From the Yeti to the Rock Monster, all of the scariest places in the 8-bit world – Google Maps Monsters — More about Google’s April Fools Day fun – Begin your quest with Google Maps 8-bit for NES
Monthly Archives: March 2012
SpaceX test fires the new SuperDraco propulsion engine
SpaceX successfully test fires SuperDraco, a powerful new engine that will play a critical role in efforts to change the future of human spaceflight. These engines will power a revolutionary launch escape system that will make Dragon the safest spacecraft in history and enable it to land propulsively on Earth or another planet with pinpoint …
Continue reading “SpaceX test fires the new SuperDraco propulsion engine”
Simon Pegg – “Being a geek is all about…” (photo)
SpaceX introduces team to test Dragon for manned space flight
Recently, SpaceX “announced it has assembled a team of independent experts to help the company create a safe spacecraft for NASA astronauts.” And, one of them, Edward Lu, is on Google+: “I’m looking forward to peeking under the hood of the SpaceX Dragon, and helping them successfully launch humans into orbit!” More on the company’s …
Continue reading “SpaceX introduces team to test Dragon for manned space flight”
Winner of the NCAA Dunk Content – 5’9″ James Justice
From ESPN: 5’9″ James Justice from Martin Methodist College wins the NCAA Dunk contest with this incredible between the legs slam. Number 1 play on SportsCenter’s Top 10. The judges, Bobby Hurley, John Salley, Pierre Thomas and Jimmy Graham didn’t even put up scores, it was over!
Covered in brilliant spots – The Obliteration Room
Yayoi Kusama’s interactive Obliteration Room begins as an entirely white space, furnished as a monochrome living room, which people are then invited to ‘obliterate’ with multi-coloured stickers. After a few weeks the room is transformed from a blank canvas into an explosion of colour, with thousands of spots stuck over every available surface. TateShots have …
Continue reading “Covered in brilliant spots – The Obliteration Room”
Isaac Newton Digital Library – 4,000 pages of his notebooks, drawings, and manuscripts
The largest collection of Isaac Newton’s papers has gone digital, committing to open-access posterity the works of one of history’s greatest scientist. Among the works shared online by the Cambridge Digital Library are Newton’s own annotated copy of Principia Mathematica and the ‘Waste Book,’ the notebook in which a young Newton worked out the principles of calculus. “Anyone, wherever …
Best Buy to close 50 stores in the U.S. and 11 in the U.K.
Selling consumer electronics isn’t as easy as it used to be for Best Buy. The big-box retailer is closing 50 stores and compensating employees based on customer service after its fiscal fourth-quarter sales fell short of expectations. The company today reported a fiscal fourth-quarter net loss of $1.7 billion, on revenue of $16.63 billion, up …
Continue reading “Best Buy to close 50 stores in the U.S. and 11 in the U.K.”
The Seven Deadly Sins illustrated as Disney Princesses
See the rest at UFunk – Disney Princess Seven Deadly Sins Thx Jason Salas
Life on Mars is possible – for cave dwellers
A study of the biology and geology of Mars, from the Australian National University, shows there is plenty of room for life on Mars. Granted, much of that room is in caves just below the planet’s surface, and much of that life will likely be microbes rather than little green men. But here’s the kicker — fully …
Continue reading “Life on Mars is possible – for cave dwellers”