Exclusive: New Year's Noise Maker App
2015 is quickly drawing to a close and aGupieWare's exclusive New Year's Eve Noise Maker app is available from the App Store for just $0.99. The app plays numerous New Year's Eve sounds and songs. Irritate ears with the sound of a horn. Twist brains with the twirler sound. Perform an ensemble of the instruments above, or play the classic New Year's song "Auld Lang Syne." Bring the noise!
Space Station Sunday: Signing Off (Part II)
Welcome to Part II of our review of 2015's greatest moments on the International Space Station.
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| At night, the "pale blue dot" becomes a diamond. (Image courtesy NASA.gov.) |
Space Station Sunday: 2015, Signing Off (Part I)
Good afternoon, space fans! What a year it's been for manned spaceflight...
| It never gets old. (Image courtesy theguardian.com.) |
Fired Up For The Future: NASA 3D-Prints A Working Rocket Engine
As we speed full-tilt into 2016, the opportunities for new technologies to improve on old ideas seems endless. One strong manufacturing technology, 3D printing, arose to a number of important challenges in 2015, and now may have its sights on the stars. NASA has recently announced that their tests of conduits comprising a 3D-printed rocket engine have been a success.
| To boldly go: the 3D-printed "breadboard" engine exceeded expectations. (Image courtesy NASA.gov.) |
One Man's Trash Is Another's Treasured Power Source: How MIT Claims We Can Convert Car Batteries To Solar Cells
It's almost 2016, and people are finally beginning to realize that fossil fuels are about are pertinent to the future as whale oil. But what are we going to do with all those outdated chunks of old-school dead car batteries? The bright minds at MIT have figured out a way for the past to fuel the future...
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| Rev it up with some recycling, and your old car battery could be a new source of sustainable energy. (Image courtesy cleantechnica.com.) |
SpaceX Excellence: Falcon 9 Rocket Launches And Later LANDS In Historic Spaceflight First
Everyone enjoys watching a good rocket launch...the power, the inspiration to aim for the stars, the rejoicing at mankind's triumphs against physics. Now, those sensations can be doubled, as SpaceX has successfully managed to not only have a rocket launch flawlessly, but to then have it return safely to Earth and make a landing.
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| A long exposure of the launch and landing. Fortunately featuring no more fire than was absolutely necessary. (Image courtesy space.com.) |
Space Station Sunday: Expedition 46 In The Mix
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| Driving stick-shift in a spacecraft? No problem for Expedition 46! (Image courtesy NASA.gov.) |
That Time We Almost Built A Death Star
If you've been following this blog for a while, you know that we're fans of crazy weapons (especially on vehicles, from trucks to planes), stuck on "Star Wars", and definitely devoted to all sorts of stuff in space. However, the confluence of all three is something truly spectacular...had it ever been invented...
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| This, except huge, and in space. But someone had a bad feeling about it... (Image science.howstuffworks.com.) |
Crappy Holidays? Get Wrecked With These Tech-Inspired Flasks
It's the holiday season, and whether you like it or not, you may find yourself finagling through some festivities. If you want a way to show off your techie tendencies while simultaneously slurping enough sauce to place you firmly on the Naughty List (especially after those office party shenanigans), here are several technology-inspired flasks that will, somewhat ironically, give you what no robot, videogame, device or website can: the warm embrace of a good stiff shot.
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| Smartphone? That's a goddamn brilliant-phone. (Image courtesy pinterest.com.) |
A Rebel Restoring The Empire: A "Star Wars" Super-Fan Updates The Classic Films To Original Form
Are you getting excited for the new "Star Wars" film, "The Force Awakens"? If you're not, are you just worried that it might be as bad as the prequel trilogy that did little justice to the world-famous source material, or perhaps as unpleasant as the poorly-conceived updates made to the originals? Well, despite George Lucas's culture-crushing chaos, he's taken his hands off of the new movie, and as for the other, original ones that he messed with, they have been forcefully fixed...
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| It surrounds us, and protects us, and binds the (original, un-fucked-with) galaxy together. (Image courtesy wired.com.) |
Space Station Sunday: Christmas Cygnus & Homebound Crew All Arrive Safely
Happy Sunday, space fans! It's time once again for an assessment of all things awesome in orbit.
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| The Cygnus leaves Florida for space, bearing Christmas goodies and science. (Image courtesy NASA TV.) |
All The Glory Of The Natural World - Identified By App
It's been unseasonably warm in many parts of the country, and that means plants might still be present in your neighborhood. If there's a certain bit of flora that's been beyond your categorization, now, you can use a variety of apps to get to the bottom of these pretty mysteries...
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| No word on whether the app yet recognizes the elusive "Pac-Man Pine." (Image courtesy pinterest.com.) |
Trail/Blazing: California Scientists Collaborate On A Breathalyzer For Bud
In the words of author and noted drug user William S. Burroughs, "A man under the influence of weed is completely unfit to drive a car." Now, with cannabis use exploding in the United States, and rules on its legality constantly shifting, a quantitative measure to ensure road safety for reefer-heads is being undertaken by technology...
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| Rolling stoned? You might get no satisfaction. (Image courtesy theweedblog.com.) |
Space Station Sunday: Fourth Launch Attempt Is The Charm?
Good afternoon, space fans! Here's another round of what's going on around the world. Well, around and above it...
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| So You Think You Can Go To Orbit, round 4. (Image courtesy NASA.gov.) |
Red Moonrise: Russia Shoots For Moon Base
Space exploration is always an intriguing topic, but this year, the hot new real estate seems to be the moon. With NASA interested in the moon's natural craters for dwelling during astro-missions, and the European Space Agency eyeballing the celestial body for possible habitation, it's no surprise that Russia, the original space-race competitors, are throwing their furry hats into the ring.
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| Their habitation pods could feasibly be built like Matryoshka dolls for extra security. (Image courtesy dailymail.co.uk.) |
Can You Feel The Love Tonight? If Not, Try This New Dating Site For Disney Fans
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| "I love you toooooo." But only if you're a crazy enough Disney fan to be able to translate Elliott the Dragon's brrrp-speech. (Image courtesy highdefdigest.com.) |
Human-Cyborg Relations: New Google Feature Transports Your Devices To A Galaxy Far, Far Away
Alright nerds, we know you're getting excited about the new upcoming "Star Wars" movie, even if the last three were a nightmarish pile of existential terror that made you question at what point your life dispensed with the pleasantries and made your precious memories of space-based action films diffract into such a wasteful and insipid alternate hell.
Anyway, now there's a Google feature to make your stuff all "Star Wars"-y.
Anyway, now there's a Google feature to make your stuff all "Star Wars"-y.
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| It's fun both for casual users or the fan that has everything... (Image courtesy movieweb.com.) |
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