Showing posts with label Science. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Science. Show all posts

Tuesday, September 22, 2009

Way cool. Can you imagine where this will be in 20 years?

Alright, this isn't exactly Luke Skywalker's Hand, but it is pretty close.
Star Wars, later renamed Episode IV - A New Hope, came out in 1977-32 years ago. Try and remember how amazing something like a robotic arm was. Yes, Steve Austin had one too. But this was simply something that was "SCIENCE FICTION." Now the term "SCIENCE NON-FICTION" seems more appropriate.
I can't wait to see where even 20 years of development will bring this technology. A tip of the hat to Dean Kamen and his engineers and scientists.
LINK:
http://www.popsci.com/scitech/article/2009-06/luke-arm-begins-widespread-testing-among-veterans

Thursday, August 27, 2009

History has been made! Photo of molecule!!

Now this really is amazing. When you click on the link below, you will be taken to the first photograph of a molecule. It probably won't be long before there will be a photograph of an atom. Then it gets difficult...proton/neutron and finally, when they slow that little bugger down, the electron. This

Link:
Just Amazing