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- Technology
NASA's Space Elevator Games Challenge Research Teams to Beam Up the Energy
NASA has again thrown down a $2-million space elevator challenge that Scotty of Star Trek fame would relish. Three teams must somehow move vehicles up a 1-kilometer tether by using only energy beamed to the vehicle from the ground.
10.26.2009 at 11:00pm - Comment by tombomyo1Hmmm, interesting. Maybe we're getting somewhere with this stuff. Hopefully we have them in 50 years.
- Science
Solar Panels Built Into Roads Could Be the Future of Energy
The Department of Energy just gave $100,000 to upstart company Solar Roadways, to develop 12-by-12-foot solar panels, dubbed "Solar Roads," that can be embedded into roads, pumping power into the grid. The panels may also feature LED road warnings and built-in heating elements that could prevent roads from freezing.
8.27.2009 at 10:06pm - Comment by tombomyo1Now this is something I wouldn't mind this near my house. This is a really good idea. Especially the warning signs integrated into the road. This is good for drivers who can't see the road signs because of brush or tree branches. Problems are solved.
- Cars
First Driving Photos of the Tesla Model S Sedan
8.21.2009 at 08:05pm - Comment by tombomyo1I wouldn't mind having that car. Especially if it can go 120.
- The Environment
Containing the Sahara with Bacteria-Built Walls
The Sahara, as well as other deserts around the world, is growing, in a process called desertification that ends up displacing people and crops. The situation has become drastic in a number of sub-Saharan countries. One suggestion from architect Magnus Larsson at the recent TED Global conference suggests constructing a massive wall, 3,700 miles long -- built from the sand itself. The trick would be to use bacterial labor to build it.
8.20.2009 at 01:17am - Comment by tombomyo1There are a lot of kinks either way we look at it. But this does sound like a good idea to me.
- Science
How It Works: Protecting New Orleans With The World's Largest Flood Pump
New Orleans sits smack dab between the Gulf of Mexico and Lake Pontchartrain, and when a hurricane comes rolling in, those bodies of water tend to spill into the streets. This summer, the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers started construction on a barrier that can block a 16-foot swell blown in from the Gulf and a massive pumping station that will blast floodwaters back to sea.
8.19.2009 at 10:20pm - Comment by tombomyo1This is a very good idea. With this type of technology, we can probably protect all of our coastal cities. Just in case of any natural disaster.
- Science
Aquatic Worm Holds The Key to New Bone-Setting Glue
Creating an adhesive that can bond together bones has long presented researchers with some sticky problems. Many glues will not adhere to slick, wet surfaces, and those that do still tend to dissolve into the surrounding liquid. When setting shattered bones, surgeons instead must turn to metal screws and plates, a less-than-optimal process that often involves multiple surgeries and the lasting effects of metal implements inside the body. But researchers in Utah may have found the key to creating bone-setting glue, in a tiny, sandcastle-building aquatic worm.
8.18.2009 at 11:50pm - Comment by tombomyo1It's amazing though how nature works. I've never heard of this before. Looks like it might work for humans.
- Science
Tune In: PopSci's "Future Of" Tackles the Future of Play Tonight at 9PM
8.17.2009 at 08:37pm - Comment by tombomyo1Man, I wish I had the science channel.
- Technology
When Galaxies Collide, 280 Million Light Years Away
8.17.2009 at 02:35pm - Comment by tombomyo1It's amazing as to what goes on out there. It would be even more amazing to actually be there. And watch it happen.
- Gadgets
The Zune HD Puzzle: Tegra Chip, Wi-Fi, Sept. Launch? [Updated]
Ever since Microsoft announced the Zune HD in May, details have been coming in spits and starts. Now that its release feels immanent, the rumors are flying. Today, we got one more piece of the puzzle in the form of a spy-shotted release date. Snaps of the Zune HD’s packaging and pre-order signage reveal a release (or “pick up”) date of September 15. Microsoft reps have neither confirmed the date nor any pricing (Updated).
8.17.2009 at 02:32pm - Comment by tombomyo1Hmmm, it's pretty much just a a microsoft version of the iPhone. Same old same old.
- Technology
Virgin Galactic Rolls Out Mother Ship
Virgin Group head Sir Richard Branson unveiled the latest addition to his air- and spaceline fleet at the Mojave Airport in California today, accompanied by the craft's chief designer, Burt Rutan. The White Knight 2 is a four-engine jet that will carry an 8-seat spaceship called SpaceShipTwo to an altitude of 48,000 feet so that the spaceship can drop off and fire its rocket engine for a brief run to suborbital space. Branson's Virgin Galactic hopes to begin regularly scheduled passenger service to space in 2010.
7.29.2008 at 07:53am - Comment by tombomyo1This is a really cool idea. If they keep on making things like this, then we are off to a good start in commercial flights to orbital.
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