On the eve of the final mission of NASA’s – and the nation’s – 30-year-long space shuttle program, I present to you a video love letter – my newest piece for Time Magazine’s website, wherein Tara and I journey to Florida to witness our first launch, Discovery’s last.
“A practical artificial leaf has been one of the Holy Grails of science for decades,” said Daniel Nocera, Ph.D., who led the research team. “We believe we have done it. The artificial leaf shows particular promise as an inexpensive source of electricity for homes of the poor in developing countries. Our goal is to make each home its own power station,” he said. “One can envision villages in India and Africa not long from now purchasing an affordable basic power system based on this technology.”
Fisker Automotive, the California manufacturer of premium plug-in hybrid electric vehicles today revealed additional images shot specifically for the European market, as part of its international marketing campaign.
Bellona’s Bøhmer said there were two critical points remaining unresolved on Monday. The first is that reactor No 3, which has been extensively damaged, has to be stabilized.
Iceland is considering building the world’s longest sub-sea electric cable to allow it to sell its geothermal and volcanic energy to Europe, the country’s largest energy company said Monday.
The process, deployed by CoolPlanetBiofuels, also produces a byproduct that can capture carbon and also be added to soil to improve crop yields, leading to what Google Ventures described as a “negative carbon fuel.”
The world’s biggest software company said its legal action against the operator of the Rustock ‘botnet’ — or network of infected computers programed to send spam e-mail — led to raids across the country on Thursday which effectively shut the network down.
The current wait time for an iPad ordered online is 4-5 weeks. Apple declined to say how that would be affected.
Research in Motion is a front runner in the race to convert billions of feature phone users into data-wielding smartphone customers but is seen possessing only a small window of opportunity to reinvigorate itself and match the momentum of rival mobile monarchs Apple and Google in a life-or-death battle for relevance, writes Alastair Sharp.
My newest video for Time.com is about Philip K. Dick and all the movie adaptations of his books and stories, the latest of which is The Adjustment Bureau, based on the story “Adjustment Team” written in 1953. It’s fascinating that…
I have a new video up on Time.com about the Singularity. If you don’t know what it is… find out here. I wrote it. Craig Duff shot and produced it. Jim Fields edited.
The video complements Lev Grossman’s new Time…
FORA.tv has a short video of me performing at the recent Wonderfest science festival in Berkeley. I’m talking about bad science in science fiction movies, and the example in the clip is a classic moment from Star Wars……
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The first iPod Nano watch was little more than a band that slipped through the Nano’s pocket clip. This new one works much better, with a custom fitted holder that’s also designed to protect the Nano from knocks and scratches.
This shirt isn’t trying to hide the fact that it’s all about spies. I mean, you’ve got your James-Bond-looking-dude right up front there, and the words “From Tokyo With Love” paying even more homage to 007. The big secret? The camera that James-Bond-du…
Excited for Tron Legacy? Well, there may be more to this than just a new movie. Disney Imagineers are also developing a Tron Legacy ride, which has the potential to blow old Space Mountain out of the water.
Last year, BMW showed that if it did want to make a plug-in hybrid, it’d make a damn sexy one. Now, the company has announced its intent to bring the car, which can be charged using a normal power socket in two and a half hours, to the masses in 2013.
Smart Dark Zen BlackBerry Theme 9600 :: 4.7 5.0 / 9700 : 5.0
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Theme for the:
9600 4.7 : 5.0
9700 5.0
Stylish and usable theme for Blackberry
Welcome to the Smooth large display, flooded with color and Light.
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Adding style to theme design.
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Minimum Requirements:
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* SDZ 9600 4.7
o Smart Dark Tour 9600 OS 4.7
* SDZ 9600 5.0
o BlackBerry 9700 9600
* SDZ 9700 5.0
o BlackBerry 9700 Bold
SDZ 9000 4.6
Display Dimensions
480×320
Operating System
4.6
SDZ 9600 4.7
Display Dimensions
480×360
Operating System
4.7 Non-Touch
SDZ 9600 5.0
Display Dimensions
480×360
Operating System
5.0 Non-Touch
SDZ 9700 5.0
Display Dimensions
480×360
Operating System
5.0 Non-Touch
Georgia-based Flight Display Systems lately confirmed the delivery and installation of its new Cabin Management System called Select CMS in a “Flying Theater” configuration on a Gulfstream III aircraft. New York-based International Jet Interiors…
Designed exclusively for Harley Davidson FLHT/FLTR and FLHR models, the DashLink Docking Console for Apple iPhone and iPod touch from the house of Hell’s Foundry is a complete replacement fuel tank console with integrated docking station. The…
Standing out from the DJ crowd is no easy feat, but with the blinged-up Pioneer HDJ-2000 headphones, you would be able to do the same. Dance music label Blanco y Negro has teamed up with Swarovski to produce and distribute only 40 pairs of…
Forget the iPhone coffee table made by iLounge readers Tuan Nguyen, Ken Thomas and their associates. It’s time to check out the Table Connect for iPhone, a 58-inch multitouch surface that accepts iPhone 4 connections via a 30-pin dock connector and.
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