Thoughts of a borderline mind…
Jul 25, 2010
I was doing my usual browsing through digg.com and I came across this rather interesting story about the Apollo 11 moon landing back in the 60′s. This is a rather off-beat topic for me to discuss as I tend to leave the space oriented stories to serious space website like astroengine.com and Discovery Space both of which are run by my good buddy Dr Ian...
Jul 19, 2010
I have been hearing alot about the new iPhone 4′s glass front and back panels. Apple has deviated quite far from its last few generation iPhones in that it has gone from the glass front, with aluminised bezel and plastic backing – to a fully glass front and back. Apple claim that the new iPhone’s glass is “Chemically strengthened to be...
Jul 19, 2010
The general public is fascinated by shining, well-shaped crystals and much less thrilled by dim, shapeless glasses. Some may know that the shining shape of crystals is due to the fact that atoms inside them are arranged in a periodic pattern over long-range distances and this is not the case with glasses. However, only a few are aware that it is the lack of...
May 13, 2009
It seems that the old adage ”I’ll believe it when I see it with my own two eyes” is not as reliable as it used to be. A significant amount of research is being conducted into cloaking devices, which will allow objects to become “invisible” at certain frequencies. Research shows that this can be achieved, at certain frequencies, by...
It seems that the latest space shuttle mission which left the Kennedy Space Centre in Florida on 11th May 2009, has hit a slight glitch. The lift off appeared to go quite smoothly, however, upon close examination of the lift off footage from one of the cameras mounted on the fuel tank, clearly show some debris hitting the underside of the shuttle. Thankfully,...
On my usual read through autobloggreen.com I come across a rather interesting story about the Dodge EV. Even though I am currently working in the Auto industry it seems that I have been living in a box, since this is the first time I have come across this vehicle. The Dodge EV is Chrysler’s attempt to challenge the much hyped Tesla. While the Dodge EV is...