New Flying Car Spreads Its WIngs : Discovery News: "Mankind's primordial dream of flight is taking off with a new twist as a Slovak prototype of a flying car spreads its wings. Inspired by the books about flying by French authors Jules Verne and Antoine de Saint Exupery, Slovak designer and engineer Stefan Klein has been honing his flying machine since the early 1990s."
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Monday, January 20, 2014
Money Trees are Found in the Woods Throughout the UK
Money Trees are Found in the Woods Throughout the UK: "They say money doesn’t grow on trees, but I’m willing to guess that “they” never saw these kinds of trees before. Look closely at these trunks. Do they look a little strange to you? They should. Thousands of strangers all over the UK have been working together to create these “wishing trees,” by getting rid of some spare change."
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Top 10 greatest guitar players all time
Top 10 greatest guitar players all time: "My picks for the top 10 greatest guitar players of all time, may be a little different than yours, but you can't disagree that these guys are fantastic. This is not necessarily the order that I would put them in from best to 10th best, it's really hard to pick the best ever. 1. Jimi Hendrix 2. Joe Satriani 3. Eric Clapton 4. Stevie Ray Vaughan 5. Nils Lofgren 6. Eddie Van Halen 7. Jimmy Page 8. Paul Gilbert 9. Allen Collins 10. Jeff Beck."
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Magnetic nanosponges more effective at soaking up spills
Magnetic nanosponges more effective at soaking up spills: "A new type of carbon nanotube (CNT) sponge that contains sulfur and iron has been developed and is proving to be more effective at soaking up water contaminants, such as oil, fertilizers, pesticides and pharmaceuticals, than previously seen. The magnetic properties of these nanosponges also make them easier to retrieve from the environment once the clean-up job is done."
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Sunday, January 19, 2014
This Bird Is About to Steal a Camera, Fly Off & Capture Amazing Footage of a Penguin Colony | Video | TheBlaze.com
This Bird Is About to Steal a Camera, Fly Off & Capture Amazing Footage of a Penguin Colony | Video | TheBlaze.com: "The footage, likely taken as part of the “Spy in the Huddle” series, was posted to Downer’s YouTube page Friday.
“A striated caracara, intrigued by our spy egg-cam, decides to fly off with our camera but in the process captures the first ever aerial footage of a rockhopper penguin colony shot by a flying bird,” the YouTube description said."
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“A striated caracara, intrigued by our spy egg-cam, decides to fly off with our camera but in the process captures the first ever aerial footage of a rockhopper penguin colony shot by a flying bird,” the YouTube description said."
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How Isaac Asimov got 2014 both so right and so wrong | Crave - CNET
How Isaac Asimov got 2014 both so right and so wrong | Crave - CNET: "In 1964, legendary writer of science fiction and science fact Isaac Asimov visited the World's Fair, where a General Electric pavilion chronicling advances in electric appliances inspired him to imagine how that progress might continue into the future. So Asimov sat down and penned his vision of life in the year 2014, 50 years in the future at that point."
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Saturday, January 18, 2014
Google announces glucose-monitoring contact lens prototype
Google announces glucose-monitoring contact lens prototype: "While we have seen the technology behind glucose-monitoring contact lenses develop over the least few years, getting them out of the lab and onto the eyes of diabetes sufferers has been a different story. With Google announcing its testing of a smart contact lens designed to measure glucose levels in tears, the search giant is looking to provide more effective management of the disease."
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Carbon nanotubes used to create a flame-retardant coating for furniture
Carbon nanotubes used to create a flame-retardant coating for furniture: "Your furniture could kill you. According to the US National Fire Protection Association, nearly 20 percent of home fire deaths between 2006 and 2010 occurred in fires where upholstered furniture was the first item to ignite. It's actually not so much the exterior fabric that burns, as it is the foam beneath it. With that in mind, scientists at the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) have used carbon nanotubes to create a coating for that foam, that reduces its flammability by 35 percent."
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Friday, January 17, 2014
Don’t Lose Your Toes – What You Should Know about Frostbite and Immersion Foot
Don’t Lose Your Toes – What You Should Know about Frostbite and Immersion Foot: "Exposure to cold may lead to injuries such as Frostbite and Immersion (Trench) Foot. The focus of survival medical training should be general, but also take into account the type of environment that you expect to live in if a disaster occurs. If you live in Miami, it’s unlikely you’ll be treating a lot of people with hypothermia. If you live in Siberia, it’s unlikely you’ll be treating a lot of people with heat stroke. Learn how to treat the likely medical issues for the area and situation that you expect to find yourself in."
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