It's the year 2009 (200x), and now we're seeing a working prototype of a "blob bot".

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"There's talk on The Minor Planet Mailing List about a small asteroid approaching Earth with a 99.8% probability of colliding. The entrance to the Earth's atmosphere will take place October 7 at 0246 UTC (2:35 after this story goes live) over northern Sudan, releasing the energy of about a kiloton of TNT. The asteroid is ( Read more... )

Even though I'm into computers, I also have fascination on outer space and life in the deep sea. I'm fascinated on the "unknown regions", and how much I would love to explore the unknown. Here's a taste of 26 photos of life in the depths of the sea. The book contain over 200 color photographs.

Look out Superman, Kryptonite is real. To bad it's not green, but it might be useful on certain applications. Wouldn't it be fun to say, "My iPod is powered by kryptonite. Let's send one to Superman as a gift!".

It hasn't been long since Captain America died, and now we have someone doing this: Captain America Arrested With Burrito In Pants. The ( Read more... )

A good essay pointing why DRM is causing piracy.

Here's an interesting article about a real life modular robot that combines like Voltron (or combiners for TF fans).

Now this looks like a nice investment as a commuter vehicle. According to the web site, it states that the VentureOne will appear in July 2008 throughout California. Even though I've seen an earlier model on the Discovery Channel years ago, this model have the fully electric model with the new Lithium Ion battery by A123. General Motors also ( Read more... )

The New Horizons probe recently took new photos of Jupiter. Here's the full article.

This reminds me of the recent photos of Saturn eclipse. You have to agree that's the most beautiful site in the solar system. Found this on the top ten astronomy images of 2006. Yes, I know it's late, but I'm posted it to those that missed it.

The rail gun is my favorite weapon since Quake II. Now the Navy have a working prototype.

Remember when Alaska Sen. Ted Stevens said that the Internet is a series of tubes (funny clip from the Daily Show)? Turns out Tubes (in beta) is going to do just that. Here's a good, short presentation, as well as the full article Now to set my network tubes.

I enjoyed legos as a kid, and I doubt I'd ever get tired of them. Turns out a new generation of chips are inspired by legos. I've heard about building 3D electronics more than a year ago, but to think they're using this approach is just amazing. =^^= This makes me want to buy a bucket of legos.