Archive for the 'Technology' Category
Space Tourists .::. =video=
• October, 2010Space Tourists <<Editors notE>> Space tourism… at the moment still something for the privileged… And once it will be a real “commercial” venue… wouldn’t we have to find another source of fuel first? Either way, if I ever had the chance to do something like this i will most probably take it Who wouldn’t. Enjoy the video, stay tuned for more!
Full-Body Scan Technology In Street-Roving Vans .::. =video=
• October, 2010As the privacy controversy around full-body security scans begins to simmer, it’s worth noting that courthouses and airport security checkpoints aren’t the only places where backscatter x-ray vision is being deployed. The same technology, capable of seeing through clothes and walls, has also been rolling out on U.S. streets.
US military’s top secret X-37B shuttle ‘disappears’
• September, 2010US military’s top secret X-37B shuttle ‘disappears’ for two weeks and changes orbit. AMATEUR astronomers are enjoying a cat-and-mouse game with the US military in keeping track of its secret space plane, the X-37B. The X-37B was launched in April amid much publicity, but scant detail about its true use. Built by Boeing’s Phantom Works division, the X-37B program was originally headed by NASA. It was later turned over…
Brazil air force to record UFO sightings
• August, 2010Brazil’s government has ordered its air force to officially record any sighting of unidentified flying objects. A government decree said all military and civilian pilots as well as air traffic controllers should register any UFO sightings with the national aerospace defence command. The information will be stored in the national archives in Rio de Janeiro. It will be made available to researchers, including those seeking evidence of extraterrestrial life.…
“Richard Dawkins” on our bizarre universe .::. =video=
• August, 2010Queerer Than We Suppose: The Strangeness Of Science Richard Dawkins is Oxford University’s “Professor for the Public Understanding of Science.” Author of the landmark 1976 book, The Selfish Gene, he’s a brilliant (and trenchant) evangelist for Darwin’s ideas. In this talk, titled, “Queerer Than We Suppose: The strangeness of science,” he suggests that the true nature of the universe eludes us, because the human mind evolved only to understand…
Spain’s spectacular solar power plants =pictures=
• August, 2010Spain’s spectacular solar power plants channelling the blazing Seville sun Mention solar power and people imagine weedy photovoltaic panels blighting the roofs of eco-friendly households and generating barely enough electricity to run a toaster. But the future of solar power could well be a lot more spectacular. There are actually two solar power plants in the picture above, spread around two towers. The larger array on the left, called…
Tron Legacy – Lichtcycle .::. =video=
• July, 2010Tron Legacy – Trailer (Old vs New/Lightcycle) – 2010 It’s about time to bring you something about the upcoming sequel of “Tron“. Hopefully the creators of this 2010 Tron movie “Legacy” know what they are doing here and that they understand that a lot of young to middle-aged men’s childhood memories are at stake. For all those who do not yet know of the 1982 cult movie “Tron” and…
Futuristic Egglike Alpine Capsule
• June, 2010Futuristic Egglike Alpine Capsule Designed by Lovegrove Studio Picture Gallery Below Lovegrove Studio, the London-based office of designer Ross Lovegrove, have designed a mountain living unit called Alpine Capsule. The capsule comprises a mounting living unit, where visitors can stay over night in the Italian Alps. Power is provided by several “power plants’, which consist of photovoltaic panels combined with a vertical axis wind turbine. The Alpine Capsule defines…
Voyager 2 spacecraft hijacked by Aliens?
• June, 2010Has the Voyager 2 been hijacked by extra terrestrial lifeforms? It left Earth 33 years ago, now it’s claimed the Voyager 2 spacecraft may have been hijacked by aliens after sending back data messages NASA scientists can’t decode. NASA installed a 12-inch disk containing music and greetings in 55 languages in case intelligent extraterrestrial life ever found it. But now the spacecraft is sending back what sounds like an…
