How NASA finds oil.
Unfortunately, as NPR reveals, we’re not talking about the kind that’s still safely underground:
… Read the rest “How NASA finds oil.”The NASA Earth Observatory explains that since ocean waters are never perfectly
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Body power. That’s hot.
Forbes traces the development of devices powered by body heat:
… Read the rest “Body power. That’s hot.”A resting male can put out between 100 and 120 watts of energy, in theory enough to power many of the electronics you use, such
Making pavement pay.
Covered this as a concept before here, but PhysOrg is reporting that a town in France is making step-powered pavement a reality:
… Read the rest “Making pavement pay.”Authorities in Toulouse in the south-west of France are considering
Science Art: The U.S.S. Los Angeles moored on the U.S.S. Pakota, 1924
This is the US Navy’s airship Los Angeles, the most successful of America’s rigid-body airships, engaging in a maneuver that proved dirigibles like these… Read the rest “Science Art: The U.S.S. Los Angeles moored on the U.S.S. Pakota, 1924”
Nuclear molemen?
Sorry, but I just can’t outdo Wired’s headline on this one: Pentagon Scientists Target Iran’s Nuclear Molemen:
… Read the rest “Nuclear molemen?”Iran’s president, Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, apparently takes
Feeling with a robot hand.
The Mail Times reports on a bionic breakthrough – a man who can feel and control his prosthetic hand as if it was the one he was born with:
… Read the rest “Feeling with a robot hand.”The Italian-led team said at a news conference
Coke Silver could save the world.
Or, at least, do less harm. The folks at Gizmodo are touting the concept of the future-friendly paint-free Coke can:
… Read the rest “Coke Silver could save the world.”So using only classic Coca-Cola’s daily sales figures, that means
Another LHC baguatelle.
Yeah, so the LHC really, really can’t catch a break. Not only are bizarre electrical failures, Al Qaeda operatives and time travelers out to get them – PopSci reveals that even… Read the rest “Another LHC baguatelle.”
Science Art: Nomenclature and Operation (Norden Bombsight, Mar 1945)
The Norden Bombsight, from the Bombardier’s Information File (BIF) describing the components and controls.
If you’ve read Slaughterhouse 5 or seen the… Read the rest “Science Art: Nomenclature and Operation (Norden Bombsight, Mar 1945)”
Rock the Power, Gramps.
Designboom recently gave a green design award to the Murakami rocking chair.
Great invention – it’s a rocking chair with a dynamo and a built-in reading lamp. Your rocking … Read the rest “Rock the Power, Gramps.”
Coconut fusion reactor.
New Scientist goes tropical, revealing what a fusion reactor has in common with a pina colada:
… Read the rest “Coconut fusion reactor.”The coconuts will be used to generate 10,000 cubic metres of nothing – the vacuum essential
Salt, paper, battery!
The technical chefs at M.I.T. have come up with a cheap, fun recipe – with simple ingredients like salt and paper, you can start cooking up electricity:
… Read the rest “Salt, paper, battery!”The salt-and-paper battery
Science Art: $2 Silver Certificate, 1896 (Science Presents Steam and Electricity to Commerce and Manufacture.)
Lovely ladies, all of them. Science, the mother of Steam and Electricity, presents her children to their new, lugubriously lolling caretakers. This was, of course, in the years before … Read the rest “Science Art: $2 Silver Certificate, 1896 (Science Presents Steam and Electricity to Commerce and Manufacture.)”
Land of the Rising Solar Panel
PhysOrg reveals why Japan is going to outlast us all – because instead of (or in addition to) prospecting for oil reserves, they’re going to put solar panels in orbit:
… Read the rest “Land of the Rising Solar Panel”The planned
Affordable solar? Hair’s the ticket.
OK, sorry for that headline. Ahem. But here! There are these two kids in Nepal who figured out how to make solar energy a heck of a lot cheaper to harness:
… Read the rest “Affordable solar? Hair’s the ticket.”Milan Karki and Harihar Adhikari, have