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The SpaceShipTwo vehicle, capable of carrying six paying customers on a suborbital flight (along with two pilots), has flown for the first time, although it remained attached to the mothership the entire time: This is Virgin’s glossier presentation on the occasion of SpaceShipTwo’s rollout in December, 2009 at the Mojave spaceport: In the following video, [...]
Next Nintendo Portable Device Will Feature 3D Games
by Jonathan Strickland | March 23, 2010
I just read this article by Ben Kuchera over at Ars Technica about Nintendo’s next portable gaming device, the 3DS. Yup, Nintendo is jumping on the 3-D bandwagon. That’s not a huge shock — 3-D technology has been a big deal at the Consumer Electronic Show for the last few years and we’re starting to see that technology finally enter the consumer market.
We have previously discussed the Gigapan system: Gigapixel images And a world record photo taken with the Gigapan system: World record #86 – the world’s largest stitched image is 17 gigapixels Now there is a new photo containing 26 gigapixels that is claiming the record. The creation of the image is described here: You can [...]
The Indian state of Rajasthan is a land of desert sands, sturdy fortresses and colorful cities. Explore the impossibly blue-hued city of Jodhpur — and meet some of its unruly denizens — in this episode.
In the early 1900s, Duncan Macdougall set out to prove the existence of the soul. By placing consumption patients on a scale as they died, he tried to find a difference between the weight of a person before and after death. Learn more in this podcast.
In this episode, Josh and Chuck discuss the origins, philosophies and practices of urban planning.
Princeton researchers find that high-fructose corn syrup prompts considerably more weight gain – “A Princeton University research team has demonstrated that all sweeteners are not equal when it comes to weight gain: Rats with access to high-fructose corn syrup gained significantly more weight than those with access to table sugar, even when their overall caloric [...]
This morning, FanStuff’s Tracy V. Wilson pointed out an article by Wired’s Priya Ganapati, in which she talks about a brand-new technology for digital camera image sensors. A California-based company named InVisage Technologies has created an image sensor that uses quantum dots rather than silicon as you’d find in the charged-couple device (CCD) or complementary silicon oxide semiconductor (CMOS) image sensors that predominate the digital camera industry.
Here is a video that nicely explains the INGOCAR: The car starts with a highly efficient 3-cylinder engine. It looks like it incorporates ideas from these two posts: 1) Transonic Combustion – Can they double gas mileage in internal combustion engines? 2) A new piston engine design from Eco Motors The small engine then charges [...]
The next time you’re dining Japanese and order a seaweed salad, maybe make it a double. A study from the University of Newcastle found that a fiber found in seaweed can potentially block more than 75 percent of fat uptake.
Instead of the body breaking down and absorbing dietary fats, a seaweed fiber called alginate appears to halt that process. Testing its effects in an artificial gut, the seaweed fiber also fat-blocked better than 60 other natural fibers and over-the-counter obesity medications.
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