• Entertainment & Gaming

    The Physics of Batman

    By Posted on 8.15.2008 11 Comments

    9.30.2009 at 05:48pm - Comment by orajnamalik

    Yeah guys, cut the writer some slack. I liked reading this, so what if it wasn't 110% true as you guys seem to want! this is a science website, not a batman website. Give him some credit ok

  • Gadgets

    Open-Source, Accelerometer-Equipped Glove Allows for Infinite Control Possibilities

    By Posted on 7.9.2009 3 Comments

    Think of the Acceleglove as a socially-acceptable Power Glove for adults. Laced with acclerometers on each finger, the glove comes with an open source SDK that allows for it to control virtually anything--provided you can write the code for it.

    7.9.2009 at 01:17pm - Comment by orajnamalik

    yeah, but you would still need a robot with the movement rage of the human arm, which isn't all that too available

  • Science

    Frozen on Video: Theo Gray Sculpts in Solid Mercury, with Some Help from Liquid Nitrogen

    By Theodore Gray Posted on 6.4.2009 13 Comments

    What you consider solid, liquid or gas depends entirely on where you live. For example, men from cold, cold Mars might build their houses out of ice. Women from Venus, where the average temperature is about 870°F, could bathe in liquid zinc. We think mercury is a liquid metal, but it’s all relative. At one temperature, the mercury atoms arrange themselves into a solid crystal; at another, they flow freely around each other as a liquid. Children from Pluto (like mine, for example) could happily cast their toy soldiers out of mercury, because on that frigid planet it is a solid, malleable metal a lot like tin. Here on temperate Earth, you need a stove to cast tin, but a tank of liquid nitrogen to make mercury figurines.

    7.3.2009 at 01:51pm - Comment by orajnamalik

    whats the real point of doing something like that...I mean,its pretty cool and all, but some what useless.

  • Science

    Speech Recognition iPhone App Translates Arabic On the Fly

    By John Brandon Posted on 7.2.2009 3 Comments

    Speech technology is advancing quickly; even smartphones offer apps that let you speak commands and perform voice-activated searches. Now, a new app for iPhone and Blackberry can convert spoken Arabic into spoken English (and vice versa).

    7.2.2009 at 07:50pm - Comment by orajnamalik

    A few more years and we'll have the universal translator!

  • Science

    Win Jonathan Coulton's New DVD/CD Set!

    By PopSci Staff Posted on 7.1.2009 200 Comments

    Jonathan Coulton, PopSci's contributing troubadour and longtime friend, has a new DVD/CD set out titled "Best. Concert. Ever." Leave a question or comment below for a chance to win the goods. We'll announce our ten lucky winners on July 17th. Good luck!

    7.1.2009 at 01:31pm - Comment by orajnamalik

    im supprised there hasn't been a bunch of spam comments made on this. anyways, yeah iv never heard of him either...but i guess that thats pretty cool.

  • Gadgets

    Color-Picking Pen Concept Imagines Real-World Photoshop Eyedropper Tool

    By Posted on 6.23.2009 19 Comments

    Most of the Photoshop tools familiar to artists import old school analog devices onto the computer. Before computers, artists would use actual razors to crop, and physical scissors and glue to cut and paste. But South Korean designer Jinsun Park has envisioned a pen that reverses the process, taking a tool developed for the computer and porting it to physical reality.

    6.29.2009 at 12:21pm - Comment by orajnamalik

    "Currently, the device is more fanciful than practical--Park could start refining it toward a working prototype by first including CMYK inks instead of RGB." Key part there! Did everyone miss the part about it still not even being a prototype?

  • Cars

    300 MPG Riversimple Urban Car Open-Sources Its Hydrogen Fuel Cell Tech

    By Posted on 6.22.2009 11 Comments

    The Riversimple Urban Car was nine years in the making. But when the diminutive, hydrogen-powered prototype debuted in London recently, the biggest difference between it and other fuel-cell vehicles wasn't its in-wheel electric motors or banks of ultracapacitors. It was its development-and-business model.

    6.23.2009 at 12:13am - Comment by orajnamalik

    dude, that is exactly what the world needs!

  • Science

    Today's Flu News

    By Posted on 4.28.2009 5 Comments

    It's been three days since swine flu made it to the front page of most newspapers, and I'd like to thank all the readers who have chosen to follow PopSci's coverage, instead of retreating to their basements with ammo and clean water. Here are some highlights from the ongoing media frenzy.

    4.28.2009 at 11:53am - Comment by orajnamalik

    I'm just wondering, what are some good precaution to take?

  • Gadgets

    Linux for Dummies

    By Tom Conlon Posted on 4.10.2009 9 Comments

    Hey kids! Have you heard of the cool new program for Windows PCs that lets you boot your system in a jiffy and gives you instant-on access to e-mail, IM, and the Web? Yeah, it's called Linux. Huh? That's the basic sales pitch for a new software package called Presto -- though the official verbiage doesn't dare go anywhere near that dirty "Linux" word. On its web site and in its documentation, Presto is positioned simply as a program for Windows. You download it as an .exe file and install it like you would any other application.

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    4.10.2009 at 02:12pm - Comment by orajnamalik

    Yeah, I just finished downloading it, Im using it right now. It's pretty nice, very fast, but it does still retain a distinct linux feel to it. But It is nice, it seems to be friendly to both linux and windows users.

  • DIY

    Pennywise Solar Power

    By Dave Prochnow Posted on 4.1.2009 8 Comments

    No matter whether you felt that Earth Hour was a terrific conservation tactic or an overhyped PR stunt, energy on our planet is in peril. Our daily juice (be it electric, gasoline combustion, atomic, or carbon-based), has become a precious commodity with at least one guaranteed effect: to elicit an instantaneous hot-button opinion from just about everybody. What can you do about it? Well, one great proactive demonstration would be to stop your regular consumption of dry-cell batteries. Yes, there are numerous substitutes, ranging from rechargeable varieties to alternative energy replacements, but each of these substitutions has a debit that few of us are willing to pay. You know, "costs" like always hunting for an outlet to power a battery recharging station, or getting rid of a clean, slim-line AA battery for a gargantuan solar-driven bat-winged monstrosity.

    4.1.2009 at 07:14pm - Comment by orajnamalik

    what do you know, Its April fools day

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