This was really cool - zenn electric cars (zero emissions, no noise):
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8M88k6Ipp3c

We both watched it for a while and saw different things at the same time ( Read more... )

This was very clever:
http://WWW.deviantart.Com:80/deviation/34244097/
It reminds me of the "Duck Amuck" episode of Bugs Bunny (appologies for the duplication to those I've already shared it with)

The wonderful world of  Quantum teleportation:
http://www.signandsight.com/ ( Read more... )

On one of my elists, someone was describing the new iPhone.  It features much more touch and gesture based user interface versus the Blackberry style with lots of little buttons.  It also has a virtual keyboard which guesses what words you are typing as you go along. Too zoom in on something you just "pinch" on the screen. The controls on screen ( Read more... )

This weekend is the best time of the year to experience the mysterious and beautiful Moon Illusion. http://science.nasa.gov/headlines/y2007/27jun_moonillusion.htm?friend

I'll be staring at the moon for a good portion of the weekend :-)
Aaarrroooooooo!

A visual depiction of harmonic sound waves... with FIRE!
http://compfused.com/directlink/4108/It looks like something the Mythbusters might do in their spare time.

An interesting website showing how we walk

http://www.biomotionlab.ca/Demos/BMLwalker.html

This looks like it could be realy neat - especialy under the dark skies of the Gimli site

http://science.nasa.gov/headlines/y2006/30aug_smart1.htm
http://sci.esa.int/science-e/www/area/index.cfm?fareaid=98

August 30, 2006: Amateur astronomers, grab your telescopes. A spaceship is about to crash into the ( Read more... )

Ah well, Pluto has lost it's planetary staus... I wonder what this is going to do to my birth chart?

This is the new view of the solar system


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Blinded by Science: the Last Days of Gossip
http://www.discover.com/issues/aug-06/departments/lastgossip/

Their constant smirking should have tipped us off, but we were so damned in love, dazzled by the glare from those latex-smooth exteriors, charmed by those adorably wobbly tail stands at SeaWorld. In fact-we never told anyone this-there was a day ( Read more... )