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CERN Successfully Brings Large Hadron Collider Back Online

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From PAUL ADAMS, Popular Science,  20 Nov 2009
Related Topics: CERN,  Popular Science

The Dubai Airshow As Seen From Orbit

Our friend the GeoEye-1 satellite, which tirelessly photographs the world at half-meter resolution from its constant orbit, swung by the Dubai Airport the other day and took this snap of the Dubai Airshow, in progress this week. Thanks, ...

From PAUL ADAMS, Popular Science,  18 Nov 2009
Related Topics: GeoEye, Inc.,  Popular Science

Shovel-Ready Science?

Washington has frequently treated budget arithmetic as an exercise in sleight of hand and the legislative process as if it were as much about salesmanship as statesmanship. The stimulus legislation—the Americans Recovery and Reinvestment Act ...

From ADAM PAUL, The American | American Enterprise Institute,  28 Oct 2009
Related Topics: Nancy Pelosi,  National Science Foundation,  U.S. Congress,  National Institutes of Health

Fed Up With Tabletop Puddles, Scientists Engineer a High-Tech Dripless Teapot

One is to simply use a spout made of thinner material, which gives the wayward beverage less purchase. Metal teapots, for instance, like we see at Chinese restaurants, tend to drip less than pudgy-walled ceramic ones. We've all experienced the ...

From PAUL ADAMS, Popular Science,  26 Oct 2009

Mouse Scampers on Giant Trackball, Plays Quake

Obviously the Princeton scientists did this because it's awesome, but the ostensible reason is because it gives them unprecedented access to study the neurological activity of the rodent while it moves around. Neuroscientist David Tank was able to ...

From PAUL ADAMS, Popular Science,  14 Oct 2009

iRobot's Cronenbergian Blob Bot is Ready to Roll, or Rather Ooze

iRobot, who brought us the Roomba and friends, have now devised a ball-shaped, undulating "chembot" under the auspices of -- who else -- DARPA. The lovable machine resembles something you might find on a surreal dim sum platter: a pale, doughy blob ...

From PAUL ADAMS, Popular Science,  14 Oct 2009
Related Topics: Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency

This Week in the Future, October 5-9, 2009

The littlest gold miners, the tidiest bees, and the least fun Wii game ever. Welcome to this week's Future. Some of our favorite stories this week: The Chandra telescope caught a juicy paparazzi shot of two black holes smooching. At Tokyo's annual ...

From PAUL ADAMS, Popular Science,  9 Oct 2009

In The Future, All Our Pop Idols Will Be Machines

Performing live at CEATEC, everyone's favorite catwalk model bot has been loaded with Vocaloid software (Rin), enabling her to croon sweet pop songs. Stay tuned for more coverage of the wonders and horrors of the Japanese tech conference. Britain's ...

From PAUL ADAMS, Popular Science,  7 Oct 2009

Video: Internal Gyroscope Is the Future of Training Wheels

Did you use training wheels when you learned to ride a bicycle? My dad was convinced they slowed down the learning process and taught bad habits, so he just held on to the back of the seat and ran down the street with me while I pedaled. Then he let go ...

From PAUL ADAMS, Popular Science,  28 Sep 2009

German Scientists Deploy Temperature-Regulating Coffee Mug

Next on the engineers' agenda: putting a tiny matter-transmitter disc in the base of the mug that keeps it always automatically replenished with fresh coffee; and screenprinting the words "World's Greatest Gesellschaft" on the side. It's an ...

From PAUL ADAMS, Popular Science,  21 Aug 2009

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