Casetop "laptop" uses your smartphone as its brains

Casetop "laptop" uses your smartphone as its brains: "Packing powerful processors supported by a healthy amount of system memory and storage, modern smartphones are just like mini computers that can be carried around in your pocket. As a mobile office, however, such devices do have some practical limitations"

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In two weeks, Mars One receives over 78,000 applications for one-way trip to Mars

In two weeks, Mars One receives over 78,000 applications for one-way trip to Mars: "Despite the one-way nature of the trip, it seems there’s no shortage of people willing to pack their bags and experience life on Mars. Just two weeks after putting out the call for potential Mars settlers, Mars One had received over 78,000 applications from people in over 120 countries. With the application period set to last 19 weeks, the Mars One selection committees face a daunting task in whittling the numbers down to the four individuals that will ultimately make the journey that is planned for September 2022."

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Making solar cells with a kitchen microwave

Making solar cells with a kitchen microwave: "For most people, experiments involving a home microwave typically don't go much further than inflating a marshmallow like a balloon or reheating leftovers in plasticware – both with messy results. For metallurgists though, microwaves are sometimes employed to efficiently process metals, which is how researchers at the University of Utah found themselves using a secondhand kitchen appliance in their lab."

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These new roller coasters will make your head spin

These new roller coasters will make your head spin: "Consider it the summer of the coaster. Theme parks from east to west are unveiling new roller coasters made of wood, steel and a combination thereof that soar through the air, plunge through water and perform gravity-defying stunts."

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