This was taken in the old Mission Operations Control Room (MOCR) in Mission Control Center (MCC) at Johnson Space Center (JSC) in Houston, Texas.
Mission Control at NASA’s Johnson Space Center.
Tactus Morphing Touchscreen Keyboard
Tactus Technology is a company trying to solve the keyboard/touchscreen interface problem on tablets and smartphones. Their solution? Turn the screen into buttons.
Open Source Death Star Kickstarter
After a failed petition to the U.S. government to build a Death Star, someone has taken up the cause to fund the construction project using the popular crowd sourced funding website Kickstarter. Thankfully, to help keep costs down and to help make the project a reality open source hardware and software will be used. Along with “enough chicken wire to protect reactor exhaust ports.” I can’t wait.
Star Wars the Old Republic – Beta
Recently I was included in the weekend stress test for Star Wars the Old Republic. And I must say I enjoyed it thoroughly. I’ll try to capture some of my…
Games in Space
Some of you who grew up in the 90s, as we at UPT did, may remember the Wing Commander computer games. Fighting against the feline-esque Kilrathi you were aboard a…
It’s not the camera that counts
Avanaut (aka Vesa Lehtimäki) is proof that creativity, ingenuity and photography know how, are the qualities that make an intriguing photo. With out a camera worth thousands of dollars or pencil thin models, Avanaut has turned out some dynamic shots, using primarily, Star Wars lego figures. His use of light, perspective and inexpensive props, produced some very cool dramatic scenes full of motion.
Posted by Matt Scott
Hero of Geek Myth #2: Isaac Asimov, The Man Who Ruled the Robots
Asimov, the man who ruled over the robot hoarde. Posted by stateoftrey
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