by Jared | Feb 29, 2008 | Tech & Science
The new System called the z10, with a starting price at about $1 million, comes as IBM focuses on lowering the price tag for running its storied line of data-crunching workhorses. The z10’s capacity is equivalent to 1,500 servers based on the popular x86 design,...
by Jared | Feb 28, 2008 | Space & Discovery
A supernova is a stellar explosion that creates an extremely luminous object. A supernova causes a burst of radiation that may briefly outshine its entire host galaxy before fading from view over several weeks or months. During this short interval, a supernova can...
by Jared | Feb 27, 2008 | Wildlife & Nature
This is part of the BBC series Blue Planet, described as the first ever comprehensive series on the natural history of the world’s oceans, each of the eight 50-minute episodes examines a different aspect of marine life. The underwater photography included...
by Jared | Feb 26, 2008 | Tech & Science
Lim Kah Bin and Hu Yu at the National University of Singapore have built a small cyclogyro that hovers and turns on the end of a tether. The small robotic aircraft powered by rotating paddle-wheel wings could yet rule the skies, if renewed interest in an antique...
by Jared | Feb 25, 2008 | Tech & Science
CoolEarth is creating & using balloons made of metalized plastic films, half of the balloon is transparent letting the light in to be concentrated into a small high-efficiency solar panel by the concave interior. Each balloon is 2 meters across and depending on...
