Wake Forest University researchers have developed a technique to help burn victims heal much more quickly. Spray on skin. No kidding. The process was taken from the inkjet printer, and sprays cell onto the open wound. A laser maps the wound for area and depth which directs the machine to place specific cells in specific [...]

What the heck do you say about an animal like this? I know that it looks like something from a bad sci-fi flick but this is real. This particular one came up with a submersible. It lives around 8500 ft underwater and at 2.5 ft long is believed to be the largest ever found. Check [...]

My “Fun With” posts seem to have become a bit of a series. Hope you like em. Next post: Fun With Thermite

Best I can make out from the translation, the Lun is one scary plane/boat/tank hybrid. Aside from the fact that this thing is enormous it has WWII style gunners plus, as if taken straight from the pages of some post-apocalyptic comic, missile tubes. Not just one or two, but six very large missiles. Designed for [...]

There is a movement afoot, to make Hella the new SI prefix (US) for 10^27, coming after Yotta. Austin Sendek, from the UC Davis Physics Dept. said: “The number of atoms in 120 kg of carbon-12 would be simplified from 6,000 yottaatoms to 6 hellaatoms. Similarly, the sun (mass of 2.2 hellatons) would release energy [...]

Here are a few vids of people putting non-food items in microwaves. I’m gonna have to try some of these. First off is Ivory soap in a microwave. Oh, yeah, and make sure and watch the vids all the way through. This is what happens when you put a sonic boom firework in the microwave. [...]

The idea here is by using cameras and projectors at various angles, you will be able to “see” through walls, or at least around the corner.

February 1, 2003. The Space Shuttle Columbia (Mission STS-107) breaks up during reentry killing all seven crew members. The loss of Columbia was a result of damage sustained during launch when a piece of foam insulation the size of a small briefcase broke off the Space Shuttle external tank (the main propellant tank) under the [...]

The future is here, well almost here. These lasers are just too cool for words. Mounted on a truck or an aircraft they can track and “kill” with precision. Check out the vids. source: popsci.com

I originally saw this in National Geographic Magazine about two years ago. These crystals are so large that it is hard to get a perspective until you see a picture that includes one of the explorers. exploring these caverns is tough to say the least. You need special cooling suits and breathing masks. Temperatures exceeding [...]