by Jared | May 20, 2008 | Innovative Projects
BrightSource Energy has just raised a massive $115 million in Series C funding and has added some big new names to its list of investors including Google.org, BP Alternative Energy, StatoilHydro Venture and Black River. Solar Thermal Energy is where they use large...
by Jared | May 19, 2008 | Space & Discovery
These may look similar, but are vastly different. On the left we have Galaxy M101, and on the right Typhoon Rammasun. Rammasun was only a thousand kilometers or so across while M101 (aka the Pinwheel Galaxy) spans about 170,000 light-years. These do look amazingly...
by Jared | May 18, 2008 | Tech & Science
The outer skin of the Airbus A380 has to be designed to get this monster off the tarmac. The world’s biggest airliner is light but also tough thanks to incredible glass fibers shown in the video below.. Article Link: www.nationalgeographic.com Video Link:...
by Jared | May 17, 2008 | Wildlife & Nature
This Doomsday Vault is part of an effort to protect the planet’s diminishing biodiversity. The facility was dug deep into the frozen rock of an Arctic mountain on Spitsbergen, one of 3 Arpichelago Islands in Norway. Any seeds stored here will be secure for...
by Jared | May 16, 2008 | Wildlife & Nature
As clouds of toxic ash and dust tower into the sky, they ionise the air, generating an explosive electrical storm. Colossal forks of lightning spark around the noxious plume as it spews from the volcano’s crater, creating an image of raw, terrifying energy, as...
