http://ticketmaster.evyy.net/c/259789/264167/4272?u=https://www.ticketmaster.com/pavement-tickets/artist/750321). Long-running metal band Machine Head have announced a fall tour for November and December.

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Do Bubble Machines Keep Mosquitoes Away? (Snopes.com)

We haven't found any credible sources that confirm bubble machines repel these insects, however. Because mosquito bites can spread disease, the Centers for ...

Sources that claim bubble makers keep mosquitoes away argue that the insects don’t like the smell of soap. “Zika Virus – Protect Yourself from Mosquito Bites.” CDC, 5 Nov. In 2002, we likewise Hot weather in many regions of the U.S. [lists](https://www.cdc.gov/zika/prevention/prevent-mosquito-bites.html) a number of preventative measures. [perennial pastime](https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/repel-tell/) of seeking out remedies for keeping mosquitoes away.

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Trumpf uses water to cool laser-cutting machines (Cooling Post)

GERMANY: Trumpf, the German industrial machine manufacturing company, has developed what it says is a sustainable cooling solution for its laser-cutting ...

The Eco Cooler will help our customers save energy and reduce the use of harmful substances in production. Instead of using HFC refrigerants, Trumpf’s new Eco Cooler uses pure water as the coolant and uses up to 80% less energy. “It enables users to control the temperature of components that generate heat during laser processing and also regulate volume-flow rates.”

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Humans to order machines with power of thinking: Turkish expert (Hurriyet Daily News)

People will give orders to machines with the power of thinking in the near future when the real and the virtual worlds will collide, said a Turkish expert ...

We are working on a project when we can open the TV only by thinking.” However, we are stuck at muscle power for the ability to move.” [Tuğçe Taşçı](/index/tugce-tasci), who is working as a researcher in a department at Meta, where the virtual reality glasses are designed, insisted that mobile phones, “human’s indispensable need of today,” will no longer exist in the future.

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