Ever seen a picture that just takes your breath away? Try a large version of this one on for size. This one, titled Chinese Fairy Tales, comes from Yury Pustovoy’s photo tour of China. There will be a photo tour to Iceland from July 27 to August 7 with an optional trip to Greenland for 4 days to shoot the icebergs. He can be reached at pustovoy-y@mail.ru. Here’s Yury’s original post of his night fishing photograph.
Night Fishing by Yury Pustovoy
Dr. John C. Mather & Dr. George F. Smoot’s 2006 Nobel Prize for Physics
I realize I’m 7 years late but I want to share this interesting medal I saw today. This is the 2006 Nobel Prize for Physics currently located in the lobby of NASA Headquarters in Washington, DC.
A Trailer tells us who would win in a fight between Batman vs The Terminator
Hypothetically speaking, who would win in a fight, Batman or The Terminator?
How to Become a NASA Flight Controller with Holly Griffith
Matt, Dennis, and I recently had an opportunity to chat with Holly Griffith about how she became a flight controller and what it means to know how to launch and land a spaceship.
Battlefield Hardline Beta Gameplay
If you don’t know, Monday at E3, Electronic Arts announced their latest installment of the Battlefield franchise with Hardline. Not to be confused with the 90s hard rock band, DICE has created a cops and robbers-esque game inspired by TV dramas. While the single player isn’t available yet, they did announce a first come, first served closed beta during their presentation. I managed to sneak in before their web servers melted and secured myself a spot in the beta.
Mission to the Edge of Space – 24 Hours Before Launch
Tomorrow morning, the Red Bull Stratos program will attempt to bring Felix Baumgartner back from the edge of space with a record shattering 120,000 foot skydive. The video above from Red Bull is a great glimpse into the few hours before the jump, gathering sentiments from Felix’s family and friends. Stratos mission support staff appear to be eagerly awaiting a greenlight in Roswell, New Mexico for tomorrow morning…
Species of Illumination – Lamps That Behave like Animals
Ever needed some light but you were too far away and didn’t have the clapper installed? What if you could just call the lamp over like your pet dog. For his graduation project at Design Academy Eindhoven, Bob de Graaf is exploring ideas such as this. Inspired by the movie Wall-E and an experiment at a park in Eindhoven, Bob has begun creating lamps that respond to humans and light much like organisms would.
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