Aug 26, 2010
In recent times movie theaters and television manufacturers have been banking on 3D, often with horrible results, but a new system that offers "touchable 3D" could be the virtual answer we've all been hoping for.
Custom Mercedes is an Apple fanboy’s pleasure palace on wheels
Aug 26, 2010
We love fast cars and tech toys here at Dvice. so when you wrap both together in one package, the result is an irresistible orgy of Dviceness.
Classic Sci-Fi movie scenes recreated using old ink cartridges
Aug 26, 2010
Most people have a drawer full of old empty ink cartridges. So the Ink and Media blog asked local artist Faith Pearson if she could come up with a good use for their pile of expensive trash. The result was these lovingly recreated scenes from classic science fiction movies, built using what most of us would normally throw away.
307-mph electric car breaks the battery powered land speed record
Aug 26, 2010
If you think of electric cars as kind of pumped-up golf carts useful for getting around town but not much else, then you probably haven't encountered the 307-mph Buckeye Bullet 2.5
Islands of Four Mountains
The picturesque, but snow-capped volcanoes, composing the Islands of the Four Mountains in Alaska's Aleutian Island chain look suspiciously like an alien world in this August 2010 image from the ASTER camera aboard NASA's orbiting Terra satellite. The islands contain restless Mt. Cleveland, an active volcano currently being watched to see if it emits an ash cloud that could affect air travel over parts of North America. A close look at Mt. Cleveland, seen near the image center, shows red vegetation (false color), a white snow-covered peak, a light plume of gas and ash, and dark lanes where ash and debris fell or flowed. Millions of volcanoes have likely been active over the turbulent history of the Earth's surface, while about 20 volcanoes are erupting even today, at any given time. Image Credit: NASA
Close call for endangered moapa dace as fire destroys only habitat
Aug 26, 2010
A massive 245-hectare fire near the town of Moapa, Nev., did $2.5 million worth of property damage in July and destroyed the Warm Springs Oasis , home to the little-known moapa dace ( Moapa coriacea ), an endangered fish that lives in the springs. But despite fears to the contrary, the fish were able to get out alive, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (FWS) reported. [More]
United States - United States Fish and Wildlife Service - Fish - Habitat - Endangered species
How the Gulf oil spill can be cleaned in just one month
Aug 26, 2010
Clean up the Gulf in just one month, you say? A claim like that would normally have us rolling our eyes, save for the fact that we heard two magic words: "MIT" and "robots." Lots and lots of robots, all soaking up oil using a special technique.
Now in living color! Yet another E-reader hits the shelves
Aug 25, 2010
You say you like the Kindle, but wish it had a color screen? The Sharper Image Literati could be the answer to your prayers, boasting a full color display in a Wi-Fi equipped E-reader that will sell for a not-too-crazy $159. But before you plunk down your credit card, there are a few things to consider.
Let’s put Idaho’s massive new wind farm in perspective
Aug 25, 2010
Idaho Governor C. L. "Butch" Otter kicked off a groundbreaking ceremony on Tuesday, signing a turbine blade that would be part of the state's 183-megawatt wind farm. That's a heck of a lot of renewable energy — enough to power 40,000 homes, in fact.
Verizon and Cisco want us to have holographic TV in 10 years
Aug 25, 2010
3D has never really tickled my fancy, but I — and I suspect everyone else — could get down with an awesome holographic projection. Complex, Back to the Future 2-style holograms, like full-body teleportation and safe cloning, is something I figure won't happen during my lifetime. Apparently it could — in as little as 10 years.
Searching for Fundi and studying the three-stone stove in Kalinzi
Aug 25, 2010
Editor's Note: Students from Dartmouth's Thayer School of Engineering are working in Tanzania to help improve sanitation and energy technologies in local villages. The student-led group , known as Humanitarian Engineering Leadership Projects (HELP), will file dispatches from the field during their trip. This is their sixth blog post for Scientific American.
After hearing many rumors, we finally received confirmation that the famous Dr. Jane Goodall was actually in town to celebrate 50 years of chimpanzee research in Gombe National Park . This discovery came about after finding out that the Land Cruiser that we had reserved to drive to Kalinzi had been used to escort Dr. Jane Goodall to one of the villages. We took our unexpected delay with alacrity as we considered how incredible of an opportunity it was to be in the presence of a living legend. When we finally arrived in Kalinzi, we made our way past the cornucopia of emerald green bananas at the market to the Jane Goodall Institute (JGI) field station, which would serve as our headquarters for the rest of the summer. [More]
Jane Goodall - Tanzania - Jane Goodall Institute - Gombe Stream National Park - Chimpanzee
Morgan Planning Diesel-Electric Hybrid Car
Aug 25, 2010
Morgan Motor Company celebrated its 100th anniversary last year. Though the world is much different from when the company was first founded in 1909, Morgan still hand assembles every car it builds. It makes just a few hundred vehicles a year, but they are of the highest quality and are some of the most sought after cars ever built.
Despite the exclusive nature of the Morgan automobile though, the company must be admired for its ability to look forward. Hybrids, hydrogen-power, and electric cars are the future, and Morgan doesn’t plan on being left behind. They have announced that they will be building a diesel-electric hybrid car with a 1,000 mile range.
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