Kanye West: in the last month he’s compared himself to Steve Jobs and God and he became a dad for the first time. So it’s fitting that on Father’s Day this year, he was the proud recipient of a pair of Apple mice signed by none other than Jobs and Woz, according to a picture Yeezy posted on Twitter. Between this and having been one of the first people to already meet Kimye’s baby, Steve Wozniak is probably shortlisted for a guest spot on the next G.O.O.D. Music compilation.
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There’s a petition out there in Washington summond by the public on behalf of Tesla Motors, and as of the first of July, it’s reached 75,000 of the 100k it needs to be seen. While the end result of the petition gaining its full set of signatures isn’t entirely clear*, the sheet’s aim is this:
A strange sporting contest is currently taking place in the Ducth city of Eindhoven. The town is currently home to about 40 teams of robots that are playing soccer. The tournament, which has been dubbed RoboCup is looking for the best in sports androids. The eventual goal, to beat human players.
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The prototype Pocket Spacecraft is thin and light.
(Credit: Pocket Spacecraft)
Chances are, most of us will never have the opportunity to walk on the moon, but we might have the opportunity to send a tiny spacecraft in our stead. A Kickstarter project from Pocket Spacecraft wants to launch a moon mission full of personalized space gadgets that would report back to their Earth-bound owners.
Pocket Spacecraft is attempting to raise $440,000 to build out a whole fleet of its tiny spacecraft (called Scouts) and invest in an Interplanetary CubeSat Mothership to transport the little tykes to the lunar surface.
Each Scout consists of a polyimide disc, made from the same material that goes into spacesuits and solar sails. It has a metal hoop that doubles as an antenna. Solar cells, sensors, and instruments can be bonded to the surface to create a super thin and light device. A thousand of these could be sent out on one interplanetary CubeSat.
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