Category Archives: Science

Japan pledges 3D holograms World Cup 2022

22nd
May. × ’10
The World Cup matches in South Africa in 3D may not be nothing compared to what is promising to Japan: World Cup 2022 in 3D holograms. Yes, ultra-realistic holograms, which were captured with 200 games recording 3D HD cameras and microphones throughout the stadium that would record all the sounds. And by 2022 and would [...]
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The earthquake in Chile changed the Earth’s axis shortening the day

3rd
Mar. × ’10
According to a scientist from NASA, the recent earthquake of 8.8 Richter struck º Chile probably changed the Earth’s axis, affecting its rotation, which would mean that the day will be shorter from now on. Richard Gross, a geophysicist at the Jet Propulsion Laboratory in California, used a computer model to calculate the effects of [...]
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New robotic hand “can feel”

11th
Nov. × ’09
A team of scientists from Italy and Sweden has developed what is believed to be the first prosthetic hand that can feel. Has joined the arm of a 22-year-old who lost his own hand through cancer. The researchers say that it works by connecting human nerve endings with small electronic sensors. Link Via: BBC News
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Drops of water view at 2,000 frames per second

11th
Nov. × ’09
Video: Drop of water [2:29 min] Simply spectacular: the effects of surface tension on water droplets falling on water. I get tired of seeing them.
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Hotel space is now accepting reservations

11th
Nov. × ’09
The space hotel Galactic Suite Space Resort, announced two years ago, has faced much criticism, that will never ready for 2012, nobody knows where they got the money to finance it, that will be stinking bathrooms, etc.. However, the project has moved on and we heard some news today. For starters, are already accepting reservations [...]
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The asteroid Apophis does not collide with Earth in the year 2036 did you?

20th
Oct. × ’09
Apophis (aka 99942) is an asteroid with an orbit close to Earth and that according to NASA data, pass near the Earth in the year 2036 (estimated before 2029) and a small collision with another asteroid could divert toward our planet, where they produce an effect greater than 40,000 atomic bombs. The B612 Foundation made [...]
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Flying over the Columbia Hills of Mars

29th
Sep. × ’09
Video: Columbia Hills, 2009 [02:11 min] Made publicly available data from the camera HiRISE, the most powerful probe aboard the Mars Orbiter Reconnaissace, this is a video produced by Doug Ellison of Unmanned Spaceflight.com in tribute to the years-and six-way van service of the two NASA Mars rovers, but what specifically is the current status [...]
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Confirm the existence of water on the Moon

24th
Sep. × ’09
Thanks to the data sent by the spacecraft Chandrayaan-1 (India), scientists have managed to confirm the existence of large amounts of water on the moon, suggesting that water is still being formed on its surface. The project director who conducted the mission of the Indian Space Research Organization, Mylswamy Annadurai, said in an interview to [...]
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Glass Microbiology

15th
Sep. × ’09
Glass Microbiology: Smallpox, HIV, and a future mutation Luke Jerram is concerned about things like knowing how many people may think that viruses have bright colors in the MundoReal ™ or which could represent a virus in one color or another, so with the help of several expert glassblowers and virologists University of Bristol, has [...]
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Fingerprint on Mars

7th
Sep. × ’09
Another high-resolution pictures taken by the Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter to a crater on Mars. The “giant cosmic footprint” that we see is created by sediments Link Via: Mail Online
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