Livestreams on November 8 & 9. Thanks to our friend Tim for the heads up!
http://americanart.si.edu/renwick/symposium/Nation Building: Craft and Contemporary American Culture
Visit Mars in VR with the HTC Vive
I used the Valve Destinations Workshop Tools to visit Mars in virtual reality today.
NASA Releases Space Junk iBook About Orbital Debris Management & Risk Mitigation
This is pretty cool, the NASA Academy of Program/Project and Engineering Leadership (APPEL) has released a free iBook and ebook PDF about space junk. This is the official page for the NASA Orbital Debris and Risk Mitigation iBook on the NASA website.
3D Anaglyph of Jupiter Mech
We at UPT love giant robots— especially mechs. We also love 3D and anaglyphs. This is an anaglyph test I did a few years ago when I first learned how…
Reserve a Spot for the DC Drive-In at Union Market
DCist has a writeup on the newly announced DC summer drive-in movies at Union Market. Looks like there are plans to use the large white wall of the market to show movies! I’ll be walking over to catch these films. If you intend to drive there are extra spots available even though car spot reservations are all booked up.
Can Solar Power Give Us the Roads of the Future?
Using hexagonal shaped pieces Solar Roadways wants to replace sidewalks, parking lots, roads, and even bike paths
Manna: A Short Story of Robotic Takeover
Depending on how you want to think about it, it was funny or inevitable or symbolic that the robotic takeover did not start at MIT, NASA, Microsoft or Ford. It started at a Burger-G restaurant in Cary, NC on May 17.
And so begins Manna, Marshall Brain‘s tale of robotic takeover. I won’t spoil the fun and just say it reads like a Kafkaesque nightmare. Enjoy!
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