NEWS.com.au | Meteorite ‘photographed’ hitting Earth (November 24, 2004)
Posted on November 24, 2004 - Filed Under Blogger Posts | Leave a Comment
NEWS.com.au | Meteorite ‘photographed’ hitting Earth (November 24, 2004):
NORTHERN Territory scientists were last night studying what could be the first photograph of a meteorite hitting Earth.
The chances of an impact being captured on film are millions to one.
‘If this is true, it’s one of the most remarkable pictures ever taken,’ astronomy tutor Geoff Carr said [...]
Supersize Your TV for $300: Build Your Own XGA Projector!
Posted on November 23, 2004 - Filed Under Blogger Posts | Leave a Comment
Tom’s Hardware: Supersize Your TV for $300: Build Your Own XGA Projector!
The homemade projector is great fun and provides great detail, as a result of its XGA resolution. But it’s not just the money you can save that will motivate many users to action - it’s the fascination of building, and the ability to select [...]
Sunset Cinema is back! (as Moonlight Cinema)
Posted on November 23, 2004 - Filed Under Blogger Posts | Leave a Comment
If you’re in Brisbane, Adelaide, Perth, Sydney or Melbourne you should go watch a film outside in the moonlight. I haven’t actually done this myself yet, but I have always meant to. If you’re in Brisbane, it starts tomorrow!
Baileys Moonlight Cinema is Australia’s favourite Summer outdoor cinema experience, showing classic and contemporary films in some [...]
G-Cans: massive underground water system in Japan
Posted on November 22, 2004 - Filed Under Blogger Posts | Leave a Comment
From o c t o p u s d r o p k i c k !:
Tokyo is an impressive city above ground, but one of the most incredible things about this city is it’s mind-bogglingly complex underground. The G-Cans Project is a massive project, begun 12 years ago, to build infrastructure for preventing overflow [...]
Coughing Up Who You Are
Posted on November 19, 2004 - Filed Under Blogger Posts | Leave a Comment
Coughing Up Who You Are:
While looking at the various recorded patterns, Day noticed that a person’s flow and pressure graphs always looked the same every time the person coughed. This made him wonder if every individual’s cough was reproducible, and if so, whether it could be used for identification.
via onClick Biometrics
TheFeature :: Learning from Noppa
Posted on November 19, 2004 - Filed Under Blogger Posts | Leave a Comment
TheFeature :: Learning from Noppa:
Is it possible to develop a system to help blind people use public transportation? That’s a question Noppa hopes to answer. Noppa is an Electronic Travel Aid (ETA) being developed at Finland’s Technical Research Centre (VTT), a government-owned organization that conducts applied research closely related to industry. With the three-year Noppa [...]
EPIC 2014
Posted on November 18, 2004 - Filed Under Blogger Posts | Leave a Comment
EPIC 2014, a view of the state the media could be in 2014 (hint: New York Times no longer is online).
via Scobleizer
Roll up displays
Posted on November 18, 2004 - Filed Under Blogger Posts | Leave a Comment
The Future On Display:
Flexible displays are a staple of science fiction. Imagine unrolling an electronic newspaper that’s automatically updated via the wireless Web. Or unfurling a screen stored in your location-enhanced mobile device so you can consult a digital map without squinting. These kinds of applications — promised for more than a decade — have [...]
Aussies welcome scramjet success
Posted on November 18, 2004 - Filed Under Blogger Posts | Leave a Comment
Aussies welcome scramjet success
Despite saying he was not involved in a race, Professor Paull admitted to maybe being able to beat the Americans.
“If you want to look at it that way, they did 9.6, we are aiming for 10,” he said.
Disabled dolphin gets artificial fin
Posted on November 18, 2004 - Filed Under Blogger Posts | Leave a Comment
Disabled dolphin gets artificial fin:
Bridgestone said the artificial fin was given to the aquarium for free, but that it cost the company about Y10 million ($123,183).
The company has yet to receive any request for an artificial fin or leg for other creatures but spokesman Kobori said Bridgestone was open to requests.
“We make tyres. We specialise [...]