• Gadgets

    A House That Walks

    By John Brandon Posted on 11.6.2008 19 Comments

    Houses are normally fairly stationary objects, and that's not considered a bad thing. But innovation never stands still, and a new prototype house that can walk on six legs has been built . The house is ten feet high, powered by solar panels, and is outfitted with a kitchen, toilet, bed, and wood stove. Last week, the house, a collaboration between MIT and the Danish design collective N55, took a journey through Cambridgeshire in England as part of an art project at the Wysing Art Center. Designed to move at the muscle speed of a human, the house walked at about five kilometers an hour around the 11-acre campus. (See video)

    4.27.2009 at 11:46am - Comment by SlowWalker

    I found this interesting (from the link to the manual) : "The misunderstanding that persons have a right to own land leads to situations where there is no tolerance for different ways of living and in extreme situations this leads to war." Leave it to the self-hating Brits ...

  • Science

    Islam Is Good

    By M. Farbman Posted on 4.21.2009 33 Comments

    British government officials are planning to deploy search-engine optimization in their war on terror, working with certain Muslim groups to push "positive" depictions of Islam up in the Google rankings. Also in today's links: watching your kids like a hawk, living like a pig, and more.

    4.27.2009 at 11:40am - Comment by SlowWalker

    For all the babbling about religious people causing deaths ... how about the major killers of the 20th century? Atheists like Joe Stalin, Pol Pot, Adoph Hitler?

  • Science

    Invisible Bullet-Tagging Technology Could Deter Criminals

    By Posted on 8.4.2008 3 Comments

    Gun-slinging evil-doers beware. Scientific justice is just around the corner thanks to a new nanotechnology system that not only better captures DNA on guns, but attaches hard-to-remove, microscopic tags to the hands and clothing of criminals who fire their weapons. Developed in the U.K., the tags are a unique blend of naturally-occurring pollen, known for its extraordinary adhesive properties, and nanotechnology particles.

    8.5.2008 at 10:02am - Comment by SlowWalker

    the cartridges could be washed with a mild acid -- even soda pop -- to clean them. Plus -- if the criminal is using a revolver -- there's no cartridges at the scene of the crime to recover. Bad science, I think.

  • Science

    Readers Ask . . .

    By Posted on 7.30.2008 26 Comments

    PopSci reader aaronmrosen wonders: "when it comes to wind farms, can too many props actually slow down the wind, and cause a change in weather patterns?" What do you think? Wind power: good or evil? Discuss in the comments section. Submit your science and technology questions to fyi@popsci.com.

    7.30.2008 at 05:27pm - Comment by SlowWalker

    after all, if wind wasn't affected by windmills, it'd be a perpetual motion machine ... The question, perhaps, ought to be : what's the carrying capacity for the wind in my area? How many wind turbines will it handle before there's a noticeable effect? A similar question could be asked about water flows and dams .... I'm sure someone out there has the fluid mechanics background to fully answer this ....



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