Technology
Mona Lisa’s Secrets Revealed
Monday, July 26th, 2010Cited: AP
Actually, the “Mona Lisa” smile still remains a mystery. However, French scientists believe they have cracked a few secrets of Leonardo da Vinci’s technique of successive ultrathin layers of paint and glaze that gave his works their dreamy quality. According to the scientists they have cracked some secrets after studying 7 of the Louvre [...]
Free Bumper Case to IPhone Owners
Monday, July 26th, 2010Cited: ABC News
If you have an iPhone, Apple will give you a free bumper case that is supposed to prevent reception problems plaguing the smartphone. This offer is good until September 30 according to CEO Steve Jobs on July 17.
Customers who have already bought a bumper — a plastic cover that prevents human contact from [...]
How to Build a Nuke, Who Would Want to? Part 2
Sunday, July 11th, 2010Cited: ABC
Continued from “How to Build a Nuke, Who Would Want to? Part 1“
The Build
The gun assembly device is pretty basic, if you shoot a piece of HEU at another piece, you would take out Toledo.
The process is a little like getting a ball of HEU, removing the core as you would an apples, bolting [...]
Tiny Car Gets 74 Miles per Gallon
Tuesday, July 6th, 2010Cited: Techland
Gordon Murray, auto enthusiasts know him as the guy who designed the McFarlane F1, has designed a new car, the T.25. This is a $9000 “compact” car that measures only 4′ wide x 8′ long and can drive to Tulane while fitting 3 cars in a standard parking lot. And best of all, it [...]
Apparel Companies Now Focusing on Technology
Thursday, August 13th, 2009Cited: Apparel News
Retailers and manufacturers are still looking to technology despite their constrained budgets and consolidation on the retail front. This means that technology companies have been holding their own during this recession. Vendors, retailers and brands have made a number of deals in recent weeks; however, executives in the technology industry do not describe [...]
No Heavy Breathing for Spacewalker
Monday, August 3rd, 2009Cited: Reuters
Chris Cassidy, the elite Navy diver-turned-astronaut, got some advice from Nassau on his first spacewalk when they cut it short breathe easy. Apparently, near the end of his spacewalk eight carbon dioxide, a byproduct of breathing, started to build up in Cassidy’s suit. The Endeavor astronaut and his partner David Wolf were replacing batteries [...]