How hard is it to land on an aircraft carrier? This video gives a sense of how small the target is: Aircraft Carrier Landing Pilots View – Watch more free videos Here’s how people learn to do it: Here’s a great description of the process: My First Carrier Landing/Trap It was intense. I just concentrated [...]

You think you’ve seen it all, and then you find out that people in Peru live on private islands that they make out of reeds. A nice collection of photos: The Fantastic Floating Islands of Titicaca The Uros people of Lake Titicaca have a unique way of life – they build their own islands, float [...]

Imagine that you need to pick up a person from a remote area. There is no way to land a plane or a helicopter. In that case, you need the Fulton Skyhook: The Fulton Skyhook From the article: After the failure of the flying car Fulton came up with another airborne idea. Modeled after the [...]

Popular Mechanics was kind enough to write about sci-fi at Sundance this year: The 5 Geekiest Sci-Fi Movies at Sundance 2009 From the article: The Sundance Film Festival is usually associated with quaint and quirky independent films—hardly the kind of features that get geeks lined up for weeks, in costume. But while limited budgets might [...]

The hard disk industry has decided that hard disk encryption should be standard: “a single, full-disk encryption standard that can be used across all hard disk drives, solid state drives (SSD) and encryption key management applications. Once enabled, any disk that uses the specification will be locked without a password — and the password will [...]

If you have ever thought about protecting your privacy by anonymizing your surfing, here are several resources to consider. The first article talks about JAP: Cover Your Tracks & Be Anonymous On The Net With JAP The article provides this description of the process: An ordinary internet connection will use a traceable address that can [...]