• Science

    A Conversation with Len Fisher

    By Paul Adams Posted on 1.7.2009 69 Comments

    Chances are you've played Rock, Paper, Scissors, but how do you calculate your strategy, if you have one at all? In Rock, Paper, Scissors: Game Theory in Everyday Life, physicist Len Fisher points out that putting yourself in your opponent's mindset is a key to success in the game.

  • Entertainment & Gaming

    Do a Little Dance, Make a Little Dash...

    By Abby Seiff Posted on 10.17.2008 9 Comments

    Usain Bolt is freaking fast. Usain Bolt is so freaking fast, so much more so than all those other freaking fast, that he had room to taunt his competitors in a 100 meter dash. We’ll repeat that for emphasis: in a 100 meter dash. Despite a victory dance mid-race, Bolt still broke his own world record lowering it from 9.72 sec to 9.69 sec. But what if he had sprinted through the tape? According to an astrophysicist, Bolt would’ve done something never done before in sport.

  • Cars

    A Wearable Motorcycle

    By Abby Seiff Posted on 8.18.2008 49 Comments

    The transportation program at the Art Center College of Design has produced legendary car designers, including BMW chief of design Chris Bangle and Henrik Fisker, the creator of the Fisker Karma electric supercar. But this year, after professor Bumsuk Lim’s inaugural motorcycle-design class, the buzz is all about bikes, especially Jake Loniak’s exoskeleton motorcycle concept Deus Ex Machina.

  • Cars

    Crashing the Car Business

    By Abby Seiff Posted on 7.15.2008 5 Comments

    Fisker automotive, creator of the Fisker Karma prototype hybrid-electric car, announced today that it has signed a production deal with Finland's Valmet Autos to build the luxurious $80,000 Karma.

  • The Environment

    Wind-Powered Town

    By Paul Adams Posted on 7.24.2008 10 Comments

    As researchers find new technologies to power the world of the future, the answer may be blowing in the wind. Across the country, wind-generated power has been showing the potential to be a significant energy generator. Last week, Rock Port, Missouri, became the first city in the United States to generate its electricity entirely through wind-powered technology. Meanwhile, Texas, known for its oil connections, has become the nation's largest producer of wind-powered energy and is investing almost $5 billion in a wind power project.

  • Gadgets

    Processing Beauty

    By Dave Prochnow Posted on 7.8.2008 4 Comments

    Diehard Arduino users know that Processing is the framework that is used for building a sketch into an ATmega168 AVR project. Well, step aside, Arduino, because there’s a new maker on the block: Nervous System.

  • Science

    PopSci Readers Want to Know: How Can We Get Superpowers?

    By Paul Adams Posted on 8.11.2008 13 Comments

    How can we get our own superpowers? Is exposure to radioactivity a reliable way to go, or cosmic rays, or toxic waste? Perhaps gadget-assisted powers are more within reach. Discuss your theories, successes, and near-successes in the comments. Also: what power do you most want, and what do you plan to use it for? Submit your science and technology questions to fyi@popsci.com.



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