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IBM releases new Mainframe…

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,...

Supernovas…

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...

Blue Planet: Underwater Lake…

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...

Paddle-wing Flight…

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...

Solar Balloons from CoolEarth…

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...