I went to Fry’s this weekend and walked out with a telescope. Yes, I bought a telescope on impulse but I simply couldn’t resist. This isn’t just any telescope though; this is a truly “Desktop” telescope! Seriously, the tube isn’t much bigger than a liter bottle and I can pick the whole [...]
What is it that confers the noblest delight? What is that which swells a man’s breast with pride above that which any experience can bring to him? Discovery! To know that you are walking where non other have walked; that you are beholding what human eye has not seen before; that you are breathing [...]
This is a wonderful little application! Scroll through it and have your mind thoroughly blown to bits.
http://primaxstudio.com/stuff/scale_of_universe.swf
It’s National Robotics Week!
http://www.nationalroboticsweek.org/
I have to admit, I love robots. I grew up reading all kinds of science fiction and it was unavoidable. I remember reading all of the I, Robot stories by Isaac Asimov and being completely inundated by robots in movies. Remember Johnny 5 from Short Circuit? What about [...]