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You Asked: How will graphene change the world? Marshall Brain Answered: Graphene is a very simple substance – it is made of carbon atoms perfectly arranged as an atom-thick mesh. Think about a net made of carbon atoms, each bonded to its three nearest neighbors to form a honeycomb pattern. You can see the atomic [...]
In the Brain household, for reasons that are not necessarily the best thought out in retrospect, the key rack hangs on the wall and the dog’s food and water bowls are on the floor underneath it. So one day, about 2 weeks ago, I was grabbing Leigh’s keys for her. I had a bunch of [...]
Will this week’s solar flare fry your electronics?
by Jonathan Strickland | February 17, 2011
I’ve seen a few articles online that suggest the X-class solar flare event could spell doom — or at least gloom — to those of us on Earth. In some (but not all) cases, it’s due to a sensational headline. Once you get beyond the headline you realize that the writer has taken a few poetic liberties with the story, making it more dramatic. I figured I could do the same. But the short answer is that you probably won’t even notice the fallout from the solar flare.
On Friday we did PART 1 of the virtual CES walk-thru. Today we have PART 2 with another 20 amazing products seen in 2011 at CES: Alienware 3D Enabled M17x Laptop Razer Switchblade First Look – CES 2011 Motorola’s fast new Atrix smartphone Motorola Droid Bionic Walkthrough Hard drive vs. shot gun, M16 Audi R8 [...]
Here’s some of the most interesting stuff coming out of CES on January 6, 2011: Avatar Kinect CES 2011 CES 2011: Sony’s futuristic 3D head-mounted display Microsoft shows off ARM processors running Windows Scale That TWEETS Your Weight! Plus, Baby Monitor on Your iPhone! Withings CES Preview – Tekzilla Sony Ericcson Xperia Arc: Hands On [...]
There is a funny thing about the following WSJ article. The author seems genuinely surprised to discover that places like… well, any retail store… will jack up prices hoping that consumers will just buy stuff without thinking: Phone-Wielding Shoppers Strike Fear Into Retailers Tri Tang, a 25-year-old marketer, walked into a Best Buy Co. store [...]
Rare earth metals are a crucial component in many electronic devices, but what exactly are they? In this episode, Jonathan and Chris break down the fact and fiction about rare earth metals — and why they’re so important.
Nowadays, batteries are everywhere — but what exactly are they? How do they work? In this podcast, Chris and Jonathan break down the history of batteries, their uses and the chemistry involved.
This isn’t a “smart card”. This is more like a computer shaped like a credit card, but as thin and light and flexible as a normal plastic credit card. It has a magnetic stripe, but the strip is programmable on the fly, so a single electronic credit card can take the place or several physical credit cards. It is amazing that they have fit all this into such a small container…
The following video introduces a term – “conflict minerals” – that you may have never heard of before. It is an important term because, behind the scenes, conflict minerals are leading to death and destruction for millions of people….
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