Looking at her picture, you may think that Earth is a water world. But the fact is that she is 99-percent dry rock. According to our current solar system formation model, this is impossible—a mystery that has puzzled scientists until now. More »
Most simple explanations of climate change suggest that rising sea levels are a result of melting ice in the polar regions. While that’s true to an extent, there’s a simple piece of physics behind the rising waters that you might not have been made aware of. This video helps explain why it’s thermal expansion that’s the real problem—now we just need to work out how to stop it. [YouTube] More »
It’s summertime, time for absent-minded running through the sprinkers with your smartphone in your back pocket. Thankfully, if you can hold out for a few more weeks without having some prankster toss you in a pool at a party, you can pick up the new Kyocera Hydro on Boost Mobile on August 3rd for $130 — just think of all of the money you’ll save on dry rice after your handset takes an accidental dip. The 3.5-inch Ice Cream Sandwich phone sports a 1GHZ processor and can stand being under three feet of water for up to 30 minutes. Jump into the the press release after the break.
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Kyocera Hydro hitting Boost on August 3rd for $130, lets you get your Ice Cream Sandwich soggy originally appeared on Engadget on Tue, 17 Jul 2012 10:46:00 EDT. Please see our terms for use of feeds.
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The ES Pipe Waterwheel, designed by Korean innovator Ryan Jongwoo Choi, is a simple plumbing accessory that turns simple workaday activities—running a bath, washing your hands, hosing off the dog—into hydroelectricity generative tasks.
All signs point towards graphene being the supermaterial that pushes humanity into the future we’ve been dreaming of. From impossibly fast transistors to curing foot odor, there’s seemingly no limit to Graphene’s potential. More »
Desk case PC mods have lit up our radar before, but a modder by the name of Pirate — who’s no stranger to us — has dropped the typical glass and metal enclosure for medium-density fiberboard. Though the material choice was an effort to avoid buying a new desk, it created a need for a robust cooling system. Five fans (three exhaust, two intake), a radiator and a liquid-cooling system keep the rig at roughly 88 F (31 C) with ambient temperatures hovering around 79 F (26 C). As for horsepower, the workstation features a Core-i5-2000k processor and a Radeon HD 7950 graphics card sporting a water cooling block on an Asus Gene IV microATX motherboard. Visuals are piped to three displays in an Eyefinity configuration that are held by a modded ergonomic stand. Pictures of the build process in excruciating detail await you at the source.
Custom PC desk / case combo ditches glass, metal for wood originally appeared on Engadget on Tue, 26 Jun 2012 02:17:00 EDT. Please see our terms for use of feeds.
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