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Thunderstorms near the Kennedy Space-CenterCape Canaveral, Florida (Reuters) forced NASA to postpone the Sunday launch of space shuttle Endeavor until Monday for a mission to deliver a conservatory built in Japan to the International Space Station. "We had winds collide," says director Pete Nickolenko radio Endeavor crew. "We will have to declare [...]
Move over, silicon: graphene is ready for its closeup. Discovered just a few years ago, graphene is a sheet of graphite the thickness of just one atom. It can be processed like silicon to make electronic devices, which makes it easier to manipulate than the current “it” material, carbon nanotubes. Without the breakdown problems that [...]
I was just telling myself the other day I need a more powerful saw. So naturally, like every American in the 21st century, I looked on the Internet. And lo, the gods answered by pointing me to an infomercial
My first thoughts upon beginning the Omni Dual Saw commercial: I wonder if this product is so [...]
ToneMatrix, a labs experiment from one of the guys behind the Hobnox Audio Tool is… mesmirizing. The concept is simple – there’s a grid, and each block in the grid represents a specific tone. An invisible playhead constantly loops across the grid and triggers the tones. You toggle the blocks ‘on’ and ‘off’ with a [...]
2009 Virgin Mobile "FreeFest" (answers frugal music lovers’ prayers by doing away with admission fees at this year’s festival)
- Pac Sun’s new exec (is the former president and CEO of Vans. And New Balance cobrands with Peanuts) (Label Networks) (WWD)
- The spread of teen dating violence (timed to coincide with Chris Brown’s trial, DoSomething.org [...]
Many a neutech hipster looked askance at the huge IBM-plex situated front and center at this year’s Web 2.0 conference.
No one could deny the hardware/software/services giant’s place in tech history (their first plant is now almost 100 years old), but what does it have to do with the glassy, streamy, widgety world that tech [...]
During this difficult economic time, augmented reality has the potential to help you enhance your role as a visionary business technology leader, inspire your team, and steal the march on your competitors.
OK, a little word-association game here: Below I’m going to describe a brilliant new technology that I think will launch some powerful applications, but [...]
Atlantis’ launch date was announced following Thursday’s Flight Readiness Review. During the meeting, top NASA and contractor managers assessed the risks associated with the mission and determined the shuttle’s equipment, support systems and procedures are ready for flight. Atlantis’ 11-day mission will include five spacewalks to refurbish Hubble with state-of-the-art science instruments. After the [...]
Each winter, the second biggest fish in the oceans disappear. Now a group of researchers in the United States has discovered that some basking sharks take their holidays.
Back in 1954, suggested that marine biologists basking sharks (Cetorhinus maximus) – behind the whale shark in fish size league – could make their way to the bottom [...]
The Development Authority of Northern May be a mitigation plan to allow the expansion of the regional landfill in Rodman. At a board meeting Wednesday morning, William E. Seifried, executive director of the installation of solid waste management, said Danc working with Ducks Unlimited on a off-site mitigation plan. [...]