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  • Ged42 12 Jan 2012 00:21:08 7,402 posts
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    The X-Prize people have launched a Competition to build a working Star Trek style Tricorder for a prize of $10 million.

    Bonus points if it automatically diagnoses anyone wearing a red shirt as 'dead Jim.'
  • DrStrangelove 13 Jan 2012 00:34:32 637 posts
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    Ged42 wrote:
    The X-Prize people have launched a Competition to build a working Star Trek style Tricorder for a prize of $10 million.

    Bonus points if it automatically diagnoses anyone wearing a red shirt as 'dead Jim.'
    Can I just send in my old Panasonic clamshell?
  • Bremenacht 17 Jan 2012 21:44:25 11,147 posts
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    On TV right now:

    S P I D E R G O A T

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  • FWB 17 Jan 2012 21:46:05 39,095 posts
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    Not impressed till we get spiderbabies.

    EDIT: NOW I'm impressed. Need to get myself a cell.

    Edited by FWB at 21:50:31 17-01-2012
  • Ged42 26 Jan 2012 19:11:01 7,402 posts
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    The Opportunity Rover celebrates 8 years on Mars.
  • X201 27 Jan 2012 10:12:02 13,012 posts
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    Lego man near edge of space.




    http://www.thestar.com/news/article/1120808--toronto-teens-send-lego-man-on-a-balloon-odyssey-24-kilometres-high#article

    "Two young makers from Toronto, Mathew Ho and Asad Muhammad, both age 17, successfully sent a Lego minifig and four cameras to roughly 78,000 feet elevation on a homemade weather balloon. After a 97-minute flight, the balloon returned to Earth with great footage of the journey."
  • skuzzbag 27 Jan 2012 12:52:18 5,180 posts
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    I'm much more impressed by that than a 1000 boffins sending small crap round a big magnet trickery machine.
  • Bremenacht 28 Jan 2012 20:28:38 11,147 posts
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    NASA wants to save poop on the moon ... for science

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  • localnotail 28 Jan 2012 23:23:39 21,442 posts
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    X201 wrote:
    Lego man near edge of space.




    http://www.thestar.com/news/article/1120808--toronto-teens-send-lego-man-on-a-balloon-odyssey-24-kilometres-high#article

    "Two young makers from Toronto, Mathew Ho and Asad Muhammad, both age 17, successfully sent a Lego minifig and four cameras to roughly 78,000 feet elevation on a homemade weather balloon. After a 97-minute flight, the balloon returned to Earth with great footage of the journey."
    This is so cool. The video is awesome, I'm well impressed.

    Fire up the Cobra!

  • MetalDog 1 Feb 2012 10:19:10 23,448 posts
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    I woke up to the sound of someone's brain electronically echoing words it had heard.
    It creeped me the fuck out.

    Have a listen on this page

    -- boobs do nothing for me, I want moustaches and chest hair.

  • Fab4 8 Feb 2012 15:25:26 5,297 posts
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    Billy_Sastard wrote:
    Cool outer space experiment
    +100
  • sunjumper 8 Feb 2012 15:46:03 2,871 posts
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    MetalDog wrote:
    I woke up to the sound of someone's brain electronically echoing words it had heard.
    It creeped me the fuck out.

    Have a listen on this page
    o_O
  • MetalDog 9 Feb 2012 15:23:55 23,448 posts
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    More cool shit from NASA.

    Edited by MetalDog at 15:24:27 09-02-2012

    -- boobs do nothing for me, I want moustaches and chest hair.

  • Ged42 26 Feb 2012 12:03:22 7,402 posts
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    Playboy shows off it's plans for space.
  • X201 28 Feb 2012 15:50:06 13,012 posts
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    Tonight at 10:35


    The Dimbleby Lecture
    In the 2012 Richard Dimbleby Lecture, leading geneticist and Nobel laureate Sir Paul Nurse explores the wonder of science and how it enhances our culture and civilisation. He investigates how science can not only help solve the world's big problems, but also be harnessed to improve health and quality of life. One of Britain's most eminent scientists, Sir Paul is the president of the Royal Society and chief executive of the UK Centre for Medical Research and Innovation.


    http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b01cx7x0
  • Bremenacht 9 Mar 2012 14:17:35 11,147 posts
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    Cooo.

    Edited by Bremenacht at 14:18:13 09-03-2012

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  • megastar 9 Mar 2012 14:18:44 16,914 posts
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    WHOA!
  • mal 9 Mar 2012 15:59:24 20,488 posts
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    Is that from the corona ejection that hit yesterday? Are we still likely to get extended northern lights tonight?

    Cubby didn't know how to turn off sigs!

  • Bremenacht 9 Mar 2012 16:05:58 11,147 posts
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    That's the one.
    Image taken:
    Mar. 8, 2012
    Location:
    Faskrudsfjordur, Iceland.
    Details:
    No words can describe the experience of the northern lights show tonight. Camera: Canon EOS 5D Mark II. Lens: Canon 14mm f/2.8L USM II. ISO 1600, 1s exposure.
    I usually get my CME kicks here.
    They say there's 4/10 chance of another whopper today, and that if one does erupt it'll hit earth properly.

    ed. Northern lights will be much diminished.

    Edited by Bremenacht at 16:06:42 09-03-2012

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  • Khanivor 9 Mar 2012 16:34:39 38,677 posts
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    That photo of the white sun is mental.
  • skuzzbag 9 Mar 2012 17:03:24 5,180 posts
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    I know, I had half my clothes off and was about to sacrifice myself before I came to my senses.
  • Psychotext 10 Mar 2012 05:35:12 49,178 posts
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    Gotta love heat sucking tech. :D

    This post is sponsored by Apple and the iPhone 4S. Think different.

  • ecureuil 12 Mar 2012 11:48:41 74,118 posts
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    This is pretty cool. Anomaly on the sun.

    Also on this image on the NASA page.
  • Fab4 12 Mar 2012 12:54:26 5,297 posts
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    ecureuil wrote:
    This is pretty cool. Anomaly on the sun.

    Also on this image on the NASA page.
    I would so love that to be a spherical ship refuelling, even if it meant our imminent destruction :D
  • WrongShui 12 Mar 2012 14:04:20 6,466 posts
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    A Jupiter sized spaceship strolling about the solar system.
  • Fab4 12 Mar 2012 14:28:31 5,297 posts
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    WrongShui wrote:
    A Jupiter sized spaceship strolling about the solar system.
    Maybe that's just the size of its shield's field :p You know, that it would need for sitting on the arse of an active sun? :D
  • disusedgenius 12 Mar 2012 14:40:15 4,819 posts
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    RAMA! \0/
  • WrongShui 12 Mar 2012 14:40:50 6,466 posts
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    Nice place to be on the surface of the Sun, compared to how much hotter it is further away from it.

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