Oct 03 2014
Remember when Pluto used to be a planet. Did you realize that this was 8 years ago? In 2006 the International Space Union decided that Pluto wasn’t a planet anymore. That means there are kids in Second grade who have never known the joy of nine planets. I always kind of figured that once you …
Jun 06 2014
How much more effective would Sauron have been at finding the Hobbits with his ring is he had an even higher vantage point? Say, if he were in space. Of course, maybe his eyesight isn’t quite that good so it would have hurt him more than helped him. It hasn’t stopped him from trying however. …
May 30 2014
How many of you are actually happy with your internet service? I know I’m not. Unfortunately I live in an area where there is only one choice for broadband internet so I’m just all kinds of buggered. As it turns out my goal of moving to the moon will probably get me faster internet speeds. …
May 19 2014
Due to US reactions to the recent unpleasantness in the Ukraine, Russia has blocked NASA‘s access to the International Space Station and most of the rest of space. Not that they’re standing on the porch with shotguns or anything yelling at anyone who sets foot on the lawn, instead Russia has closed the bay doors …
May 02 2014
If Buzz Lightyear was a bomb squad tech in the Tron movie he would wear this suit. That means it’s pretty much the coolest thing you could put on your body. ‘’There are many key advances to be found in the Z-2 suit when compared to the previous Z-1. The most significant is that the …
Apr 30 2014
If you’re not familiar with Hackaday you should check them out. It’s pretty much everything you could want in a site that’s not UncannyFlats. They’re currently running a contest to develop new open hardware projects that will change the world. So put on your thinking caps and come up with your latest world-changing invention that …
Apr 21 2014
Russia is the land of snow and dash cams. Int he same way that India is the land of mystery and Minnesota is the land of many lakes. Because f the plenitude of these dash cams we sometimes get amazing videos of people crashing their cars or meteors lighting up the sky. This is the …
Apr 09 2014
If there’s one thing that would make me happy about the whole Mars Rover program it would be if they found a Martian. Just some little grey-green man walking around naked trying to remember which rock he left his sandwich under. Maybe he wears a straw hat, I don’t know, but that would really just …
Mar 17 2014
Next month these two suits go on sale. the left is an American “Mercury suit” and the right is a Soviet “Strizh spacesuit.” Either one would make a fine addition to any well-stocked wardrobe. You don’t even have to wait for casual Friday to wear these. They are business suits after all. Mercury suits date …
Mar 06 2014
Okay, so it turns out the mission is only for robots. But if my consciousness has been placed in a robot then, or even if I’m just a 51% robotic cyborg I still volunteer to fly out to Europa to look for life. NASA announced an injection of $17.5 billion from the federal government (down …
