Who wants to be an astronaut?
Apply today at Virgin Galactic! (So awesome!)
Location: Initially Mojave, CA then Spaceport Amercia, NM
Business: Virgin Galactic
Contract Type: Full Time
Closing date: 30/04/2011
Virgin Galactic has launched its search for Pilot-Astronauts. This unique opportunity initially involves working as … Read More → "Who wants to be an astronaut?"
The Illustrious Omnibus of Super Powers
The Illustrious Omnibus of Super Powers, the latest poster by Pop Chart Lab, charts 100 super powers of over 200 superheroes and supervillains.
Check out the magnified view (or get your own 18″x24″ print for $20) here
… Read More → "The Illustrious Omnibus of Super Powers"The world’s tiniest compact digital camera
The NanEye is a digital camera that measures about one cubic millimeter in size…no bigger than a grain of salt. The camera was intended for medical use and was developed by specialized camera manufacturer AWAIBA and the Fraunhofer Institute for Reliability and Microintegration.</ … Read More → "The world’s tiniest compact digital camera"
The world’s largest robot competition
The 8th annual RoboGames takes place this weekend, April 15-17, at the San Mateo County Expo Center.
Poster designed by Sarah Dungan
… Read More → "The world’s largest robot competition"NASA announces Space Shuttles’ final homes
Discovery will go to the National Air and Space Museum’s Steven F. Udvar-Hazy Center just outside Washington, D.C.
The Enterprise will be moved fron the Udvar-Hazy Center in D.C. to the Intrepid Sea, Air and Space Museum in New York.
Endeavour will go to the California Science Center in Los … Read More → "NASA announces Space Shuttles’ final homes"
Head tracking for iPhone: glasses-free 3D display
Head-Coupled Perspective (HCP) on mobile devices creates a glasses-free monocular 3D display based on a head-tracker that uses the front-facing camera of the device to track the user’s head movement.
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Richard Branson’s newest toy: A flying submarine
The latest invention unveiled by the team at Virgin is an 8,000-pound, carbon-fiber sub – with wings.
read more here at CSM
… Read More → "Richard Branson’s newest toy: A flying submarine"X-Ray Vision: handheld radar allows army/security to look inside walls
“A portable device the the size of a textbook promises to give army and security personnel the x-ray vision of Superman…only without the x-rays. The prototype Sprint system, developed by Cambridge Consultants, uses short range radar to peer inside solid objects and produce a 3D image of the interior on its display screen.”
… Read More → "X-Ray Vision: handheld radar allows army/security to look inside walls"
