Penn knows I exist!!!
Handmade Silmarillion, awesome
Handmade Silmarillion of the Day: Benjamin Harff, a German art student and Tolkien enthusiast, bound and illuminated a copy of The Silmarillion as his senior project.
Harff printed the text of the book on a standard Inkjet, then did all the decoration and color by hand before working with a professional binder to put the finished product together.
See more HERE
Darth Vapour, Dark Lord of the Steam
Steampunk Darth Vader Mask of the Day: This steampunk Darth Vader mask is currently on display at London’s Kew Bridge Steam Museum, as part of “The Greatest Steampunk Exhibition.”
That's just fracking awesome!
The first nuclear power plant for settlements on Moon, Mars
Nice. Just nice. :)
The first nuclear power plant being considered for production of electricity for manned or unmanned bases on the Moon, Mars and other planets may really look like it came from outer space, according to a leader of the project who spoke here today at the 242nd National Meeting & Exposition of the American Chemical Society (ACS)
Read the article HERE
120 Petabyte Drive
120 petabyte HDD (kinda, it's actually 200k hdd's) that's sexy!
The data storage group at IBM Almaden is developing the record-breaking storage system for an unnamed client that needs a new supercomputer for detailed simulations of real-world phenomena.
Read about it HERE
Then answer me what 'unnamed client' needs 120 petabytes!
Today in Space
Exotic galaxy reveals tantalizing tale
A galaxy with a combination of characteristics never seen before is giving astronomers a tantalizing peek at processes they believe played key roles in the growth of galaxies and clusters of galaxies early in the history of the Universe.
Read about it HERE
A planet made of diamond
A once-massive star that's been transformed into a small planet made of diamond: that is what University of Manchester astronomers think they've found in the Milky Way.
Read about it HERE
'Instant cosmic classic' supernova discovered
A supernova discovered yesterday is closer to Earth—approximately 21 million light-years away—than any other of its kind in a generation. Astronomers believe they caught the supernova within hours of its explosion, a rare feat made possible with a specialized survey telescope and state-of-the-art computational tools.
Read about it HERE
Report: NASA made proper pick for retired shuttles
NASA acted properly when it picked new homes for the retired space shuttles, the space agency's watchdog said Thursday.
Read about it HERE
Russia's Soyuz: historic symbol of space reliability
Russia's Soyuz rocket, which failed to put a Russian supply ship into orbit, is descended from launch vehicles of the early days of the space race but until now has been a byword for reliability.
Read about it HERE
Sunspot breakthrough
Imagine forecasting a hurricane in Miami weeks before the storm was even a swirl of clouds off the coast of Africa—or predicting a tornado in Kansas from the flutter of a butterfly's wing in Texas. These are the kind of forecasts meteorologists can only dream about.
Read about it HERE
40 year old Mariner 5 solar wind problem finds answer - turbulence doesn't go with the flow
Research led by astrophysicists at the University of Warwick has resolved a 40 year old problem with observations of turbulence in the solar wind first made by the probe Mariner Five. The research resolves an issue with what is by far the largest and most interesting natural turbulence lab accessible to researchers today.
Read about it HERE
