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Sunshades for Glaciers

16 August, 2008 (20:07) | Science, Stuff

Well I always knew the German’s were a bit weird, but this more then a little strange. A group of German college students have erected a 50 by 10 foot structure in the middle of the Rhone glacier in southwestern Switzerland. The idea is to keep cooler air over the surface of the ice and [...]

Disposable DVDs

24 June, 2008 (19:30) | Science, Stuff

Sunday night when I watched Cloverfield it wasn’t a movie I rented from Blockbuster or Netflix. It was on DVD that I picked up at work as a No-Return Rental. The disc is made by a company called FlexPlay.

The Telectroscope

20 June, 2008 (20:02) | Science, Stuff, art

I came across this yesterday in my ramblings along the internet. The Telectroscope is one part modern art, one part interactive television, two parts retrofuture and all cool. Based off an idea from the turn of the last century but made possible by modern technology. The Telectroscope visual links New York and London over a [...]

The Phoenix Has Landed

25 May, 2008 (19:21) | Science

As a part time Science Geek I keep half an eye on what Nasa is up to. Today what they were up to was the landing of the newest Mars mission Phoenix. The Phoenix mission is not a rover like the last couple of mission sent to Mars. Instead the Phoenix Lander will dig through [...]