A project by artist Sam Van Aken will delight lovers of fruit. The Tree of 40 Fruit is a project in which a single tree is modified to bear over 40 different types of stone fruit. The trees are created using a process of grafting.

Van Aken began the Tree of 40 Fruit project in 2008 and has been creating new trees and developing the process ever since. The artist had recently … Read More → "Artist creates multicolored trees that grow 40 different types of fruit"

San Francisco International is about to make life decidedly easier for blind and visually impaired travelers. The airport has teamed up with Indoo.rs to unveil a Bluetooth beacon system that will help these passengers find their way through Terminal 2 using only their phone. When users walk past one of the 500 transmitters, their devices will announce nearby points of interest; they can find flight gates, ATMs, information … Read More → "San Francisco airport beacons help the blind get around using their phones"

Oxygen is such an abundant resource on Earth that we rarely think about it unless we get locked in a cupboard. However, for space engineers, the question of how to get enough of the vital gas is constant, frustrating problem. To help future explorers of the Red Planet get enough oxygen for life support and powering spacecraft, NASA has included MIT’s MOXIE experiment on the Mars 2020 mission to study how to make oxygen … Read More → "MIT to test making oxygen on Mars"

“All truth passes through three stages. First, it is ridiculed. Second, it is violently opposed. Third, it is accepted as being self-evident.” Arthur Schopenhauer

Well that makes the 3rd one that works, two independent implementations.

Now for someone to haul one into space, and try it. To bad the space shuttles are all mothballed in musuems. Maybe the Space-X boys are up for the challenge 🙂

“How much can you carry” is an ongoing portrait series by Paris-based photographer Floriane de Lassée that documents the many ways that people from around the world transport loads of objects on their heads. De Lassée began the project in Africa in 2012 after observing locals carrying all manner of objects on their heads. She has since traveled to seven countries, including Ethiopia, Indonesia, and Brazil, to document the practice in different cultures.
via Laughing Squid</ … Read More → "‘How Much Can You Carry’, portraits that show how people around the world carry stuff on their heads"

Rich tourists will soon be able to enjoy the Northern Lights from within a floating, snowflake-shaped resort located in the waters near Tromso, Norway. The 86-bedroom Krystall hotel is being marketed as a “scarless development,” according to The Telegraph.In other words, the glass-roofed luxury property is not only intended to … Read More → "Giant floating snowflake will offer a five-star view of the Northern Lights"

A NASA study has recently concluded that the “Cannae Drive,” a disruptive new method of space propulsion, can produce small amounts of thrust without the use of propellant, in apparent discordance with Newton’s third law. According to its inventor, the device can harness microwave radiation inside a resonator, turning electricity into a net thrust. If further verified and perfected, the advance could revolutionize the space industry, dramatically cutting costs for both missions in … Read More → "NASA says puzzling new space drive can generate thrust without propellant"

We’ve gotten a peek at some of the other structures being built for the food-themed Milan Expo 2015, from a smog-gobbling facade for Italy to a veggie-growing restaurant for France. Now here’s the American pavilion, which is inspired by three signature food-related structures for the U.S.: A barn, a boardwalk, and—of course!—food trucks.</ … Read More → "Every inch of this building’s facade will grow crops you can eat"

This year’s football season is set to begin in September, and for the first time 17 National Football League stadiums will employ radio-frequency identification (RFID) technology to better track how players move on the field during games. The league has partnered with Zebra Technologies to use its quarter-sized RFID sensors inside the shoulder pads of players. These sensors … Read More → "NFL players will wear RFID chips this season to track their movements"

Until yesterday, everyone in the international community was laughing at this engine and its inventor, Roger Sawyer. It’s called the EmDrive and everyone said it was impossible because it went against the laws of physics. But the fact is that the quantum vacuum plasma thrusterworks in the lab and … Read More → "New “impossible” engine works, could change space travel forever"