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Science

Walking With Dolphins In A Bering Strait Bridge Concept

By Posted on 8.13.2009 10 Comments

8.13.2009 at 05:53pm - Comment by generalsnozzie

you might have notice i lost my chain of thought,apologies, didn't proofread (like most of the people i end up complaining about) and it doesn't seem to allow you to edit
Science

Walking With Dolphins In A Bering Strait Bridge Concept

By Posted on 8.13.2009 10 Comments

8.13.2009 at 05:49pm - Comment by generalsnozzie

Pretty cool concept, i'm sure with the northern passage opening up for shipping, would be nice to see where they want to put it, cause with the norther passage opening up, they'd have to figure out a way to make it easy for large ships to pass over, as i'm sure commerce will win out over novelty.
DIY

Converting an Old Bike Into An All-Electric Cruiser

By Dave Prochnow Posted on 5.21.2009 9 Comments
If you've ever wanted to strap yourself into one of those modern electric rides from Currie Technologies, now's your chance. A veritable smörgåsbord of surplus motors, gears, and controls is now available from All Electronics. Don't worry about this selection being a bunch of mismatched DIY surplus junk, either. All of these electric vehicle components are genuine Currie Technologies parts.

5.21.2009 at 02:17pm - Comment by generalsnozzie

Would there be a way to use pedaling to recharge the batteries. I can see this working out if that were the case, otherwise, as stated above, you're giving it a carbon footprint when it normally doesn't have one.
Gadgets

Introducing the PopSci Genius Guide: Home Entertainment

By Posted on 4.2.2009 8 Comments
I'm not known to buy in blindly to the next big thing, but here is something I know: The twin forces of economic necessity and technological opportunity will soon (in 3, 5, 10 years max) conspire to turn the phrase "print magazine" into an oxymoron. And you know what? It's going to be great. The catalyst for this transformation will come when a next-next-gen e-reader hits the market, one with a screen large enough to display a full-size magazine page -- or, if you fold it open, a two-page spread -- in glorious, high-resolution color. When that happens, we'll probably offer an incentive of some kind to switch over to digital, but it won't take much convincing. You'll be able to curl up with the latest issue of Popular Science (or, plucked from device storage or the Web, any issue we've published since the magazine debuted in 1872) in the same way and in the same places you do now, whether bed, beach or bathroom.

4.23.2009 at 03:35am - Comment by generalsnozzie

While I don't like to judge a book by its cover, id have to agree it was a pretty uninspiring, short demo of a product with lots of potential. One thing i've never really been to sure on though, isn't a dynamic, digital media publication with video and graphics a web page? I mean essentially what they're talking about using to view this "multimedia magazine" is a laptop of the future.
Science

A Synthetic Solution for a Legal 4:20

By Joel Barnard Posted on 4.20.2009 20 Comments
Legal-ish alternatives to marijuana exist, you just need to know where to look…er, smell. Apparently that’s what someone learned when they put the herbal incense brand “Spice” in their pipe and smoked it. The results were, like, totally rad, dude. It turns out Spice contains the synthetic substance JWH-018, which is incredibly similar to the main active component of marijuana. Although sold legally in many countries, governments around the world are lining up to put the kibosh on the Spice party.

4.22.2009 at 12:15am - Comment by generalsnozzie

Hmm, Alcohol makes me laugh, eat, and pass out. It is also intended for human consumption, not to mention the fact, if I had weed, I wouldn't need alcohol. It seems to me like alcohol, not spice, is the wannabe. Anyone who has ever tried salvia knows for whatever reason marijuana is illegal, it is not because of its effects to the person.
Science

Video: Why Artificial Intelligence Threatens Actual Intelligence

By Abby Seiff Posted on 10.24.2008 20 Comments
Way back in 1919 Sigmund Freud postulated his concept of the uncanny. In the (cleverly named) The Uncanny, Freud explored a problem of aesthetics—when something is both familiar and unknown the experience of viewing it can be strongly unsettling. Fifty years later, roboticist Masahiro Mori presented his own work on the uncanny. Drawing heavily on his predecessor's work, Mori developed his "uncanny valley" hypothesis.

2.27.2009 at 12:22pm - Comment by generalsnozzie

Just look at that movie A.I., Teddy was way cooler then any of the humanoid robots.
Science

Video: Why Artificial Intelligence Threatens Actual Intelligence

By Abby Seiff Posted on 10.24.2008 20 Comments
Way back in 1919 Sigmund Freud postulated his concept of the uncanny. In the (cleverly named) The Uncanny, Freud explored a problem of aesthetics—when something is both familiar and unknown the experience of viewing it can be strongly unsettling. Fifty years later, roboticist Masahiro Mori presented his own work on the uncanny. Drawing heavily on his predecessor's work, Mori developed his "uncanny valley" hypothesis.

2.27.2009 at 12:22pm - Comment by generalsnozzie

Just look at that movie A.I., Teddy was way cooler then any of the humanoid robots.
Entertainment & Gaming

The Downfall of Plasma?

By Sean Captain Posted on 4.2.2009 23 Comments
Rome was neither built nor disassembled in a day. While historians point to September 4, 476—the overthrow of the last emperor—as the date it all fell apart, the fall really began decades earlier and continued for decades afterwards.

2.14.2009 at 01:55am - Comment by generalsnozzie

anyone know what the OLED displays are supposed to be like, and if they're supposed to replace LCD's?
Science

Is Pot a Performance Enhancer?

By Brett Zarda Posted on 2.10.2009 23 Comments
We didn’t want to write about it. Seriously, we didn’t. Sure, Michael Phelps has digital technology, the 24-hour news cycle and precision blown glass to blame for his plight but we’re better than that.* But when US Swimming went and suspended Phelps for two months for, ultimately, acting his age, we felt compelled to write something. The 'Science' part of Popular Science restricts us from condemning the insanity of the punishment (note, however, they did nothing following his 2003 DUI).

2.9.2009 at 07:23pm - Comment by generalsnozzie

if you can do any prolonged physical activity whilst high on the ganja, you deserve another gold medal. Most people can barely convince themselves that the effort of opening a refrigerator is worth it while high.
Cars

Test Drive: The Electric Mini

By Seth Fletcher Posted on 11.21.2008 9 Comments
Regenerative braking, the process through which an electric car grabs otherwise wasted energy from the brakes as the car glides to a halt, is a brilliant bit of engineering for efficiency—take energy that's otherwise only good for burning up brake pads, and turn it into electricity that charges the battery. It may also make the uninitiated driver want to vomit.

11.21.2008 at 12:00am - Comment by generalsnozzie

“It has a tremendous electric draw when it charges,” McDowell said. Based on average electric rates in the areas the company is targeting, charging the car will cost roughly half as much as filling a tank at recent gasoline prices, he said. ^From and MSN article, although that would be with the current gas prices, so if they go back up the savings would be more. Also, not sure if its true since I only saw it on one article, but read that BMW would be reimbursing the charging cost for the vehicle during the test period.