Asteroid mining could be pretty cool. It’s actually feasible with today’s technology. Ask Japan about this. Seriously, you need to ask Japan about this. COME ON – ASK JAPAN!
Apr 232012
Apr 202012
Of course I’ve got no idea how that works, but I guess there’s something particularly badass about dissolving the magical C60, otherwise any old carbon sprinkled on my sandwich would make me live forever, right?
Mar 162012
Today’s Dispatch: The Japanese Continue Building a Wooly Mammoth with Russians & Krazy Koreans, KDDI has a Ton of Cash for Your Mobile Solutions, and Siri’s Japanese is Kinda 下手くそ!
Mar 072012
Like a superhero, unfortunately my only super power was covertly using the iOS5 volume-up shutter control thingy. It is unclear how a heat shield that didn’t burn up in atmospheric reentry could be offended by photography.
March 7, 2012
Japan 日本 Tekk, Pure Science, Robot, Robots in Space, Space Technology, Technology
Mar 022012
If you recoil at the idea of cultured meat being somehow gross or unnatural, jump over to Google image search for “factory farm” and then parse for yourself the meaning of “gross and unnatural.”
March 2, 2012
Japan 日本 Tekk, Pure Science, Technology, Technology & Culture, Technology & Food
Feb 242012
Today’s Dispatch: Space Elevators, Ridiculously Fast Wireless Data, Two More Blood Types for the Japanese to Ponder, and an Animation of the Tohoku Disaster’s Pacific Debris Path.
Feb 222012
I think quantum computing means something like your computer turns on before it turns on and completes computations before it completes them. I’m pretty sure I want some of that.
February 22, 2012
CPU, Here First or Best Here, Kurzweil, Multimedia, Pure Science, Quantum Physics, Super Computer, Technology