Random Awesome Things

Raytheon Unveils the XOS 2 Exoskeleton

http://content.usatoday.com/communities/driveon/post/2010/09/segway-company-owner-dead-drove-segway-off-cliff/1

terrible thing

out of control on a segway?

that's not good...

A guy has successfully built a 16-Bit Arithmetic Logic Unit inside of Minecraft. If I had to guess, that's between a quarter square mile to a full square mile of space that it occupies in-game:

The first small, rocky planet orbiting within the habitable zone of a star outside the solar system has been discovered:

http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20100929/sc_afp/usastronomyplanet_20100929210707
http://www.popsci.com/technology/article/2010-09/freshly-discovered-earth-planet-orbiting-nearby-star-could-be-first-truly-habitable-exoplanet

meh.. there are thousands of them identified..

Will Bales wrote:

meh.. there are thousands of them identified..

ya...third rock from the sun....

Will Bales wrote:

meh.. there are thousands of them identified..

I know, I know, it's not surprising. It's just cool that we've finally confirmed that we found one (outside of the one we're currently sitting on). There are several hundred that are still being double-checked that the Kepler satellite has spotted so far.

well, this is the most recent one to be talked about anyway.

The other planets previously found in the Gliese 581 system turned out to be on the edges of the habitable zone (which drastically drops the probability of life on them). This one is right in the middle of that zone, hence the excitement.

BEST MOTIVATIONAL VIDEO EVAAAAAAR!
http://www.i-am-bored.com/bored_link.cfm?link_id=53293

The new "best thing ever on Google Maps:"
http://gizmodo.com/5665243/airforces-top-secret-weapon-revealed-by-google-maps

you must be really bored...

Syntheon launches its 'Cosmic ray detector' this evening. They will be installed at 10 locations around Miami...more to come, ask Will, he know more about it than me.

A random awesome event right here in Miami!!!!

I'm sorry. I know I shouldn't. But I had to post this.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QMEJG5Jd6Bk

rjw wrote:

Syntheon launches its 'Cosmic ray detector' this evening. They will be installed at 10 locations around Miami...more to come, ask Will, he know more about it than me.

A random awesome event right here in Miami!!!!

You know the faceplates? The ones with the really fine engraved lettering? That would be my handiwork (and dughi's) on the HAAS. 0.008" diameter endmills are tricky to machine with very quickly.

Cool

New ultra-flexible, waterproof LEDs can be implanted under your skin:

http://io9.com/5667125/new-ultra+flexible-waterproof-leds-can-be-implanted-under-your-skin?skyline=true&s=i

NASA & DARPA begin research toward colonizing other planets, potentially with the first permanent one-way trip to Mars in 2030:
http://www.popsci.com/science/article/2010-10/%E2%80%98hundred-year-starship%E2%80%99-could-bring-humans-other-worlds-and-leave-them-there-forever

I'm taking Kinematics and Dynamics next semester which is where I assume we will learn how to design gears and the such, but those look awesome. What about the efficiency though? There 'work' but wouldn't circle gears be the most constant?

And who wants to go to mars? ...wait, will there be alien girls? Sign me up!

WHOA:
http://hobbyking.com/hobbyking/store/uh_viewItem.asp?idProduct=14427

BIG MOTOR IS BIG.

lol saw that awhile ago

yeah thats been brought up a couple different times....

http://gizmodo.com/5683773/grip+happy-compliant-electroadhesion-sneaking-into-everyday-usage