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NASA Robotic Rocket Plane To Survey Martian Surface
Since budget cuts and the inability to overcome problems like boredom and high radiation doses have ruled out any manned mission to Mars in the foreseeable future, NASA has shifted gears back towards a program of robotic exploration. To that end, NASA now wants a rocket-powered UAV to fly around the Red Planet, photographing the surface.
11.24.2009 at 09:36pm - Comment by PhilInYorkI'm thinkin more of a huge inflatable hampster ball. Like 50 ft in diameter. Never get stuck. OOH OOH wait, no, a giant Sand Worm, yeah, like on the cover of that book I never read.
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Not Just Hot Air
Nate Alder was scuba diving off the coast of Brazil when the idea struck him. It was 2006, and he was spending his summer break from Brigham Young University backpacking around the country and working on his advanced scuba certification. During one of the scuba seminars, he learned about how divers in cold climates pump argon gas into their dry suits for insulation. As a former snowboard instructor, he wondered if argon could be used to warm skiers and snowboarders too.
11.23.2009 at 08:34pm - Comment by PhilInYorkArgon foam?
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Yikes: Peruvian Jungle Gang Arrested for Selling Fat of Its Murder Victims
Plentiful fat seems more reviled than revered in today's society, even when it has uses for the medical and cosmetic industries. But today police announced the arrest of a Peruvian gang accused of murdering people and selling their fat to the cosmetics industry, according to The Associated Press.
11.20.2009 at 10:11pm - Comment by PhilInYork$60,000 a gallon?!? Hmmmm. "HONEY! Want to go for ice cream?"
- Technology
Video: The View From the Highest Man-Made Point on Earth
There aren't too many YouTube videos capable of inducing measurable feelings of vertigo while you watch comfortable at your desk, but this is one of them. It was filmed by a brave, brave Scotsman standing on top of the world.
11.13.2009 at 07:09pm - Comment by PhilInYorkOk Ok, the TALLEST man-made structure on earth. SHEESH!
- Technology
In Defense of Cyborg Athletes
Much of the debate on the place of advanced prostheses for the disabled in competitive sports often downplays arguably the most important perspective: that of the athletes who couldn't compete without them. In light of the recent MIT research project that found prosthetic limbs offering no advantage over natural legs, sprinter and double Cheetah leg user Aimee Mullins has some even more thought-provoking (and first-hand) analysis of the issue.
11.12.2009 at 09:08pm - Comment by PhilInYorkIs it really so appalling that amputees not compete in sports that require limbs? Every effort should be made to accommodate them in the world. But shouldn’t a foot race, at minimum, require feet? I emphasize their struggle to approach normalcy. Yet, I want to tell them there is just a limit, and this is it.
- Technology
Google's Android Allows Soldiers to Put Drones on Buddy List
Google's Android operating system for cell phones could allow soldiers to track fellow squad members and even unmanned drones in real time on a map -- as long as the humans and robots are on their buddy list.
10.21.2009 at 09:16pm - Comment by PhilInYorkI wonder if I could use this to track the terminator that is hunting me and my mom.
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10 Things We Wish Were On Gene Roddenberry's Hard Drive
The very first Macintosh Plus is up for auction, but that's not all: serial number 0001 was a gift from Apple Computer to Star Trek creator Gene Roddenberry in January 1986. Bidding on the system -- with its 1MB of RAM -- will start at $800 (original sticker was $2,600) through auctioneer Profiles in History in October.
9.21.2009 at 09:26pm - Comment by PhilInYork(Not that there's anything wrong with that)
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10 Things We Wish Were On Gene Roddenberry's Hard Drive
The very first Macintosh Plus is up for auction, but that's not all: serial number 0001 was a gift from Apple Computer to Star Trek creator Gene Roddenberry in January 1986. Bidding on the system -- with its 1MB of RAM -- will start at $800 (original sticker was $2,600) through auctioneer Profiles in History in October.
9.21.2009 at 09:25pm - Comment by PhilInYorkGay Encounter at Farpoint – Original Script
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10 Things We Wish Were On Gene Roddenberry's Hard Drive
The very first Macintosh Plus is up for auction, but that's not all: serial number 0001 was a gift from Apple Computer to Star Trek creator Gene Roddenberry in January 1986. Bidding on the system -- with its 1MB of RAM -- will start at $800 (original sticker was $2,600) through auctioneer Profiles in History in October.
9.21.2009 at 09:24pm - Comment by PhilInYorkPlanet of the Amazon Women - Original Script
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10 Things We Wish Were On Gene Roddenberry's Hard Drive
The very first Macintosh Plus is up for auction, but that's not all: serial number 0001 was a gift from Apple Computer to Star Trek creator Gene Roddenberry in January 1986. Bidding on the system -- with its 1MB of RAM -- will start at $800 (original sticker was $2,600) through auctioneer Profiles in History in October.
9.21.2009 at 09:20pm - Comment by PhilInYorkSeven of Nine, censored costumes.
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