All six Pratt Whitney Rocketdyne space shuttle main engines from Endeavour’s STS-134 and Atlantis’ STS-135 missions sit in test cells inside the Engine Shop at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida. For the first time, all 15 shuttle main engines are …
Nissan announced yet another EV charging system on Thursday – but their newest offering doesn’t require any cords or cables. The very cool Zero Contact Charging System is ready to go as soon as an EV parks on top of it. No fuss, no muss, just automatic charging as soon as the EV is within range.
According to many, downturns in the U.S. and European markets are primarily the result of unsustainable behaviors in the financial industry. But, some critics are asking – was declining energy quality a major contributor to these negative turns? …
Happy Monday. See what great stuff the bloggers posted over the weekend and today: – Davide Castelvecchi – On the Physics Nobels, The Atlantic Gets Dark Energy All Wrong and `We Hate Math,’ Say 4 in 10 — a Majority of Americans [More]
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Like the prize inside a Crackerjacks or kids’ cereal box, Siri, Apple’s voice-controlled digital assistant, is the raison d’être for buying an iPhone 4S, especially if you already own a 4.
A cult of personality has already arisen around Siri. Numero…
One of the new apps that Apple released with the new iOS 5 software is Find My Friends, which lets you pinpoint the location of your friends who also use the service. And it just claimed the life of its first marriage.
In the terrifying event that an astronaut finds themselves floating away from their space station, there’s not a lot they can do. But some scientists are hoping to develop tractor beams, that old sci-fi mainstay, as a way to make sure they can make it …
This here is a custom Xbox 360 controller mod that replaces plastic with wood, leather and brass. Oh, and the Xbox button in the middle? It’s now a keyhole.
A Hollywood memorabilia shop is set to auction off one of the original DeLoreans used when filming Back to the Future Part III. Want it? That’ll be a cool $600,000.
Why does the iPhone 4S get to have all the fun with Siri? Progress is already being made in porting the personal assistant over to the less powerful iPhone 4.
The bankruptcy of solar panel manufacturer Solyndra last month has left many people wondering about the future of solar industry in the U.S. That turn of events didn’t stop the U.S. Department of Energy from sponsoring its biennial Solar Decath…
Doc Brown’s time traveling DeLorean will be gracing roads again in 2013. The DeLorean Motor Company is partnering with Epic EV to build an all-electric car that’ll be updated with necessities like an iPhone dock. Can’t cruise down the freeway in a DeLo…
Even in this age of pervasive cell phones and GPS systems, it’s possible to get lost. And not lost like “do I take a left or a right to get to Denny’s,” but the kind of lost where if you don’t get found, you’re likely to die of exposure and/or be eaten…
Who you gonna call? Ghostbusters! While walking through the throngs of gamers, cosplayers, and geeks at the New York Comic Con this past weekend, we came across some of the best looking homemade costumes we’ve ever seen. We’re always super impressed by…
In August of 1883, an astronomer in Mexico named José Bonilla spotted hundreds of fuzzy objects passing in front of the sun that nobody could explain. A new analysis of these observations suggests that what Bonilla saw was anywhere from a billion …
I’m upset with Barack Obama for his soft treatment of bankers and other potential campaign donors and his callous treatment of civilians killed in U.S. drone attacks . But President Obama has done a few things right, notably making Steven Chu …
The Cubestormer II has squashed all (human) records for solving the Rubik’s Cube. That’s right, we’ve been bested. To see just how fast it was solved, check out the video below.
Collecting 1 million iPhone 4S pre-orders was mighty impressive, but Apple’s not done picking up new record awards. The company just announced it’s sold over 4 million iPhone 4S since it officially went on sale on Friday.
Last month MIT’s Technology Review reported on a new development that the energy efficiency of computers doubles roughly every 18 months: [More]
When oil started spewing from BP’s Macondo well in April 2010, there weren’t too many options for cleaning it up. Concentrated slicks on the ocean surface could be set ablaze. Booms kept oil off the shores, as long as the waves stayed calm. And chemi…
The Rocky Mountain Audio Fest in Denver has delivered its usual array of outrageous audio gear, but this shockingly priced turntable would have to go pretty high on anyone’s list.
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