Guess who's taking a 'Look' at YOU...
Posted by: instgtr
Mesa :: AZ :: USA | updated 2012-04-13 12:59:10 -0700 | technology-news
Sure to get every Left-Wing "Criminal's Right's" activist (as well as the ACLU) madder than a hornet on a mission - pictures of drivers license applicants are being examined by FBI Facial Recognition software to see if they might match...
Zero to 60: in under 4 seconds.. (and it's electric...)
Posted by: instgtr
Mesa :: AZ :: USA | updated 2012-04-13 13:00:04 -0700 | technology-news
The e-Wolf e2 is an all electric car that looks great, will do 155 miles per hour and gets from zero to 60 in less than 4 seconds... Weighing in at under 2,000 pounds - it can get 187 miles...
The Next Step: UNMANNED Cargo Planes...
Posted by: instgtr
Mesa :: AZ :: USA | updated 2012-04-13 13:00:04 -0700 | technology-news
Unmanned surveillance and attack aircraft are becoming more and more common - and now the US Air Force has put out a request for an unmanned "Cargo" plane that will be used to deliver supplies to frontline hot spots... The...
NASA ALERT: 'Cosmic Rays' are Increasing...
Posted by: instgtr
Mesa :: AZ :: USA | updated 2012-04-13 13:00:19 -0700 | technology-news
First, a quick description of what "Cosmic Rays" are... Any (very fast moving) particles that come from anywhere within the (Milky Way) Galaxy that reach Earth are potentially dangerous objects that can disable satellites, effect computers and actually destroy anything...
Even 'FASTER' Fiber Optics...
Posted by: instgtr
Mesa :: AZ :: USA | updated 2012-04-13 13:00:20 -0700 | technology-news
Fiber optic cables carry their signal at the speed of light, making it the fastest way of sending data between computers. Scientists at Cornell University have come up with a way to transfer data 27 times faster than we're doing...
NASA plays "Laser Tag" ...
Posted by: instgtr
Mesa :: AZ :: USA | updated 2012-04-13 13:00:53 -0700 | technology-news
Nasa's Goddard Laser Range Finder facility hits the Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter (which is about the size of a mini van and orbiting the moon at 3,600 miles per hour) from 250,000 miles away... And not only that - they're doing...
The "Pitts Special" a pilots "Dream" plane...
Posted by: instgtr
Mesa :: AZ :: USA | updated 2012-04-13 13:01:06 -0700 | technology-news
Designed in 1944 by Curtis Pitts, the "Pitts Special" dominated the world championship Aerobatics competitions in the 1960's and 70's and it's still a potent competitor as well as the "dream plane" for many pilots the world around... The Pitts...
ISS Update...
Posted by: instgtr
Mesa :: AZ :: USA | updated 2012-04-13 13:01:09 -0700 | technology-news
Began in 1998, the International Space Station is now 82.8% complete... Expeditions (Crews) which were reduced to 3 are now back to 6 specialists on-board and so far 90 different science "investigations" have been done (or are now in progress)...
Remember the 'Isetta' ???
Posted by: instgtr
Mesa :: AZ :: USA | updated 2012-04-13 13:01:40 -0700 | technology-news
One of the most successful cars of the WWII era, the BMW "Isetta" was unique in that it had only one door and steering it swiveled the back wheel... It could hold 2 adults (and a small child) and had...
How 'SAFE' Is An Airline Flight?
Posted by: instgtr
Mesa :: AZ :: USA | updated 2012-04-13 13:01:43 -0700 | technology-news
Airlines fly thousands of flights every day and it's been "statistically" shown that taking a flight is FAR safer than driving to work... The requirements for becoming an airline pilot are some of the most demanding you'll find. Every 12...
A "Unique" View Of Our Milky Way Galaxy...
Posted by: instgtr
Mesa :: AZ :: USA | updated 2012-04-13 13:01:43 -0700 | technology-news
French Astro-photographer Serge Brunier has taken 1200 (six minute) exposures of the night skies (using a Nikon D3) and put them together to give us a spectacular view of our Milky Way Galaxy... The picture contains 800,000,000 pixels and took...
Highways Through Space...
Posted by: instgtr
Mesa :: AZ :: USA | updated 2012-04-13 13:01:44 -0700 | technology-news
Every planet, star or other "heavenly" body that has mass produces gravitational forces. Scientists are mapping those forces to show where "highways" of gravity exist... The reason for doing this? These highways can be used to help speed up spacecraft...
Going for the MILLION Dollar Prize...
Posted by: instgtr
Mesa :: AZ :: USA | updated 2012-04-13 13:02:00 -0700 | technology-news
Armadillo Aerospace's "Scorpius" lunar lander is on its way to winning it's second prize in NASA's Northrup-Grumman Lunar Landing Challenge. It has already won a $350,000 prize for a 90 second flight it made a few months ago and has...
A New KIND of Toilet ???
Posted by: instgtr
Mesa :: AZ :: USA | updated 2012-04-13 13:02:15 -0700 | technology-news
My wife and I just got back from 4 days in Las Vegas. We stayed at Circus Circus and were actually very happy with the hotel... What we weren't real happy with was the toilet we had in our room....
'In-Road' Solar Panels...
Posted by: instgtr
Mesa :: AZ :: USA | updated 2012-04-13 13:09:00 -0700 | technology-news
The Department of Energy has given $100,000 to "Solar Roadways" a company that has designed 12 X 12 foot solar panels that can be embedded in roads that provide 7,600 watt/hours of power on sunny days... A 4 lane road,...
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