You’ve been hearing a lot of buzz about Google’s Project Ara, but Project Tango is starting to garner some well deserved attention of its own. The smartphone has some impressive hardware unlike anything else on the market, including a Myriad 1 vision processor chip which has the capacity to make one million 3D measurements every… Continue reading Google tangos with NASA
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Are 3D printers the future of food for 12 billion people?
There are food shortages around the world. People die from hunger in all countries and regions. Keeping the seven billion residence of the world fed has been a problem since the dawn of humanity. What will happen when there are 12 billion mouths to feed? According to Anjan Contractor, the human population will not be… Continue reading Are 3D printers the future of food for 12 billion people?
Wringing out a washcloth in space is the coolest thing you’ll see all day
Some would call it a slow news day. We call it an epic day for space, for Canada, and for science. Canadian Space Agency‘s Chris Hadfield has made a name for himself as being a combination of Bill Nye the Science Guy and Buck Rogers with his series of videos demonstrating things that so few… Continue reading Wringing out a washcloth in space is the coolest thing you’ll see all day
NASA PhoneSats use Android phones to send data from orbit
Earlier this week, NASA launched three smartphone satellites, called “PhoneSats”, into orbit. They rode into space aboard the maiden flight of Orbital Science Corp.’s Antares rocket from NASA’s Wallops Island Flight Facility in Virginia. They were sent into orbit as a part of test to determine whether a consumer-grade smartphone can be used as the… Continue reading NASA PhoneSats use Android phones to send data from orbit
Tardigrades survive just about anything and scientists still don’t know why
They can survive temperatures near absolute zero or as high as 300 degrees. The crushing pressure at the bottom of the ocean doesn’t faze them, nor does the vacuum of space. Radiation 1000x the level strong enough to kill an elephant doesn’t slow the tardigrade down. They are so durable that scientists are either not… Continue reading Tardigrades survive just about anything and scientists still don’t know why
Space cowboy Alan Friedman turns the Sun into brilliant art
One doesn’t have to work at NASA or SpaceX to explore the heavens. Telescopes have been publicly available for decades and many kids and adults have explored space at night. Exploring during the day brings a distinct challenge; the Sun makes it hard to see anything other than blue skies and trying to look at… Continue reading Space cowboy Alan Friedman turns the Sun into brilliant art
Dreaming of being an astronaut just got easier
The childhood bed has been the place where many dreams of traveling through space have manifested. Since before Neil Armstrong walked on the moon, children have wondered what it would be like to blast off beyond the clouds to play in the stars, laying awake at night picturing themselves in a space suit with nothing… Continue reading Dreaming of being an astronaut just got easier
NASA set to launch 13k square foot solar sail as early as next year
The term “solar sailing” was first coined by Arthur C. Clarke in the 1964 book “Sunjammer” but the roots of the concept can be traced back centuries. “Let us create vessels and sails adjusted to the heavenly ether, and there will be plenty of people unafraid of the empty wastes.” ~ Johannes Kepler, 17th century… Continue reading NASA set to launch 13k square foot solar sail as early as next year
NASA jumps the gun, tells us why the world didn’t end ahead of it not actually ending
When you’re talking about why the world didn’t end yesterday, the normal way to do so is to make sure that “yesterday” actually already happened. NASA sets aside conventional thought with their latest video that tells why the world didn’t end yesterday. It’s available on YouTube now, but don’t watch it until December 22nd or… Continue reading NASA jumps the gun, tells us why the world didn’t end ahead of it not actually ending
Greetings from Mars: We’re NASA and we know it (Video)
Greetings humans, curiosity the rover had you watch live from the web its landing on Mars to try and decipher if it will be habitable for our species. If in any instance we needed another planet to live on due to either global warming, the zombie apocalypse or if something from space were to threaten… Continue reading Greetings from Mars: We’re NASA and we know it (Video)