A jetpack that might one day be able to take 30-minute jaunts across the sky got its public debut today. New Zealand company Martin Jetpack unveiled the device at the Experimental Aircraft Association’s AirVenture show in Oshkosh, Wisconsin. They plan on selling the jetpacks for $100,000. The video below is of his 16yr old son flying it..
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Monthly Archive for July, 2008
In a speech that takes us from the origins of the universe to the last days of a dying sun 6 billion years later, renowned cosmologist Sir Martin Rees explains why the 21st century is a pivotal moment in the history of humanity: the first time in history when we can materially change ourselves and our planet. Stunning imagery of cosmological wonders show us the universe as we know it now. Speaking as “a concerned member of the human race,” Rees harkens to the wisdom of Einstein, calling for scientists to act as moral compasses, confronting the coming developments and ensuring our role in “the immense future.
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With 90km of steel and 22,000 beams covered with 100,000 square meters of plastic, this is not your ordinary swimming complex..
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Scientists have exposed some of the mystery behind the northern lights. On Thursday, NASA released findings that indicate magnetic explosions about one-third of the way to the moon cause the northern lights, or Aurora Borealis, to burst in spectacular shapes and colors, and dance across the sky. The findings should help scientists better understand the more powerful but less common geomagnetic storms that can knock out satellites, harm astronauts in orbit and disrupt power and communications on Earth..
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Below is a video of the ReWalkâ„¢ Exoskeleton in action, its the first commercially viable upright walking assistance tool, enables wheelchair users with lower-limb disabilities to stand, walk, and even climb stairs..
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I’ve heard that rocket racing was going to become a competition, but this is the first video I have seen on the topic, the Rocket Racing league will race rocket-powered planes for the first time on August 1st!..
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Gavin D. J. Harper explains some of the features of the subsea cables which are used to transmit power from the marine energy generators back to the shore. Filmed at EMEC – the European Marine Energy Centre, Orkney, UK..
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This is another clip from the National Geographic series “Earth: The Biography†and is on the episode about Volcano’s. This clip answers the question of how our planets gets out of an Ice Age..
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This is from the National Geographic series “Earth: The Biography” and is on the episode about Ice. Watch as they take you deep under the glaciers to see whats really going on..
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Researchers from Stanford University are tagging female leatherback turtles with beacons to find out more about their migration routes..
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Last we heard was this car wasn’t launching till 2010 but the new plan is to launch the retail version of the i MiEV electric car in Japan in the summer of 2009. The reasons are “smoother-than-expected” preparations for mass-production. The specs for the car are as follows, the i MiEV is powered by a compact 47 kW electric motor (133 lb-ft of torque) and a 330V, 16 kWh lithium-ion battery pack from Lithium Energy Japan (LEJ). LEJ is a joint venture of GS Yuasa Corporation, Mitsubishi Corporation (MC) and Mitsubishi Motors Corporation (MMC). Top speed of the i MiEV is 130 kph (81 mph), with a range of up to 160 km (100 miles) in the Japanese 10-15 cycle driving conditions..
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Cassini is a space craft that traveled for seven years to get to Saturn, so it could study the ringed planet and its moons at close range. It made it into Saturns orbit by July 2004. It has now started its extended mission during which Cassini will make follow-up observations of the features it has discovered since it began. In the video below the lead Cassini project manager takes you on a tour of her favourite images from the past four years of the mission..
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A species of shark rarely seen alive because its natural habitat is about 2,000 feet under the sea was captured on film by staff at a Japanese marine park..
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The double-slit experiment in quantum mechanics is an experiment that demonstrates the inseparability of the wave and particle natures of light and other quantum particles. Watch the video below to understand the complexity scientists are working with in quantum physics..
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Explore how half of Earth’s water originated from the planet’s inception and how the other half was deposited by comets..
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At the MoMA Exhibition: Home Delivery, a SYSTEM3 prefab house was put up. Watch the incredible video where the house arrives in two containers at 6:00 AM and they complete assembly at 1:30 PM. The house is 53 square meters, which is around 570 square feet, and is fully equipped with a kitchen, bath, and lighting. It has a staircase to access the roof, which can serve to connect floors in the case of a vertical expansion of the units. Since the staircases are always located at the same fixed position, you can easily stack the serving units..
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The Seabreacher is the latest watercraft created by Innespace. This two seat vessel is powered by a supercharged Atkins marine rotary engine coupled to a Hurth V-drive transmission. The Seabreacher is currently undergoing testing and will be available in limited numbers for Racing and demonstration events in spring 2008..
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A giant rubber snake could be the future of renewable energy. The rippling “Anaconda” produces electricity as it is squeezed by passing waves. Its developers say it would produce more energy than existing wave-energy devices and be cheaper to maintain. Eventually, full-scale versions should be 7metres across, 200m long and be anchored at one end in water between 40m and 100m deep. A full-scale device should produce 1 megawatt, enough to power around 2000 houses..
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Sounds made by baby crocodiles while still inside the egg are not wasted. Both crocodile mothers and other unborn youngsters have a keen ear for the hatching calls, new research shows..
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The kilogram is the only remaining standard of measurement tied to a single physical object: a 120-year-old lump of platinum and iridium that sits in a vault outside of Paris, France. But the mass of this chunk of metal is slowly changing relative to the 40-odd copies kept by other countries, and no one knows why or by how much. So researchers charged with policing units and measures, called metrologists, have come up with several suggestions to redefine the kilogram. In 2011, the International Committee for Weights and Measures will try to decide the issue. One proposal, pushed by an international team called the Avogadro Project, aims to define the kilogram in terms of a specific number of silicon atoms. Just how many? That’s where the newly created silicon spheres come in..
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Being 95% water with no brains, no heart, and no blood, it’s amazing jellyfish have existed for 650 million years..
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In the video below NASA explains how the Phoenix has been cooking samples in its ovens and has been successfully returning its results to earth, also they have been able to confirm the traces of water on mars. The video contains some great images from Phoenix and its landscape around it, as well as some of how its ovens work..
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