Mesicopters

Posted by Queuebot in Science & Tech on February 1, 2009 at 1:13 pm

Its hard to believe these little things can even fly. They are about as small as a quarter and are simply cool.

Ilan Kroo and his colleagues at Stanford hope to use them for Mars exploration or atmospheric research one day!

Link – via djowtlaw

From the Upcoming ueue, submitted by slowboy.

 
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World's First Flying SkyCar Launch

Posted by Queuebot in Car & Vehicle on January 23, 2009 at 3:09 am

It looks awesome but will it fly … or will it blend? I do believe this is what we all wanted as a kid … lucky guys!

A group of daredevils set sail on the ultimate magical childhood dream adventure today, traveling in a flying car for a 42 day journey from London to Timbuktu — a place that’s had a mystical, “middle of nowhere” reputation for decades. The ‘Parajet Skycar’ can change from ground to flying mode in a mere 3 minutes, and will make the epic 3,600-mile (5,800-kilometer) journey by both land and air.

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Beautiful Skies

Posted by Miss Cellania in Video Clips on January 11, 2009 at 10:06 am


(Vimeo link)

A time-lapse video by Till Credner. -Thanks Kiltak!

 
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Amazing Things the Sky Can Do

Posted by Miss Cellania in Pictures, Science & Tech on December 5, 2008 at 1:27 pm


Discover Magazine has a gallery of ten awesome photos of the visual effects created by sky conditions, explained in the accompanying text. Pictured is a sunset over Chile, which appears flattened due to light refraction. Link -Thanks, Sara!

(image credit: Luc Arnold)

 
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