Kinetic Light Sculptures created with Spinning Televisions
With this project Benjamin Muzzin, author of this projet, wanted to explore the notion of the third dimension, with the desire to try to get out of the usual frame of a flat screen.
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Scientists explain the evolution of flight with a micro raptor
Scientists from the University of Southampton conducted an amazing research. They try to understand the evolution of flight with a micro raptor in the wind tunnel. Let’s see it.
10 Amazing Ancient Chinese Inventions
From the toilet roll to fireworks marvel at these amazing Chinese inventions!
World’s 10 Fastest Supercomputers
Today’s infographic from Fed Tech Magazine gives us a look at what are currently the 10 fastest supercomputers in the world, and where they’re all located. The U.S. has the greatest number of “Top 10″ supercomputers, although China has claim to the most powerful and fastest.
For more information on the world’s top supercomputers, have a look at the graphic below.
Human Experimentation: The Good, The Bad, & The Ugly
In the early days of the space race, agency researchers in Russia and at NASA really weren’t sure all what would happen to an astronaut in space. They didn’t know if a human mind could handle actually seeing Earth or what would happen to the human body when exposed to long periods of weightlessness. Would their blood forget which way to pump? Would their eyeballs shift or their inner ears wig out? They sent up mice and monkeys and dogs, to see what happened, and in 1961, the Russians strapped a man to a rocket headed for orbit. Yuri Gagarin was the first person in space. The ultimate human guinea pig, he survived, becoming an international hero.
Antares Rocket Launch
Image Credit: NASA, Bill IngallsThe sky looks dark in this scene from the Mid-Atlantic Regional Spaceport (MARS) at NASA Wallops Flight Facility, Virginia. Captured on Wednesday, September 18, an Orbital Sciences Corporation Antares rocket...