Demonstration of the NUIverse (Beta) application designed by David Brown for the Samsung SUR40 with Microsoft PixelSense.
I love how the future is now. Can’t wait to have something like this as my coffee table.
NUIverse
Returning from the Edge of Space, A Tribute to Felix Baumgartner
Felix Baumgartner is slated to do a 120,000 foot skydive from the edge of space on Sunday, through the Red Bull Stratos Program. An attempt on Tuesday was cancelled due to weather. It’s an inspiring feat– defying gravity to get to the edge of space and shirking common sense by jumping out of a perfectly good… balloon.
While Baumgartner is at it, he will be breaking the sound barrier, going mach speed– like Chuck Yeager without the X-1. Incidentally, Yeager broke the sound barrier October 14, 1947. Baumgartner may potentially be doing it again sans aircraft October 14, 2012. As Matt Scott puts it: “To infinity and beyond… and back again…”
Night Fishing by Yury Pustovoy
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…
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.
Spaceship and Robot concept art make me happy
Imagine my delight when harbingeralpha found a site full of hi-res concept art for spaceships. I love science fiction and space. So this set off a very special nerve in…
A Material Point Method For Snow Simulation – How Snow is Made for Disney’s Frozen
As part of the marketing for the release of Disney’s Frozen on November 27, 2013, the studio has shared a SIGGRAPH video describing their snow-making technology.
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