Be A Martian

Posted by Miss Cellania in Science & Tech, Toy & Video Games on November 19, 2009 at 11:51 am

NASA needs lots of help sorting through the hundreds of thousands of images they’ve collected from the surface of Mars. What do do? Make it into a game! Be A Martian combines the work of analyzing those images online with the competition of gaming. In this way, NASA hopes to enlist citizens to help with the huge project.

Nasa hopes the mix of real data and fun will also inspire the planetary scientists of tomorrow.

“We really need the next generation of explorers,” says Michelle Viotti, from the agency’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory, which oversees Mars missions.

“And we’re also accomplishing something important for Nasa. There’s so much data coming back from Mars. Having a wider crowd look at the data, classify it and help understand its meaning is very important.”

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The Most Popular Christmas Toys By Year Since 1960

Posted by Queuebot in Toy & Video Games on November 3, 2009 at 6:17 pm

If you are a sucker for nostalgia, this will make your day. I can remember getting that amazing trio of Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles, Super Soakers, and then a Gameboy. In fact, those would still make great gifts for grown men with a penchant for walks down memory lane.

The holiday shopping season is quickly descending upon us, which means this year’s more popular toys and consumer electronics are soon to become in increasingly high-demand. In recent memory, the Sony Playstation III, Beanie Babies, and of course, the Tickle-Me-Elmo have generated a considerable amount of hype – quickly selling out, and then establishing a re-sale market. But have you ever wondered what the “it toys” have been throughout the decades? We have; and as a result, we decided to compile a time-line which illustrates the top toys from the last 50 years. Here they are, the most popular Christmas toys since 1960.

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Painfully Obvious Rules of Photography

Posted by Urbanist in Arts & Crafts, Funny, Pictures on June 17, 2009 at 8:00 pm

Photography can be such a serious art, but taken too seriously it becomes formal and boring – at least for folks like Ivar Gravlejs. With 78 exhaustive tips he ranges from humorous to obvious, dead-pan to just plain stupid. Still, some of us would do well to remember the basics when taking pictures – or will at least get a laugh out of his twisted spin on conventional photo tips.

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Deforestation of the Amazon from 2000-2008

Posted by Queuebot in Science & Tech on May 29, 2009 at 7:26 am

NASA’s Earth Observatory has some amazing satellite photos of the deforestation of the Amazonian rainforest over the past 8 years. At the link, click on the years posted below the picture to see the progression.

The state of Rondônia in western Brazil is one of the most deforested parts of the Amazon. In the past three decades, clearing and degradation of the state’s original 208,000 square kilometers of forest (about 51.4 million acres, an area slightly smaller than the state of Kansas) has been rapid: 4,200 square kilometers cleared by 1978; 30,000 by 1988; and 53,300 by 1998. By 2003, an estimated 67,764 square kilometers of rainforest—an area larger than the state of West Virginia—had been cleared.

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Amazing Long Exposure Photos

Posted by Jill Harness in Arts & Crafts, Pictures on January 23, 2009 at 11:32 pm

Long exposure photos are so cool because they view things in ways your eyes never could. Digital Photography School has a great collection of long exposure images and the elapsed time it took for each image to come out. For some great images, I highly recommend visiting the site and looking at all of them.

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Public Domain Images and Vintage Art at Grandma's Graphics

Posted by Queuebot in Arts & Crafts, Blog & Internet, Book & Lit on January 22, 2009 at 2:51 pm

Grandma’s Graphics has a neat collection of vintage art and public domain images perfect for that children’s book you’ve always wanted to write.

From Harry Clarke to 1890’s storybooks, if you’re looking for unique images or clipart for use on your web pages or in other design or craft projects you’ve come to the right place. There’s a treasury here at Grandma’s Graphics that you probably won’t find anywhere else online. Some of these graphics are quite large and take time to load, but be patient, they’re worth the wait.

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15 Amazing Environmental Photographers

Posted by Jill Harness in Animal, Pictures on December 24, 2008 at 12:15 am

WebEcoist constantly has amazing photographs displayed on their site and this post of 15 Environmental Photographers is certainly no exception. From macros to weather to amazing animal pics, if you like photography, you’ll be happy you clicked on this link.

 
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