Tag: science

• October 4, 2013

  One step closer to real lightsabers!

  One step closer to real lightsabers! My roommate has been working in after effects to transform PVC pipe swords into lightsabers, and it is pretty cool that we have the technology to do this from home. But now, we are one step closer to having them in real life! While I am not a fan…
• August 29, 2013

  Ununpentium- Element 115 Confirmed

  Ununpentium- Element 115 Confirmed Unupentium is even more interesting if Lazar is correct. But a very cool scientific discovery nonetheless. Bob Lazar (Wikipedia)- In November 1989, Lazar appeared in a special interview with investigative reporter George Knapp on Las Vegas TV station KLAS to discuss his purported employment at “S4”, a facility he claims exists near Area 51. In his…
• May 9, 2013

  Solar Eclipse in 2 Hours!

  Solar Eclipse in 2 Hours! You can watch the solar eclipse live at this link: http://www.space.com/19195-night-sky-planets-asteroids-webcasts.html
• May 5, 2013

  JPL Cassini speaker

  This last Thursday I heard Trina L. Ray, JPL Senior Science Systems Engineer speak about the Cassini- Huygens mission, which studies Saturn, its rings, and its moons. Most interesting to me is the fact the moon Enceladus has an immense, unexplained heat source which radiates through fractured cracks in its southern hemisphere. As a result of…
• May 2, 2013

  Tour at JPL in Pasadena, CA

  Today I took a tour at NASA’s Jet Propulsion Lab. JPL deals with unmanned exploration vehicles and is responsible to such famous crafts as Voyager 1&2 ( and I learned today that Voyager 2 was launched before Voyager 1, but Voyager 1 moves faster thus is further away. In fact, Voyager 1 is just now…