Schlagwort: science
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Frank, the World’s First 6-Foot Tall Bionic Robot with a Beating Heart Gets Unveiled
Reading Time: < 1 minuteWe have seen the future of humanoid robots, and it begins with Frank. He a six-foot-tall robot is made up of artificial body parts, has 200 processors and is covered in over a million sensors. Frank boasts a functioning circulatory system fitted with a beating heart. The heart and other organs…
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Red Bull Stratos FULL POV – Multi-Angle + Mission Data Video released – Felix Baumgartner View
Reading Time: 2 minutesWatch the full length Red Bull Stratos documentary only on Rdio:http://bit.ly/18T82Pd See through the eyes of Felix Baumgartner as he completes his world record breaking jump from the stratosphere! The purpose of the Red Bull Stratos mission is to transcend human limits. Supported by a team of experts Felix Baumgartner ascended…
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College Students Successfully Create and Fire 3D-Printed Rocket Engine
Reading Time: < 1 minuteUCSD (Uiversity of California, San Diego) have created a 3D-printed metal rocket engine using techniques previously only known to NASA, and successfully fired it at the Friends of Amateur Rocketry launch site in California’s Mojave Desert. Gizmag says that it is the „first such test of a printed liquid-fueled, metal rocket…
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Wien Energie und Autor Jan Kossdorff suchen junge SchriftstellerInnen!
Reading Time: 2 minutesSchreiben unter Strom: Wien Energie und Autor Jan Kossdorff suchen junge SchriftstellerInnen Unter dem Titel „Schreiben unter Strom“ können ab 14. Oktober junge Hobby-AutorInnen und Science-Fiction-Fans an einem interaktiven Schreib-Studio der Wien Energie Power Generation teilnehmen. Basierend auf einer facebook-App, schreibt man gemeinsam mit dem namhaften Autor Jan Kossdorff, der unter anderem…
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Quantum Black Holes May Be Bridges to Other Universes
Reading Time: 2 minutesA group of physicists have just published a description of a quantum black hole, which uses loop quantum gravity where the predictions of physics-ending singularities vanish, and are replaced by bridges to another universe. In other words, in place of the black hole is something that resembles an entry point to another…
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Scientists Announce That Jupiter and Saturn May be Filled with Diamonds
Reading Time: < 1 minuteAccording to a group of scientists, lead by University of Wisconsin-Madison’s Kevin Baines, both of our solar system’s largest gas giants are home to conditions favorable to the creation of solid diamonds. That’s right, „about a thousand tons of diamonds per year.“ Here’s how it works: Massive lightning storms which…
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Bizarre Theories About the Universe That Might Blow Your Mind
Reading Time: < 1 minuteThe multiverse theory essentially refers to the hypothetical set of infinite or finite possible universes (including the historical universe we consistently experience) that together comprise everything that exists and can exist: the entirety of space, time, matter, and energy as well as the physical laws and constants that describe them. In…
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Fascinating Science Things You May Not Have Known About the World
Reading Time: < 1 minuteDid you know that if an extraterrestrial from a galaxy 65-million-light-years away, viewed Earth through an extremely powerful telescope right now, they’d see dinosaurs. We have rounded up twenty-five more fascinating things you may not have known about the world and beyond. Official Source: http://list25.com/
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You Won’t Believe How Doctors Used a Tooth to Restore This Blind Man’s Sight
Reading Time: < 1 minuteIan Tibbetts, a 43-year-old man from Britain, damaged his eye in an industrial accident when scrap metal ripped his cornea in six places, and you won’t believe how doctors managed to restore his sight using a tooth. That’s right, it’s a two-part procedure called osteo-odonto-keratoprothesis: first, the tooth and part of…
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Boston Dynamics Unveils Speedy WildCat, a Robotic Mule That Can Run at 16MPH
Reading Time: < 1 minuteBoston Dynamics unveils its latest creation, and it’s definitely no slouch. Called the WildCat, this robotic mule WildCat can probably be considered the cheetah of its pack, and it’s capable of untethered speeds of up to 16 MPH thus far. Previously, the company’s Cheetah robot hit a record 29.3 MPH while…
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Geeks Who Might be Having a Really Bad Day
Reading Time: < 1 minuteNo matter how bad your day might be going, you’ll never have to tell your boss that you toppled a $290-million satellite right onto the shop floor. Unfortunately (or fortunately), that is just one of the many geeks who might be having a really bad day.
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Star Wars lightsabers finally invented by TheGuardian
Reading Time: < 1 minute Wannabe Jedi Knights rejoice, for scientists have discovered that the famous lightsaber weapon wielded by Luke Skywalker and his ilk in the long-running space opera saga might one day exist beyond the realms of fiction. Harvard and MIT physicists writing in the new edition of Nature say they have discovered a way to bind…
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12 Mind-Blowing Pictures of the Red Planet Captured by the Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter
Reading Time: < 1 minuteThe Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter (MRO) is a multipurpose spacecraft designed to conduct reconnaissance and Exploration of Mars from orbit. The US$720 million spacecraft was built by Lockheed Martin under the supervision of the Jet Propulsion Laboratory. MRO’s telecommunications system will transfer more data back to Earth than all previous interplanetary missions…
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Massive 30-Foot Giant Squid Washes Ashore in Spain
Reading Time: < 1 minuteNot just a myth, beachgoers in the Spanish community of Cantabria were astonished Tuesday when they stumbled onto the carcass of a giant 30-foot-long squid that had washed ashore almost fully intact, and weighed nearly 400 pounds. According to Grind TV, it „was delivered to the Maritime Museum of Cantabria, where…
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Scientists Use Single Lightning Bolt to Fully Charge Smartphone
Reading Time: < 1 minuteIn a nutshell, scientists from Southampton University used an alternating current, powered by a transformer, to recreate a bolt of electricity by passing 200,000 volts across an 11-inch gap. This generated the same heat, light and charge produced by a bolt of lighting, which was then used to charge the battery…
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Cube 3D Printer Lets You Make Complex Objects at Home, Wirelessly
Reading Time: < 1 minutePriced at $1936, the Cube 3D Printer can make plastic items up to 5.5-inches square such as toys, doorknobs, party cutlery, kitchen utensils or chess pieces. It’s not limited to just simple plastic objects, as it can print car wheels and even a replacement windscreen washer nozzle for your car. Here’s…
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TomTato Plant Produces Both Potatoes and Tomatoes, Hits the UK
Reading Time: < 1 minuteNo, this isn’t yet another genetically modified plant, but rather one that was created using a much simpler method. Called the TomTato, it’s created using a hi-tech grafting process and can yield more than 500 sweet cherry tomatoes as well as a decent crop of white potatoes. According to its creator,…
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Scientists Successfully Use E.Coli Bacteria to Produce Gasoline
Reading Time: < 1 minuteA group of Korean scientists from Daejon, South Korea used metabolic engineering to create fatty acid derivatives that are shorter than normal, allowing the biosynthesis of short-chain alkanes. In other words, E. coli has been used to produce gasoline for the very first time. In addition to producing gasoline, this discovery…
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You Won’t Believe How These High-Tech Underwater Headphones Transmit Sound
Reading Time: < 1 minuteSwimmers rejoice! Now when you’re training or just exercising, you can put on a pair of Neptunes headphones and enjoy your favorite tunes. This innovative new technology allows swimmers to listen to music while underwater, by conducting sound through the bones in the human skull. The Neptune headphones send sound waves…
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Software Engineer Loses Leg in Accident, Gets Fitted with World’s First Thought-Controlled Bionic Leg
Reading Time: < 1 minuteZac Vawter lost his right leg in a motorcycle accident during 2009. Fast forward to today, you won’t even be able to tell one of his legs isn’t real when you see Zac in pants. Yes, he’s been fitted with the world’s first bionic leg controlled by thought. This innovative, breakthrough…
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Boeing Transforms Full-Sized F16 Jet Into Drone, Doesn’t Require a Pilot
Reading Time: < 1 minuteBoeing has managed to transform several Lockheed Martin F-16 fighter jets into pilotless drones. During the unmanned test flight, one of the jets cruised at 40,000 ft and hit speeds of Mach 1.47 while performing a series of maneuvers, including barrel rolls and a „split S“. The F16 took off…
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Need some time off your feet? NASA paying volunteers $18K to lie in bed for 70 days
Reading Time: 4 minutesIf you just can’t get out of bed, NASA might have a mission for you. A NASA study is recruiting volunteers to to lie in a bed that is tilted downward at a 6 degree angle for 70 days. Subjects who complete the entire bed rest project can earn up to $18,000.…
