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Superconducting Magnetic Heat Shield Could Protect Spacecraft During Reentry

By Jeremy Hsu Posted on 11.25.2009 9 Comments
Energy shields haven't arrived just yet, but this magnetic heat shield could do nicely in the meantime. European researchers have created a magnetic field technology that can protect spacecraft from fiery atmospheric temperatures during reentry, and perhaps cut back on the need for traditional heat shields.

11.25.2009 at 01:50pm - Comment by seatellite

AWESOME!
Science

Revitalized LHC Manages to Collide Protons

By Stuart Fox Posted on 11.24.2009 13 Comments
After 14 years of work and $5.5 billion, the LHC has survived faulty magnets, avian sabotage, and the threat of malevolent time travelers to finally collided its first particles.

11.24.2009 at 12:58pm - Comment by seatellite

oh for gods' sake... None of that crap is going to happen!!! you know that collisions like this happen millions of times everyday in our upper atmosphere? We know they do but it's to random to observe. There will be no black hole, there will be no entropy... What there WILL be is the dawn of a whole new realm of science. Dark matter, Higgs Boson, Hyperspace travel, Dark energy, just to name a few. Stop being Drama Queens!!!
Not Just Hot Air

By Posted on 11.23.2009 8 Comments
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 02:28pm - Comment by seatellite

Could this be a secondary system for space suits?
Science

New Reactor Uses Sunlight to Turn Water and Carbon Dioxide Into Fuel

By Clay Dillow Posted on 11.23.2009 25 Comments
Talk about a Eureka moment. Scientists at Sandia National Labs, seeking a means to create cheap and abundant hydrogen to power a hydrogen economy, realized they could use the same technology to "reverse-combust" CO₂ back into fuel. Researchers still have to improve the efficiency of the system, but they recently demonstrated a working prototype of their "Sunshine to Petrol" machine that converts waste CO₂ to carbon monoxide, and then syngas, consuming nothing but solar energy.

11.23.2009 at 02:23pm - Comment by seatellite

This has a few applications on Earth, but MANY applications for space colonization. Coupled with fuel-cell and Solar technology we could virtually solve the power problem with running a lunar colony, or gods forbid, a Martian colony.
Technology

Intel Wants Brain Implants in Its Customers' Heads by 2020

By Posted on 11.20.2009 34 Comments
If the idea of turning consumers into true cyborgs sounds creepy, don't tell Intel researchers. Intel's Pittsburgh lab aims to develop brain implants that can control all sorts of gadgets directly via brain waves by 2020.

11.21.2009 at 02:16am - Comment by seatellite

Also: Think of the medical appilcations of this. Now instead of asking "Where does it hurt?" and "On a scale from 1 to 10 how much does it hurt" We can do a simple med-scan and find out EXACTLY what is damaged. this saves doctors from being forced to "Wait and see" what is going to happen with a patient. I Love this idea.
Technology

Intel Wants Brain Implants in Its Customers' Heads by 2020

By Posted on 11.20.2009 34 Comments
If the idea of turning consumers into true cyborgs sounds creepy, don't tell Intel researchers. Intel's Pittsburgh lab aims to develop brain implants that can control all sorts of gadgets directly via brain waves by 2020.

11.21.2009 at 02:13am - Comment by seatellite

"If the idea of turning consumers into true cyborgs sounds creepy, don't tell Intel researchers." Um... I'm fairly certain this would kick royal ass... Who thinks it's creepy?
Technology

Scientists Stun Nematode Worms With UV Phaser Straight Out Of Star Trek

By Stuart Fox Posted on 11.19.2009 13 Comments
Star Trek introduced the world to a wide range of fictional technology, most of which, like beaming or warp drive, will likely remain fiction. However, a team of scientists from the University of Canada has taken the phaser, the show's famous stun-laser, out of the TV and into reality. Unfortunately, right now it only works on worms.

11.21.2009 at 02:10am - Comment by seatellite

Um... Warp drive is about to be figured out kids... Since Dr. Alcuberri created a metric for warp bubble energy usage there have been loads of scientists working on all aspects of warp bubble theory. From Sheer on the ship, to perception of photons from inside the bubble. I wish there were more reports on Warp Bubble theory so the research would get more attention.
Technology

CERN Successfully Brings Large Hadron Collider Back Online

By Paul Adams Posted on 11.23.2009 20 Comments
Much beset by magnet quenches, birds, bread, black holes, evil time travelers, and fools, the Large Hadron Collider successfully came online and orbited a proton beam today! Photographs of the triumphant moment are within.

11.21.2009 at 02:05am - Comment by seatellite

FINALLY! It's about gorram time! Now! can we get to hyperspace travel pleeeeeezze!?!?!?
Technology

Everything You Need To Know About Chrome OS

By Posted on 11.19.2009 6 Comments
Until today, Google's Chrome OS has been little more than a wordy concept. Now, finally, we truly know what it is, what it looks like, and how it works. Here's the breakdown.

11.20.2009 at 12:32pm - Comment by seatellite

I think the really important thing about the release of this OS is that it's the first real step in a software to push Hard Drives out, and SS drives in. Being that a few netbooks already have solid state, albeit small amounts, is an important step. Personally I truly hope that Hard Drives are just dropped completely within 1 to 2 years; I think Chrome OS is gonna make that happen.
Gadgets

Video: Play Dungeons and Dragons on Microsoft's Surface Table

By Jeremy Hsu Posted on 10.21.2009 9 Comments
Dungeon masters with deep, dark pockets no longer need imagine how the venerable tabletop game Dungeons & Dragons might play on a futuristic multi-touch platform. Six students at Carnegie Mellon University recently released a video showing off their D&D concept for Microsoft's Surface Table, complete with a storyboard slideshow and rolling the virtual 20-sided die.

10.21.2009 at 11:58am - Comment by seatellite

Oh my god. I want one. Now. SERIOUSLY! I have been playing table top RPG's my whole life! The problem is that they are a dying breed with the advent of MMORPG's. If this gets released, it would usher in a whole new era for us old school table toppers! Seriously. This need to be in stores, tomorrow. ~S