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DIY

The World's Fastest Remote-Control Car

By Gregory Mone Posted on 7.6.2009 9 Comments
After a motorcycle crash, Nic Case found a safer, but still thrilling, hobby: building radio-controlled cars. At 161 mph, his latest just smashed the world record.

8.14.2009 at 01:16am - Comment by runninron69

That is indeed pretty cool.What is the world record for a "nitro" (glow fuel) powered R.C. car? Maybe I could take three or four jet engines,put them in a full size streamliner,hook radio controls to IT and put the record so far out of reach no one would ever break it.Surely that wouldn't be considered cheating,would it?
Technology

NASA Tests Another Astronaut Escape System for Launch Disasters

By Jeremy Hsu Posted on 7.10.2009 9 Comments
NASA successfully tested a launch abort system that can eject astronauts away from a launch pad disaster. It's the alternate escape system for the Ares rockets that are slated to launch astronauts to the space station and the moon, assuming that the Constellation program manages to survive the political turmoil surrounding budget overruns and engineering problems.

7.19.2009 at 04:00pm - Comment by runninron69

I'm impressed.I wanna go on the first manned test flight.Really!!!
Technology

Building a Bigger Bird

By Posted on 1.22.2008 6 Comments
Courtesy airliners.net Having passed its emergency-evacuation test last weekend, the Airbus A380 is officially certified to haul a staggering 853 passengers—that's how many people safely escaped a darkened test aircraft in less than 80 seconds. The A380's capacity puts it well past its next-largest rival, Boeing's venerable 747, which has held the title of world's largest active commercial jet for almost 36 years. When the A380 takes to the skies on its first commercial flight with Singapore Airlines later this year, it will probably max out at around 500 people (800-plus is for a nightmarish single-class setup). So how does an aircraft this big get itself built, let alone get in the air? Check out this cool time-lapse video of an A380 assembly to find out, and stick around for the end—the double-time painting process is amazing to watch. —John Mahoney

7.19.2009 at 03:50pm - Comment by runninron69

And it is STILL broken
Technology

Close-Range F/A-18 Flyby Causes Freakouts, Coffee-Spitting in Detroit Apartment Building

By John Mahoney Posted on 7.16.2009 17 Comments
Believe it or not, this image isn't Photoshopped in any way.

7.19.2009 at 03:41pm - Comment by runninron69

Cuishii14,I would have much rather been in that fighter. Jivaii,look at ellenbetty.Does she look like she even knows what spellcheck is? Proud AV-ORD of VF-151 from the days aboard the USS Midway (CVA-41)
Technology

Ten Things You Didn't Know About the Apollo 11 Moon Landing

By Posted on 7.13.2009 30 Comments
This month marks the 40th anniversary of humankind's first steps on the moon. Auspiciously timed is Craig Nelson's new book, Rocket Men--one of the most detailed accounts of the period leading up to the first manned moon mission. Here, we have ten little-known Apollo 11 facts unearthed by Nelson during his research.

7.19.2009 at 03:20pm - Comment by runninron69

I agree with joker5delta that argueing with the knuckleheads is futile.The majority of these clowns couldn't find the moon in the sky with both hands and a road map.They only do so to get people riled up.You know these people,they are the ones who would argue with a stop sign about things of which they are ignorant. Highdobb,these people are the LAST people you want at the landing site.They would be stealing everything that isn't nailed down,throwing empty beer squeeze-bulbs everywhere and trying to piss on a leg of the lander (THAT I would like to see them try,if you follow my thinking). Gosh,what a heady time in our history that was!! Summer of '67,Woodstock,all the manned missions that,with our technology at the time,shouldn't have been possible. But somehow,with spit and determination,we managed to pull it off.We could use a good chunk of that spit and determination right now.
DIY

So We Put a Jet Turbine On Our ATV...

By Mike Haney Posted on 6.30.2009 18 Comments
Don your Nomex firesuit and industrial-grade ear protection: It’s time to soak in some nature at 60mph. PopSci staff photographer/madman John Carnett has realized an unholy dream long in the making: an ATV powered entirely by a jet turbine. And then he took it to the woods and pushed it to the limit; to the edge of logic, control and sanity.

7.11.2009 at 07:09pm - Comment by runninron69

Why just one?Plenty of room to mount another underneath that one.
Gadgets

Photo-Sensitive Threads Turn Clothing Into Cameras

By Posted on 6.18.2009 10 Comments
There was a time when a camera was its own thing. Now my phone's a camera, my computer's a camera, and it looks like pretty soon my pants could be a camera too. Researchers at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology have created a thread with bundles of photo-sensitive fiber optic cables inside. The cables transmit light back to a computer, effectively turning each thread into a camera.

6.27.2009 at 10:44pm - Comment by runninron69

Ummmmmmm,if you put you clothes on inside out,will you be making a 'dirty movie'? If you spill something on you will it make a blank spot in the image?
Science

A Geek's Guide to Colleges

By Posted on 9.12.2008 15 Comments
A. Find "Them"
University of California at Berkeley Where: Berkeley, Calif. Department: Search for Extraterrestrial Intelligence (SETI) SETI@home taps the power of thousands of ordinary PCs over the Web to create, in effect, one of the most powerful supercomputers anywhere. It analyzes data from radio telescopes looking for signals from intelligent life. Berkeley students help improve the search algorithms and refine the software that ties all the computers together.

6.5.2009 at 01:10am - Comment by runninron69

Lot's of rocket science going on at the University of Iowa in Iowa City if you are into that sort of thing.Hell of a good party school as well.To bad their football team sucks.
Cars

New BMW's Drive Themselves (Almost)

By Mike Spinelli Posted on 6.4.2009 6 Comments
A new autonomous vehicle-control system on the BMW drawing board could prolong drivers' lives behind the wheel, without sacrificing their own and others' safety. That's good news for elderly drivers. The Insurance Institute for Highway Safety reports crash fatalities among drivers over the age of 70 fell 21 percent between 1997 and 2006, despite a 10 percent increase in that population. The decline is likely due to elderly drivers self-limiting their driving. But hanging up their keys means a loss of independence and lower quality of life for older drivers -- especially in rural areas.

6.5.2009 at 12:56am - Comment by runninron69

Yeah,those "anti-drunk driving" sniffers are really great.Tennessee made me put one in my car after my ninth DWI.They thought they had me under control but I fooled them,by God.I would still go to my favorite watering hole every night and get splashed.When it came time to wobble,zig and zag my way home,I just had one of my non- drinking friends blow in the device for me and I was on my way.Rather renders the device worse than useless,doesn't it? The above is totally fictional.I just chose that method of illustrating the fact that there is always a way around restrictions if you want to find one bad enough.Yeah,I know,thats tottaly off topic but the conversation was heading in that direction anyway. On topic,how many old people do you know who could be helped by a "self-driving" Beemer can actually afford what will turn out to be a $75,000 car?Not very many I bet and you can be sure ain't anybody going to be handing them out.
Entertainment & Gaming

Gallery: 20 Sexy Screen Scientists

By Posted on 5.18.2009 14 Comments

5.23.2009 at 02:32pm - Comment by runninron69

I have to agree with the comment about the young Ms.Perrette.Not only does she play a scientist on TV,she is an equally accomplished scientist in real life.It is for this reason she should rate #1 on any "hot person" list. Pauley,if I weren't so old and so ugly.............