An excellent read for anyone who missed the fun times.. http://arstechnica.com/hardware/news/2009/09/a-trip-down-memory-lane-and-beyond-at-vintage-computer-fest.ars/2
Category: Cool
relating size, shape and position: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Waterman_Butterfly_Map_1996.jpg
You have to check these photos to believe it – Blades of helicopter cause sparks: http://www.michaelyon-online.com/the-kopp-etchells-effect.htm?beautiful
"Basically it is a result of static electricity created by friction as materials of dissimilar material strike against each other. In this case titanium/nickel blades moving through the air and dust. It occurs on the ground as well, but you don’t usually see it as much unless the aircraft is landing or taking off. The most common time is when fuel is being pumped. When large tankers are being fueled they must be grounded to prevent static electricity from discharging and creating explosions."
Yes! well,9 drops over 77 years, but it’s a liquid. http://www.smp.uq.edu.au/pitch/ 
This was published on NewScientist -http://www.newscientist.com/article/dn15016-humble-sticky-tape-emits-powerful-xrays.html
These clouds are so high in the atmosphere that they are only visible at dusk. These elusive clouds were thought to have been caused by methane reaching the 50 mile high altitude, but after careful review of sightings it was determined these happen within a few days of a shuttle launch. http://www.sciencenews.org/view/generic/id/45954/title/Comet_likely_culprit_in_Tunguska_blast
http://www.wired.com/geekdad/2009/07/100-things-your-kids-may-never-know-about/
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The international Space Station is the first hop / node in space to use the new Interplanetary Internet. This first iteration has certain hours that it can be used, so it still has some growth, but at least it’s the first step in expanding out reach. It uses Delay-Tolerant-Networking (DTN) to send the data instead of our standard TCP/IP, since it’s likely there data will come in waves and perhaps out of order. The main difference with DTN is the node will store all information it receives until it finds another node to send the data. The reason for this is a NAK (not acknowledged) message could delay transmissions for days, so a new method was needed. http://www.newscientist.com/article/dn17416-interplanetary-internet-gets-permanent-home-in-space.html?DCMP=OTC-rss&nsref=online-news
Finally, a all-electric vehicle with a 300 mile range, 0-6 in 5.6 seconds,electronically limited to 125-MPH and 45 minute quick-charge and seats 5 adults? It won’t be available in the U.S. for a couple of years, but it sure had caught my attention. This car as the ability to be used for daily life, get 2x the efficient as a hybrid, and do so with so much cargo room it’s insane. Check out the Tesla site here: http://www.teslamotors.com/models/index.php and Pcauthority has a interesting write up as well: http://www.pcauthority.com.au/News/149096,motor-tech-teslas-upgrade-to-right-hand-drive-evokes-exotic-electric-car-future.aspx
You got to hear this to believe it. I DO hear a delay at the very end (the intro says no effects) and I don’t see any mouth movement, but heck it’s pretty darn good anyway.
Tracklist: 1. Johann Sebastian Bach – Toccata and Fugue in D minor 2. Hallelujah 3. The Entertainer 4. Mr. Sandman 5. Glen Miller – In The Mood 6. Elvis Presley – Tutti Frutti 7. Beach Boys – I Get Around 8. Doobie Brothers – Long Train Runnin’ 9. Madonna – Holiday 10. Michael Jackson – Billie Jean 11. Eurythmics – Sweet Dreams 12. Nirvana – Smells like teen spirit 13. Spice Girls – If you wanna be my lover 14. Los Del Rio – La Macarena 15. Rednex – Cotton Eyed Joe 16. Britney Spears – Hit Me Baby One More Time 17. Baha Men – Who Let the Dogs Out? 18. C+C Music Factory – Gonna Make You Sweet (Everybody Dance Now) 19. Will Smith – Switch 20. Madagascar 5 vs. KK Project – I Like To Move It
If you are a TechNet or MSDN subscriber, you can download Windows 7 RC now. I have it pulling down at the moment, and I’m looking forward to checking it out. I’ll provide feedback when I’ve had a chance to use it. Windows site on Windows 7 here: http://www.microsoft.com/windows/windows-7/
I stumbled upon Ning yesterday during my career search. Do you have a passion, profession or a hobby? There is most likely a group that shares your passion on Ning: www.ning.com or you can start your own in minutes without programming knowledge. Check it out, or read more here: http://www.techcrunch.com/2007/02/26/ning-in-full/comment-page-3/
This year F1 racing will be even more exciting to watch with the new energy recovery systems – KERS. The cars will have one of two methods of storing braking energy and provide that power on-demand via a boost button on the cars. It’s generating a lot of controversy over safety; time will tell. Read more here: http://www.newscientist.com/article/mg20127015.800-f1-cars-get-a-power-boost-but-at-what-risk.html?DCMP=OTC-rss&nsref=online-news
See a video of the fly-wheel design here:
http://www.williamshybridpower.com/f1/
Also check out this blog entry:
http://blog.hitzenglish.com/2008/12/formula-one-kinetic-energy-recovery.html
It’s still being investigated, but researches have found a way to increase the resolution of MRIs 1000-fold. The good news is the MRI scanners would be able to use this without hardware modifications. Read more here:http://physicsworld.com/cws/article/news/38423
“ Physicists are on the verge of demonstrating perhaps the ultimate application of the laser: creating nuclear fusion in the lab.
Later today the US Department of Energy will give official clearance for experiments to begin at the the $4bn National Ignition Facility (NIF) “
Yoshimoto discovered this cube when he was searching for a way to divide a cube equally in three-dimensional space. The result is a peculiar polyhedral dyad consisting of eight interconnected cubes that can be opened in multiple ways. The cube can be divided into two cubes and then transformed into two rhombuses, one silver the other gold with twelve faces each. Great animation here: http://www1.ttcn.ne.jp/a-nishi/y_cube/z_y_cube.html Check out other Ployhedral toys here:http://www1.ttcn.ne.jp/a-nishi/z_p_toy.html
And for ~$50 buy one here: http://www.momastore.org/museum/moma/ProductDisplay_Yoshimoto%20Cube_10451_10001_45657_-1_11480_11482_Y_Games%20and%20Puzzles_
On Saturday Dec 20th, 2008 my family and I were driving to the store to pick up some Christmas Gifts. Then it happened; Santa was on his “sleigh” on Manchester Rd. He seemed to be having some problems with his beard, which made me wonder how Santa deals with this when he’s *really* going fast at night. How could he possibly see? I guess Rudolph takes care of getting Santa safely to each home. Happy Holidays!
I had not heard of microlensing prior to reading this article, but apparently both a galaxy and the individual stars both help gravitational lensing to allow astronomers to see details described as :
“[It] enabled astronomers to probe regions on scales as small as a millionth of an arcsecond. This corresponds to the size of a one euro coin seen at a distance of five million kilometers, i.e., about 13 times the distance to the Moon! "
Have you seen Google Street view? In a nutshell, Google outfitted cars with special cameras to take photos of all major streets in many of the US cities. It’s quite amazing idea, and already some businesses are using it to make their job easier / keep costs down. My brother works for a large insurance company that used to send folks to accident sites to take photos of the area. Now if they just need to see what the road or an intersection looks like, they simply pull it up on the street view of Google.
A local neighborhood decided they wanted to do something special for the camera car when it visited. Check out the “making of” video first:
Then go to the Street view from Google to see the results: http://maps.google.com/maps?cbp=12,453.27181675734937,,0,8.89249651051198&cbll=40.456786,-80.012446&layer=c&ie=UTF8&panoid=lSBvKglurQAKmE49AlGQgA&ll=40.456785,-80.011722&spn=0,359.986095&z=17
Caltech has developed a movie-microscope to show atomic particles behavior.
“More than a century ago, the development of the earliest motion picture technology made what had been previously thought "magical" a reality: capturing and recreating the movement and dynamism of the world around us. A breakthrough technology based on new concepts has now accomplished a similar feat, but on an atomic scale–by allowing, for the first time, the real-time, real-space visualization of fleeting changes in the structure and shape of matter barely a billionth of a meter in size.
Such "movies" of atomic changes in materials of gold and graphite, obtained using the technique, are featured in a paper appearing in the November 21 issue of the journal Science. (4D microscopy videos can be viewed at http://ust.caltech.edu/movie_gallery/.) A patent on the conceptual framework of this approach was granted to the California Institute of Technology (Caltech) in 2006. “
Read the story here: http://www.physorg.com/news146409320.html
sample move here:http://ust.caltech.edu/movie_gallery/NanoDrumming.html
