Eclectic junk from the four corners of the ‘Net. And pictures too!
I like lighter than air vehicles, I think that it’s just a matter of time until we start seeing them again in our skies (no, not dropping bombs on cities, anyway those were zeppelins). I think I saw this in an issue of Popular Science last month but I can’t remember…
[via Treehugger and Retro Thing]
This is cool, stereo photos taken from the air by using R/C airplanes.
I’m looking forward to the time where organic LEDs are used like those annoying clock LCDs you see stuck in pens, clocks your get free with magazine susbscriptions, and mouse pads.
Scientists at the Fraunhofer Institute for Applied Polymer Research IAP in Potsdam are now studying ways to make OLEDs transparent, which will lead to a variety of new applications. While metal oxide coatings in earlier OLEDs made them opaque, researchers are investigating new transparent physical properties, as well as OLED and liquid crystal display hybrids.
That’s right kids and cadets, the SuitSat isn’t dead, its just keeping a low profile before it burns up. The reception has been ‘in the weeds’ for many people but it’s strong enough for people to copy bits of the transmission. SuitSat.org has reception reports from Hams around the world that have been able to make out what the oddball satellite has been saying.
ARRLWeb: "SuitSat-1" Alive, But Signal Weak; "Keep Listening!" ARISS Urges
A research firm in Japan has "developed a device that uses lasers to project real three-dimensional images in mid-air." Sounds cool, but that’s not all. It does this by exploding the air forming a brilliant white plasma. Oh yeah, now it’s mega cool!
At the demonstration, bursts of laser light were emitted 100 times per second to form shapes in the air up to 50 cm above the device. Heat from the laser caused the air to expand, producing a crackling sound that resembled a series of tiny explosions.
Time to hack up the Christmas lights!!! Funny thing is that’s the exact reason I bought a string of 60 white LEDs last Christmas, I knew I’d be cutting them up for a plethora of projects. This one looks to be quite handy, I have been having fun with shooting macro images with a reversing ring on an old 50mm lens. An inexpensive ring light would be most valuable for adding a bit of fill.