Technology
Launching Rockets is Still Difficult – Proton-M Crash at Baikonur Cosmodrome
Q: What leaves a crater 150-200 meters in size about 2.5 Kilometers from a launch pad?
A: One Russian Proton-M launch failure at the Baikonur Cosmodrome.
Experience Cancer Through a Video Game
Meredith MacMartin, a palliative care doctor in New Hampshire, recently posted about the video game That Dragon, Cancer.
Gravity Trailer Shows the Destruction of the International Space Station
We’ve posted before on space debris and the robots used to make the new movie Gravity but now the official teaser trailer has been released.
The only way of discovering the limits of the possible is to venture a little way past them into the impossible.
Directors Spielberg and Lucas Predict ‘Massive Implosion’ in Film Industry
Yesterday on June 13, 2013, The Verge’s Brian Bishop published a story with the provocative headline “Steven Spielberg and George Lucas predict ‘massive implosion’ in film industry”. The article covers a panel discussion held at the University of Southern California by directors George Lucas and Steven Speilberg and Microsoft’s President of Interactive Entertainment Don Mattrick. Quickly, their predictions include $50-100 trips to high-end movie theaters, diversification of content on television, and an indie emphasis on publishing content directly to the internet first. Similar concepts were echoed in our interview with director Amanda Bluglass. We recommend reading The Verge article.
Apple Announces OS X Sea Lion!
Due to a dwindling supply of cats to name their operating system after, Apple has announced OS X Sea Lion! Actually, they’ve named it after a surf spot just outside of San Fran. OS X Mavericks. This announcement was made on June 10, 2013.
My Photo of Elon Musk was an unexpected find today.
This was an unexpected find on SpaceNews.com today. I took the photo above of Elon Musk while I was working as the digital strategist and community manager for the Review of U.S. Human Space Flight Plans Committee.
Science is Dead. Who Cares?
I decided to create the following image after a heated Facebook discussion about NASA. My challenge to the audience is simple, “Like if you agree. Comment if you disagree.” I’d like to see how my friends and acquaintances feel about the statement. What do you think?
“We The Geeks” Google+ White House Hangout on Asteroids
On Friday, May 31st at 2pm EDT, the White House hosted a discussion on asteroids…
SIGGRAPH 2013 : Technical Papers Preview Trailer
SIGGRAPH 2013 posted a preview of the technical papers presented this year. These works represents breakthrough research in the field of computer graphics and interactive techniques, with far reaching implications…