Eclectic junk from the four corners of the ‘Net. And pictures too!
Have something to day? Want to send that message to outer space? This is your chance. I don’t know if this will have any results but what the heck, give it a try. Better you send a message that aother race hears than them seeing episodes of “I love Lucy”
TalkToAliens.com — The World’s First Intergalactic Communication System.
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I’m not sure if there is a moving part to this or not, still very cool.
The first membraneless alkaline fuel cell has been built by exploiting the way liquids do not mix in ultra-narrow channels. It could offer cheaper and more efficient fuel cells.
Doing away with membranes not only simplifies a fuel cell’s design, it has also enabled the first alkaline fuel cells to be built. These could potentially be 40% more efficient than the acidic units used today, says Paul Kenis of the University of Illinois at Urbana Champaign, Illinois, US, who has developed the system.
First membrane-free alkaline fuel cell built
(Thank you special agent Greg for this information)
Now until September there in the world expo going on in Achi Japan. Here are a few glimpses of what has been going on. (If you click on an image on the translated page you may get an error page in Japanese. To avoid this, open the picture link in another tab and use that to view the images)
I’d go there in a second if I could get someone to pay my way, anyone looking for a photojournalist to cover the event? 🙂
Robots and Energy House:
Expo ’05 – Robots – English
Use to look at the pictures on the page:
Expo ’05 – Robots – PHOTOS
Global House, Mamoth and space stuff:
Xepo ’05 – Global House – English
Use to look at the pictures on the page:
Expo ’05 – Global House – PHOTOS
Oooo… Very cool.
Use of pneumatic bellows for joint actuation. Bellows are powerful, naturally compliant, and take up minimal space. Maximal coverage of all sides of all segments with extra wide moving tracks. Unique pneumatic control method allows simultaneous proportional control of stiffness and joint angles. The “drive shaft spine” is powered by a single electric motor in the center segment. The spine runs through the center of all segments and provides torque to the all tracks.
If your a runner or someone that just wants to be a little ‘brighter’ than others (like at a dance club) this could be fo ryou. Its a small LED display with a built in clock, stopwatch, motion sensative counter (pedometer) and can display various shapes and designs. I hope they come to the US soon.
Cool! So RNA isn’t just for corpsicles any more?
Surprise finding shows that plants rewrite genetic code.