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New Blue Marble

Valentine — Mon, 30 Jan 2012 18:40:28 +0000

Suomi NPP, NASA’s newest Earth-watching satellite, has taken a high resolution image of Earth, one of the most detailed images ever created… The satellite, named after the “father of satellite meteorology,” Verner E. Suomi, is designed to create great images of Earth, monitor for natural disasters and improve weather forecasts as well as our understanding of long-term climate changes.

The image is a composite, created using a number of swaths of the Earth’s surface taken on Jan. 4, 2012. It echoes the legendary “Blue Marble” photograph, taken by the crew of the Apollo 17 spacecraft on Dec, 7, 1972,

View & download the full image. Warning: it’s 8000 x 8000 px (17.2 MB)

Via Mashable

New depths

Valentine — Mon, 30 Jan 2012 16:27:59 +0000

Growing is forever

Valentine — Sat, 28 Jan 2012 21:24:26 +0000

It’s alive!

Valentine — Tue, 24 Jan 2012 20:22:14 +0000

VODER (Voice Operation DEmonstratoR) – the first electrical speech synthesizer.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0rAyrmm7vv0

Nonviolence is the most powerful weapon

Valentine — Mon, 16 Jan 2012 21:57:48 +0000

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=74XJJ3Tq5ew

The future belongs to the curious

Valentine — Thu, 12 Jan 2012 19:09:49 +0000

Came across a fantastic marketplace called Skillshare that lets users share their knowledge and learn new skills.

Skillshare is a community marketplace to learn anything from anyone. We believe that everyone has something they want to learn and something they can teach to others. This means our communities are really the greatest universities. Our platform helps make the exchange of knowledge easy, enriching, and fun.

Once and for all

Valentine — Fri, 06 Jan 2012 03:30:01 +0000

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8B3ubR0BU4w

Around the world in 5 minutes

Valentine — Wed, 04 Jan 2012 19:58:49 +0000

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UGnrT0F-Igs

Not looking at things anymore

Valentine — Mon, 19 Dec 2011 15:32:04 +0000

Via National Post

Böhm-Stirling Motors

Valentine — Mon, 19 Dec 2011 15:06:21 +0000

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vHKDRbqPtRc

The principle of the Stirling motor is very old… and very simple! Over 2000 years ago in ancient Egypt, the expansion of heated air was used to set temple doors in motion. The hot air engine patented in 1816 by Robert Stirling is based on a similar principle: A burner filled with fuel heats the air inside a cylinder and thereby purveys energy to the motor that activates through piecing of the flywheels.

More at Böhm-Stirling