Rosbjerg Posted July 6, 2012 Share Posted July 6, 2012 Not so much a discovery, but a really nice little video showing our blue planet from the ISS. Fortune favors the bald. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gorth Posted July 9, 2012 Share Posted July 9, 2012 Your tax money at work Batman's gliding method debunked "Four students from the University of Leicester have calculated that the superhero's method of using his cape to glide from tall buildings would result in him hitting the ground at life-threatening speeds." "The team found that if Batman jumped from a building 150 metres high, he could successfully glide a distance of about 350m. But he probably wouldn't survive the landing, due to the high speeds reached during his descent." "The students calculated that his impact with the ground would be equivalent to him being struck by a car travelling at 80km/h. One of the students, David Marshall, 22, said: 'If Batman wanted to survive the flight, he would definitely need a bigger cape.'" Batman, you are busted! “He who joyfully marches to music in rank and file has already earned my contempt. He has been given a large brain by mistake, since for him the spinal cord would surely suffice.” - Albert Einstein Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gfted1 Posted July 11, 2012 Share Posted July 11, 2012 HP Memristors Will Reinvent Computer Memory "I'm your biggest fan, Ill follow you until you love me, Papa" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gfted1 Posted July 17, 2012 Share Posted July 17, 2012 Record-breaking Laser Hits 500 Trillion Watts. "I'm your biggest fan, Ill follow you until you love me, Papa" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
obyknven Posted July 20, 2012 Share Posted July 20, 2012 http://2045.com/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gorgon Posted July 20, 2012 Share Posted July 20, 2012 Disturbing to say the least, but it raises an interesting question. What happens when you will be able to buy more life with money. In a general health sense we are already there, but when the very rich become immortal. Will it be time to reimagine the monetary system, will a revolution succeed, or will they divide and conquer like they always have. Na na na na na na ... greg358 from Darksouls 3 PVP is a CHEATER. That is all. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
obyknven Posted July 20, 2012 Share Posted July 20, 2012 http://youtu.be/01hbkh4hXEk Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wrath of Dagon Posted July 22, 2012 Author Share Posted July 22, 2012 Subconscious password : http://www.joystiq.com/2012/07/21/guitar-hero-clone-used-to-teach-unknowable-subconscious-passwor/ "Moral indignation is a standard strategy for endowing the idiot with dignity." Marshall McLuhan Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Morgoth Posted July 22, 2012 Share Posted July 22, 2012 http://youtu.be/01hbkh4hXEk That's really cool. But I'm afraid to say Russia will not play much of a role in that development. Rain makes everything better. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gorgon Posted July 23, 2012 Share Posted July 23, 2012 It's not so much a discovery as wishful thinking though. Na na na na na na ... greg358 from Darksouls 3 PVP is a CHEATER. That is all. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WDeranged Posted July 23, 2012 Share Posted July 23, 2012 http://2045.com/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gorgon Posted July 23, 2012 Share Posted July 23, 2012 I dunno, he looks kinda shifty. I get more spoon bender than visionary. Na na na na na na ... greg358 from Darksouls 3 PVP is a CHEATER. That is all. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gfted1 Posted August 6, 2012 Share Posted August 6, 2012 NASA's Curiosity Rover Lands on Mars. "I'm your biggest fan, Ill follow you until you love me, Papa" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Malcador Posted August 6, 2012 Share Posted August 6, 2012 Was fun watching that live, the NASA guys were really excited when it touched down. Didn't stay up to watchh photos or anything though, damn NASA not doing the landing earlier in EST Why has elegance found so little following? Elegance has the disadvantage that hard work is needed to achieve it and a good education to appreciate it. - Edsger Wybe Dijkstra Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Monte Carlo Posted August 6, 2012 Share Posted August 6, 2012 It's astonishing. Not being scientifically minded, it literally makes my jaw drop. Kudos to NASA. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rosbjerg Posted August 14, 2012 Share Posted August 14, 2012 Speaking of Curiosity. http://www.360cities.net/image/curiosity-rover-martian-solar-day-2#403.32,-4.84,110.0 Fortune favors the bald. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gorth Posted August 15, 2012 Share Posted August 15, 2012 Speaking of Curiosity. http://www.360cities....32,-4.84,110.0 NASA is almost as bad as Google street view, sticking their nose everywhere “He who joyfully marches to music in rank and file has already earned my contempt. He has been given a large brain by mistake, since for him the spinal cord would surely suffice.” - Albert Einstein Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gfted1 Posted August 15, 2012 Share Posted August 15, 2012 Scientists teleport info 90 miles across islands. "I'm your biggest fan, Ill follow you until you love me, Papa" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kirottu Posted August 15, 2012 Share Posted August 15, 2012 (edited) Scientists teleport info 90 miles across islands. While quantum teleportation is subject to the cosmic speed limit, the speed of light, the technology could be harnessed to create satellite communications networks that are super-secure. I did not know that. Edited August 15, 2012 by kirottu This post is not to be enjoyed, discussed, or referenced on company time. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gfted1 Posted August 21, 2012 Share Posted August 21, 2012 Abundant Natural Gas and Oil Are Putting the Kibosh on Clean Energy. 1 "I'm your biggest fan, Ill follow you until you love me, Papa" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gfted1 Posted August 22, 2012 Share Posted August 22, 2012 Watch Curiosity Plummet to the Martian Surface in Incredible HD. "I'm your biggest fan, Ill follow you until you love me, Papa" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Humodour Posted August 22, 2012 Share Posted August 22, 2012 (edited) Abundant Natural Gas and Oil Are Putting the Kibosh on Clean Energy. Unfortunately natural gas has something called 'fugitive emissions' which are largely unavoidable leaks during drilling, processing and transport. When these leaks are considered, natural gas as a fuel is actually worse to use than even the burning of coal, since these fugitive emissions, being methane, are a far more potent (about 20 times as bad over a 100 year time span) greenhouse gas than CO2 (the byproduct of the combustion of fossil fuels, including methane itself). That is to say: when natural gas (methane) is burnt, the combination of its CO2 emissions + its fugitive methane emissions is worse for exacerbating global warming than burning coal. Governments and businesses do like it though because it appears cleaner given that nobody counts fugitive emissions (i.e. fugitive emissions are a negative externality in a negative externality). A sad flaw, but one you'd expect from our current system of energy planning without heed to long-term thought but with lots of heed to mining and fossil fuel lobbyists. Solar and wind power continue to fall in price. In many areas of the world these technologies are already below grid parity in their region (e.g. wind power in Texas, I believe). Nothing is going to stop that trend, even as businesses switch from coal to natural gas, because natural gas is considered (wrongly) a transition fuel to zero-emission energy sources (i.e. people still acknowledge it emits greenhouse gases and that this is unacceptable in the long-term). Edited August 22, 2012 by Krezack Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pmp10 Posted August 23, 2012 Share Posted August 23, 2012 NIF fails yet again. Shouldn't really surprise anyone aware of NIF history & accomplishments. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Junai Posted August 24, 2012 Share Posted August 24, 2012 So, UFOs or dead pixels?.. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gorth Posted October 10, 2012 Share Posted October 10, 2012 Not really a new discovery, more an anniversary of an invention. Happy Birthday LED The old guy turns 50 this month. 1 “He who joyfully marches to music in rank and file has already earned my contempt. He has been given a large brain by mistake, since for him the spinal cord would surely suffice.” - Albert Einstein Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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