Google may be busy indexing everything it can find online, but a $60m project to quantify a slightly more unusual location – an undersea volcano – has begun today as the Falkor sets sail. The 272-foot research vessel, funded by the Schmidt Ocean Science Institute co-founded by Google chairman Eric Schmidt and his wife, Wendy, […]
Nerds have been decorating with the periodic table forever, but let’s face it: it’s never looked good. This lovely minimalist interpretation does the impossible and actually makes it mesmerizing to behold, if just slightly less informative.
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Brace yourself ladies and gentlemen for some breaking somewhat-climate-change-related news coming out of the Arctic. The North Pole that just one week ago looked like a lake
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There is only one thing that is better than being an inventor, and that is to be an inventor amongst a group of international minds, best in their fields and willing to contribute to your idea. When the spirit of the lone inventor meets the force of global collaboration, the results can reach the moon.
Robots
can do a lot of cool things. They can explore the depths of a volcano, or the
far reaches of the solar system. But what about the less important tasks in
life? Mug
Marker spends his days, not too surprisingly, decorating mugs for use in the hot
drink dreams of its makers.
When
it comes to getting your custom blend coffee drink, who do you picture getting
it from? The odds are good that you probably picture a happy looking barista
handing you a warm cup of your favorite drink with a paper capped straw peeking
out of the top. One company
in Austin, Texas, Briggo Coffee, has put a coffee robot on a University of
Texas campus.
In a recent test done by the Ames
Research Center, a part of NASA, Italian astronaut Luca Parmitano controlled a
robot on California soil from the heights of the International Space Station. The
robot he is controlling is a K-10 rover, which had made appearances in space
before.
You’re probably already well aware that the universe is expanding; that big, black void up there is getting bigger with each passing second. But what’s happening to us in the meantime? Are we getting embiggened? Or being ripped apart at the seams? Fortunately neither.
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Thought good old Commander Hadfield already taught you everything there is to know
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