Monthly Archives: January 2010
: January 12, 2010 - 5:57 pm
John Casey talks about the process of making the largest piece in his current show, Hope Springs Internal, at POVevolving Gallery.
: January 10, 2010 - 2:29 pm
“Hotel Shinjuku 510’s capsules, no larger than 6 1/2 feet long by 5 feet wide, and not tall enough to stand up in, have become an affordable option for some people with nowhere else to go as Japan endures its worst recession since World War II.”
: January 10, 2010 - 2:22 pm
Life and war is quickly becoming augmented reality and much like a video game… the future is going to be interesting…
“The University of North Dakota is offering the world’s first bachelor’s degree for pilots who will never leave the ground.
These pilots are not afraid of flying. There is just less of a need to be airborne with the rapid growth of so-called unmanned aerial vehicles, or UAVs.”
More at Discovery News.
: January 10, 2010 - 2:17 pm
Fourth of July… pssshhh. New Years… Psshh …. Fireworks in the middle of the desert from a big ass building… ooh ya.
: January 10, 2010 - 1:54 pm
The map was embedded in a silicon photonics test chip, using a 30-step etching process. The chip has optical circuits, submicrometer scale “tiny strips of silicon called waveguides or photonic wires.” These developments will allow companies to integrate optics in packages that will be a million times smaller than today’s glass-based photonics. The resulting chips will allow for inexpensive integration of photonics in every technology, from consumer gadgets to medical equipment. What does that really mean? Think more inexpensive high-speed network connections—like Light Peak, non-mechanical gyroscopes, and holograms.
Behold the smallest world map, created by the Photonics Research Group of Ghent University-IMEC. Its scale is one trillionth. That’s a 40,000-kilometer equator reduced to 40 micrometer, half the width of a human hair.
Reposted from Gizmodo.
: January 10, 2010 - 1:51 pm
This is what a fully developed city with only 17.8 people per square kilometer looks like….