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  Science: Robotic Scout To Survey Arctic Ice 2007-09-16 17:41

Posted by Zonk on Sunday September 16 2007, @05:41PM
from the here-robot-birdie dept.
Roland Piquepaille writes "The Meridian unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) is a single-engine research aircraft with fixed landing gear designed by engineers at the University of Kansas. According to Technology Review, it will be used to see what happens beneath the Antarctic and Greenland ice sheets. Two units are currently being built for a cost of about 3 million US dollars. The Meridian will fly for up to 13 hours over a distance of 1,750 kilometers. The first flight over Greenland is forecast for next summer, and a second flight will take place over the Antarctic later in 2008."
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 [+] story, science, robot, globalwarming, uav, rawhide

  Science: Images of Endeavour's Damaged Tiles 2007-08-15 09:55

Posted by CmdrTaco on Wednesday August 15 2007, @09:55AM
from the that-sure-doesn't-look-good dept.
Roland Piquepaille writes "Neptec Design Group, a Canadian company and a NASA prime contractor for 25 space missions, was kind enough to send me exclusive images of Endeavour's damaged tiles during its last take-off. So here are some of these pictures" The pictures are pretty amazing and make the urgency of this whole thing much more amazing.
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 [+] story, science, nasa, shuttle, damagedtiles, neptec, donotclick

  Science: The Physics of Beer Bubbles 2007-08-05 19:09

Posted by Zonk on Sunday August 05 2007, @07:09PM
from the researchers-put-in-a-lot-of-overtime-on-this-one dept.
Roland Piquepaille writes "Yesterday, I told you about virtual beer. Today, we follow two North America researchers who are studying the physics of real beer bubbles. 'Singly scattered waves form the basis of many imaging techniques such as radar or seismic exploration.' But pouring beer in a mug involves multiply scattered acoustic waves. They are more complex to study, but they can be used to look at various phenomena, such as predicting volcanic eruptions or understanding the movement of particles in fluids like beer. They also could be used to monitor the structural health of bridges and buildings or the stability of food products over time. Read more for additional references and a photo showing how the researchers monitor beer bubbles."
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 [+] story, science, humor, youngeinstein, boycottroland, yayitsroland

  Hardware: Digital Camera Vs. Camera Phone 2007-04-24 22:50

Posted by kdawson on Tuesday April 24 2007, @10:50PM
from the gonna-sell-a-lot-of-N95s dept.
An anonymous reader writes "CNet.co.uk has done some simple head-to-head testing of camera phones alongside digital cameras to see which device takes the best quality pictures. The results are surprising, with Nokia's latest handset, featuring a built-in 5-megapixel camera, taking more vibrant pictures in medium light conditions than a 10-megapixel dSLR. Of course, the pictures aren't fully representative of how the images would look at full size; but given that most people resize images to put on Flickr, we could start to see a decline in dedicated digital cameras sales and an increase in camera phone sales."
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 [+] story, hardware, communications, cameraphone, digitalcamera, troll

  Science: Laser Turns All Metals Black 2006-11-23 21:40

Posted by Zonk on Thursday November 23 2006, @09:40PM
from the bzoooom-whaaaawwwww dept.
Roland Piquepaille writes "Researchers at the University of Rochester have found a way to change the properties of almost any metal by using a femtosecond laser pulse. This ultra-intense laser blast creates true 'black metal' from copper, gold or zinc by forming nanostructures at the surface of the metal. As these nanostructures capture radiation, the metals turn black. And as the process needs surprisingly low power, it could soon be used for a variety of applications, such as stealth planes, black jewels or car paintings. But read more for additional references and a picture of this femtosecond laser system."
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 [+] story, science, laser, pigpile, sharks, black, blackmetal

  How To Make Your Friends Call You More 2006-10-29 17:25

Posted by kdawson on Sunday October 29 2006, @05:25PM
from the not-funny-mcgee dept.
B0bReader writes, "Simply sign up to something called jajah (a VOIP service that connects real telephones) using your friend's number (mobiles included), then log in and dial your own number. Your friend's phone will ring and after they hear a brief 'Jajah is connecting your call' they will be calling you and incur all charges. As an added bonus you will quite probably receive your friend's latest voice-mail message as your own (at least on Irish networks), which you may or may not wish to hear. There is even a Jajah Firefox extension — which at the time of writing is the Firefox featured add-on — so you can do it right from your browser.

This is about the best example of a bad idea, with terrible implementation, that I have seen all day. And with the wonderful publicity the Firefox page offers it should reach a wide audience in no time."
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 [+] story, communications, wrong, voip, security, firefox, fud

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