If this prototype helicopter ever gets produced, I’m enlisting in the Air Force.
Archive for the ‘technology’ Category
wootz!
Interesting article on the carbon nanotube technology used in 17th century damascus swords.
iHype
So, the new iPhone got leaked. Big deal. How can this possibly hurt Apple? The whole affair is being over-dramatized, as evidenced by his quote.
“For the sake of the person who dropped it, I hope this is a devious marketing scheme,” said Paul Saffo, a veteran Silicon Valley forecaster. “But I think it is unlikely. There is no one else on the planet whose shoes I would less like to be in it at the moment.”
I can think of lots of people whose shoes I would never want to be in, and an employee of Apple will never be in that category.
groovy
Chris Supranowitz, a researcher at The Insitute of Optics at the University of Rochester, wondered what the grooves on a record would look like under an electronic microscope. Here is a single groove, magnified 1000 times:
an era passes
The U.S. Coast Guard on Monday shut down Loran-C, a navigation and timing system that has guided mariners and aviators since World War II. Now that GPS has taken over, this old solid-state technology is going the way of the dodo.
invention is the mother of necessity
This strange device is a Roman army precursor to the Swiss Army knife. Not bad, for 200 A.D.
On a related note, see these photos of an ancient aqueduct recently found beneath Rome.
don’t twitter grandma
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retrofuture
I’m liking this electric skateboard.
good idea
The airless tire makes me wonder why this hasn’t been around longer.
I knew it
It looks like a lot of traffic buttons at intersections for pedestrians are placebos. I think the “close door” button in the elevator has got to be one too.
slouching towards Bethlehem
Amazing photographs of the infrastructure of the Manhattan Project.
perspective
I, pencil. Interesting essay on what goes into basic technology.
everyone deserves a roof
Sometimes even the homeless get cool gear.
And the not-so-homeless get solar tents!
(thanks, Sharon)
woefully uninspiring
It’s a good thing the Gettysburg Address was not a powerpoint presentation.
emphasis on inspired
These electrical towers were inspired by nature.
go technology, go
Shimano’s new Dura-Ace 7970 Di2 bicycle shifting system is almost definitely the most precise shifting mechanism ever. The carbon fiber brake levers will have either wired or wireless connection to the derailleurs, eliminating bulky and inefficient cables. The derailleur movement is precisely controlled through computer automated movement and servo motors, creating perfectly synchronized and calibrated shifts every time.
pedal power
Can’t find a plug to charge your laptop. Just press the pedal repeatedly.
