NASA have released an interactive simulation of the Curiosity descent and landing online, for those of you scientifically minded. You control the camera and speed of time of the landing, as the rover touches…
Category: Sci/Tech
Curiosity Landing
There are only three days left until the rover Curiosity is due to set down on Mars, if all goes to plan and the rover survives what has been called “the 7…
Seal Flu Mutation Raises Fears
i09 have uploaded an ominous article on the mutation of the H3N8 virus, a type of bird flu that has successfully mutated to seals and is causing havoc. The mutation raises fears…
Unlocking Ageing
The race is on to discover the secrets behind ageing. A US team have announced they are set to compete for a massive prize to help unlock the genetic genome behind 100…
Using RFID to Produce Your Own Poker Show
While Chris Moneymaker received a lot of credit for the modern poker boom, the reality is that without the invention of the hole card cam, the World Series of Poker that year…
EVE Online: A Sure-Fire Way to Ruin Your Life
I recently made a serious mistake. Â I reactivated my account with EVE Online after a four-year absence, and became – almost immediately – hooked again. A MMORPG, the game is without…
Using an iPad to create holograms
Making Future Magic: iPad light painting from Dentsu London on Vimeo. Well worth a watch. Fantastic, intriguing and downright clever.
Two asteroids skim past Earth today
According to The Economist (and NASA), two asteroids are due to pass closer to Earth than the moon today. Neither object is big enough to pose any threat to the planet, and…
The Pale Blue Dot
That’s us, that pale blue dot right in the center of the image is Earth. The image above and the video posted below just makes you realise just how small we are…
Spielberg to show us the future
Discovery Channel have announced that they’re teaming up with Steven Spielberg to create a new mini-series: Future Earth. It’s big on the “˜sci’, but less so on the “˜fi’. The show is…
Google….Guilty?
As of last week, three Google executives were found guilty of violating privacy laws in Milan, Italy. Apparently, a video of Italian students bullying an autistic child ended up on Google in 2006….
Apple Event January 27th
So it looks like the rumour mill got this on spot on. Apple today sent out invitations to the Yerba Buena Center for the Arts Theater in San Francisco on Thursday 27th…
The Grand Design Spiral Galaxy M81
One of the things I love to look at in life are the stars, and I am sure a lot of you sci-fi loving geeks are the same. The above image shows…
Apple Rumour/Rumor Mill – It’s Definately in a State
As a lot of you may have guessed by now I am a big Apple geek. I subscribe to many, many Apple related RSS feeds. This morning, while doing the rounds on…
Ancient Computer Discovered
i09 have posted a rather interesting article about the true purposes of the Antikythera mechanism, a device discovered over a century ago. New visual imaging techniques have revealed what scientists propose is…
The State of the Apple Tablet and iPhone Rumour/Rumor Mill
From reading the latest rumours (or, for those American readers out there: rumors) regarding Apple’s latest handheld offerings, I am starting to think that the big publishers are starting to grasp at…
The world’s first real tricorder
I remember reading about this a few months ago and since we now have a Science/Technology category on the site I felt it apt to share this with you. The guys over…
Apple Tablet Rumour Mill in Overdrive
This is one of my favourite times of the year, why you may wonder? Well because Apple usually have an event around now to introduce their latest and greatest into the tech…