Month: March 2012

  • High-Altitude Blimp Wind Turbine Will Harness Stronger Winds

    An eolian energy company formed out of MIT has tested its high-altitude wind turbine that floats above in windy skies like a blimp. Altaeros Energies Airborne Wind Turbine measures 10m in width, and is filled up with helium. It was sent 100m up in the sky, where stronger winds are prevalent. This prototype was also…

  • Laser Beams Used to Create Filament Paths Could Potentially Direct Lightning

    Lasers beams have been used for the first time to trigger and divert lightning bolts. It was first postulated in the 1990s that lasers could be used to create a low-resistance pathway through the atmosphere, allowing lightning bolts to use the path of least resistance. Read more @ SciTechDaily

  • Genetic Clues to Van Gogh’s Teddy Bear Sunflower Florets Uncovered

    The famous Dutch impressionist painter Vincent van Gogh was obsessed with sunflowers, until he died in 1890. His iconic paintings of sunflowers fetch millions of dollars at auction. Scientists have been trying to solve the genetic origin of the mutant teddy bear sunflowers that are depicted in van Gogh’s canvases. Read more @ SciTechDaily

  • My Daily Tweets 03-30-12

    2m 5 Ways Smartphones Change Lives http://wp.me/pWvW-6T1 4m Paper iPad Drawing App by FiftyThree: Really Fluid and Partly Free http://wp.me/pWvW-6SZ 5m Pets snuggling on the couch http://instagr.am/p/I07_RTNTXD/ 51m The place I’m at has a kobe beef chili filled donut with cheese, mustard, onions and pickles. Seems like it would cause instant death 3h Outfit of…

  • 5 Ways Smartphones Change Lives

    Last week, after having had the same phone for the last few years, I went to a local mobile carrier and purchased a brand new iPhone 4S. This is my first smartphone and here are the ways that it has changed my life. More

  • Pixel Block Movie Posters Offer Bitmapped Drama

    These funny pixelated movie posters were created by Colorado graphic designer Eric Palmer. While some may call them them 8-bit art, they kind of look like they wouldn’t be out of place on an a 16-bit system like the Sega Genesis or SNES. That being said, most of these movies weren’t even around when either 8…

  • My Daily Tweets 03-29-12

    8h Hey, are any of you out there teachers (or friends of teachers)?? My buddy Emily needs your help http://bobbieroundstheworld.com/post/20110034031/yo-teach 7h Fuck everyone else, this is so far the most beautiful thing I’ve done in my life: http://fadereu.posterous.com/the-colors-of-mobius# SERIOUSLY 7h Gizmodo’s Kickstarter rant is so dumb, even the commenters called them out. I bet the…

  • Medisana TargetScale Looks Like a Science Fiction Movie Prop

    Everyone who’s trying to lose weight or to stay fit knows that a good scale is an important part of keeping on track. This isn’t the first high-tech scale that I’ve come across, but it sure looks futuristic, kind of like a transporter pad from Star Trek, probably a way to entice to actually step…

  • My Daily Tweets 03-28-12

    3m Quantum Interference Shown Experimentally in Larger Molecules http://wp.me/pWvW-6SL 4m Geometric Superheroes: Rectangles, Assemble! http://wp.me/pWvW-6SJ 11m R2-DShoes: The Slippers You’re Looking for http://wp.me/pWvW-6SH 20m Dejeuner http://instagr.am/p/Ivn7WTNTX4/ 7h When you combine begging with crying you get married sex 10h Now it’s #Metronomy on #Unforgettable 11h Wow, #TheNakedandFamous heard on the latest ep of #Unforgettable. Cool beans,…

  • Quantum Interference Shown Experimentally in Larger Molecules

    Particle-wave duality is one of the most mysterious facets of quantum physics. It states that every quantum object has properties of both a wave and a particle. This can be easily demonstrated using the double-slit experiment. Streams of particles directed at a barrier, facing the two narrow openings, create an interference pattern, as though they…