When NASA’s Orion crew module re-entered Earth’s atmosphere in 2014 tests, it did so covered in 180 small squares of an advanced heat-shielding material called Avcoat. Now, NASA’s research scientists are inspecting them to find out how they worked. Yes, that does appear to be a vacuum cleaner. Read more >>
What a bright idea.
This new super-small battery could finally put power supplies on the chip—and tiny computational systems anywhere you can imagine.
In times mercifully gone by, each click of the shutter button was precious and you pored over the resulting photographs — good or bad — at length. Now you post them to Instagram and then forget about them forever. And don’t even mention photo frame sales... [Truth Facts]
The purchase is reportedly “aimed at advancing the telecom giant’s growth ambitions in mobile video and advertising” .
Researchers are wondering if the revival of deodands could help determine who pays up when algorithms go wrong.
Ever wondered what astronauts do when they need to evacuate their bowels and bladder? They have to use a toilet specially designed for microgravity. Read More >>
This thing will not be cheap.
Until now electron microscopes have struggled to capture imagery at the atomic and molecular level, but this image shows just how much that's changing. Read More >>
Driving a car is easy. Engine on, eyes open, foot on the accelerator and you’re all set. So why is it taking autonomous cars so long to learn?
NASA Astronaut Scott Kelly just tweeted this photo, that he took from aboard the International Space Station. You can see the Bighorn River, which stretches through the states of Wyoming and Montana... and, wait, why does it look like it’s floating? Read more >>
This is a picture of the northeast coast of South Georgia Island in the southern Atlantic Ocean. With no permanent residents, just imagine how fun it would be trek across its peaks. Read more >>
But it's only active in the US at the moment, of course.
The animations show the basics of how the two sensor types capture light, make sense of it, and then send it off to be stored as an image.
Instead of flying western equipment into affected countries, the sites will provide a means of monitoring disease all the time.
The maker of the world's first printable firearm doesn't want authorities to gag the guns schematics.
