Cassini snapshot reveals Saturn's volcanic moon

New Scientist Breaking News - Cassini snapshot reveals Saturn's volcanic moon

Nice picture of volcanic plumes rising above Saturn's moon Enceladus ....

Air guitarists' rock dreams come true

New Scientist Breaking News - Air guitarists' rock dreams come true

There's hope for me, after all .................. :)

Nanotube foams flex and rebound with super compressibility

Nanotube foams flex and rebound with super compressibility

The uses for carbon nanotubes just keeps growing ... nanotube foams ... who woulda thunk it? ..... :)

Spacecraft snatches first samples from asteroid

New Scientist Breaking News - Spacecraft snatches first samples from asteroid

Hopefully, it will now return safely with some specks in tow ....

Warning over greenhouse gas level

CBBC Newsround | World | Warning over greenhouse gas level

We now have the highest CO2 levels in over 650,000 years .... kind of makes you think .....

That interesting looking picture, shows air bubbles trapped in the ice ...

Goodbye, Mr. Miyagi

Goodbye, Mr. Miyagi - Nov 25, 2005 - E! Online News

He was Arnold from "Happy Days" to kids of the '70s .... Mr. Miyagi from "Karate Kid" to kids in the '80s, ... and the voice of the Emperor in Disney's "Mulan" to kids in the '80s ......

Sadly, actor, comedian Pat Morita has passed away.......
Funny how some people give you so many enjoyable memories through their contributions to film and television .....

I was looking for things not pertaining to the two major things, I suppose Mr. Morita was best known for, i.e. "The Karate Kid" series of movies, and his role on "Happy Days" and I found an independant movie that is not listed in the Internet Movie Database listing on his life, HERE.

The film is called "Only the Brave", and it is about one of the all Nisei combat units that fought in Europe.
They tell all about it HERE and if you read it, you can find out about one of the 10 most significant battles of WWII, and find out about a road named Rue de Honolulu ...............

BTW ... Pat Morita was placed in an internment camp for U.S. citizens of Japanese descent, during WWII ..... unlike the U.S. citizens of Japanese descent depicted in the movie.

Scientists discover singing iceberg in Antarctica

Science News Article | Reuters.com

It's my understanding, that Elephants and Whales really dig this channel ..... :)

LaCie unpacks stacking 'Lego' HDDs

LaCie unpacks stacking 'Lego' HDDs | The Register

Too pricy, but great concept for modularity .....

Microsoft Makes RSS a Two-Way Street

PCWorld.com - Microsoft Makes RSS a Two-Way Street

Raises interesting possibilities ...

Living camera uses bacteria to capture image

New Scientist Breaking News - Living camera uses bacteria to capture image

Wish the scientists would consider making this available --- and also in some sort of bacteria other than E. Coli --- because the 4 hours it takes to make a picture, seems like it make it very amenable to use in pinhole cameras.

I'm sure they could use beam-splitters, and come up with different proteins that would react with different colors (wavelengths) of light. This could allow a full-color image to be build up, and at a resolution of 10,000 lines per inch. That's close to 400 lines per millimeter.

Hayabusa touched asteroid Itokawa after all

New Scientist Breaking News - Hayabusa touched asteroid Itokawa after all

My friend "K" --- Who I am very THANKFUL FOR .. (GET IT ... THANKSGIVING ... :) ) alerted me, to this story change, after I had just about given up on it, when recent reports stated the spacecraft had failed to touch down ....

Skype to Sell Phone Kits at RadioShack

FOXNews.com - Business - Skype to Sell Phone Kits at RadioShack

I'm going to have to reacquaint myself with what is free and what is low-cost with Skype, now that E-bay has bought it ....

However ... these Bluetooth phones sound interesting .....

First results describing the nature of dark energy (Update)

First results describing the nature of dark energy (Update)

It seems Einstein's "mistakes" are even better than most people's "insights" ....

Monster Scope to Dwarf Rivals

Wired News: Monster Scope to Dwarf Rivals

Spectacular! .... :)

Taiwan makers to volume produce AM OLED panels in 2H06

Taiwan makers to volume produce AM OLED panels in 2H06

Hopefully, this will cause prices to drop ...

Senate to ban spyware

Senate to ban spyware

This is BADLY NEEDED! ...

Library of Congress plans world digital library

Internet News Article | Reuters.com

Those Google folks are tremendous ....

Microsoft opens file formats

Microsoft opens file formats | The Register

Surprise move, to me .....

More machines than people on the Internet

More machines than people on the Internet

From the article:
' "Even particles and 'dust' might be tagged and networked", the ITU said. '

That statement isn't very far from the truth ..... considering future development of "smart dust" technologies.

Glowing Butterflies Outshine LEDs

Photo in the News: Glowing Butterflies Outshine LEDs

How often do you suppose that an inventor gets to have his creative breakthrough, verified and pre-dated by Nature itself? ....

Celestial odd couple baffles astronomers

New Scientist Breaking News - Celestial odd couple baffles astronomers

Strange to me ... that these two supernova envelopes appear to have flat polygonal sides.... on closer examination .. the green area inside the smaller envelope has 4 of 6 "edges" that are roughly parallel to the sides of it's outer envelope.... AND the second supernova envelope occludes the two missing "edges" of the smaller supernova envelope, so you can't tell if they would be parallel too .....

Fossil dung reveals dinosaurs did graze grass

New Scientist Breaking News - Fossil dung reveals dinosaurs did graze grass

Amazing that you can find all sorts of things like these microscopic phytoliths in fossilized dinosaur dung. All these fascinating microscopic things .... and they are in all sorts of things we investigate ... if only we look close enough and are meticulous enough ....

Lizards' poisonous secret is revealed

New Scientist Breaking News - Lizards' poisonous secret is revealed

SO ... it WASN'T nasty bacteria after all .... it was POISON !! .....

Project expands Google's reach to nearly everything

USATODAY.com - Project expands Google's reach to nearly everything

Why use "web crawlers" when you can have everything aggregated in one place, for you .... makes sense......

Amateur's Find is Missing Link in Ancient Lizards

Amateur's Find is Missing Link in Ancient Lizards

Interesting looking creature ...

Group backs program to certify downloads

Group backs program to certify downloads | CNET News.com

I'm for anything that makes the worst forms of spyware/adware shrivel up and die .....

Study: Keystroke spying on the rise

Study: Keystroke spying on the rise | Tech News on ZDNet

This is getting out of control ... and nobody is getting wise to it ...

And here ....

And here ....

'Blended wing' craft passes wind-tunnel tests

New Scientist Breaking News - 'Blended wing' craft passes wind-tunnel tests

Saw this on NASA TV, and it left me wondering if the umbilical, besides sending control data from the three "pilots" and recording sensor data, also sent electricity to power the three engines during it's free flight. If not, then I don't see how the craft maintained it's position in the wind-tunnel.

Intel Brings Virtualization to Desktop PCs

Intel Brings Virtualization to Desktop PCs

Although available by late 2005 or early 2006, it appears virtualization on the desktop won't become mainstream until about 2007 or 2008.

Sun Offers the Next Generation of Server Chips

Sun Offers the Next Generation of Server Chips - Softpedia

Eight cores, for a total of 32 threads ... 70 watts ..... Sweet ..... :)

EU to build network of spy satellites

Telegraph | News | EU to build network of spy satellites

Scary Thought:

"In addition, officials hope GMES will support the EU's first steps towards becoming a military power."

Huge meteorite discovered underground in Kansas

USATODAY.com - Huge meteorite discovered underground in Kansas

Nice Find! ... Another article I read, totally unrelated to this discovery, stated that most meteorites are found in Kansas ... the reason being, that there are not very many stones found in the state.

Hardy lichen shown to survive in space

New Scientist Breaking News - Hardy lichen shown to survive in space

Hardy indeed! ......

3,000-year-old alphabet reported in Israel - Science

3,000-year-old alphabet reported in Israel - Science - MSNBC.com

Might have been Phoenician or an intermediate alphabet predating Hebrew ...

Scientists find 'Goliath' inscribed on pottery

Scientists find 'Goliath' inscribed on pottery - Science - MSNBC.com

But was the shard from a REALLY, REALLY BIG BOWL ?? ..... ;-)

New system for earthquake early warning

11.09.2005 - New system for earthquake early warning

If I were living at the red dot in the upper right portion of this graphic, I would be all in favor of this new earthquake warning system. If my calculations are correct, the people living there, 18 seconds from the epicenter of the quake, experienced an ground slip of about 52.5 feet, that happened from about 0.5 to 5 kilometers underground.

"Gravity Tractor" Could Deflect Earth-Bound Asteroids

"Gravity Tractor" Could Deflect Earth-Bound Asteroids

Surprisingly, it turns out that a 40,000 lb. space ship's gravity would exert a respectible fraction of the force you would get from attaching the ship to an asteroid and using propulsion to push the asteroid.

Jamestown DNA sleuths strike out

Jamestown DNA sleuths strike out - Genetic Genealogy - MSNBC.com

Too bad .... but like they say ... they are going to keep trying ..

Remains of 'Godzilla' croc found

BBC NEWS | Science/Nature | Remains of 'Godzilla' croc found

GODZILLA !! .............. :)

Spitzer Captures Cosmic Mountains of Creation

JPL.NASA.GOV: News Releases

Outstanding image ... Way to go Spitzer Space Telescope! ....

Simulations Show Liquid Water Could Exist on Mars

Simulations Show Liquid Water Could Exist on Mars

Why didn't someone think of this sooner ? ................

European mission seeks to 'lift the veil' from Venus

European mission seeks to 'lift the veil' from Venus

What secrets will Venus reveal? ................... :)

Cruise lines turn to sonic weapon

BBC NEWS | Africa | Cruise lines turn to sonic weapon

More photos and facts about the sonic weapon (LRAD) ...

Wine Compound Attacks Alzheimer's Agent

Science & Technology at Scientific American.com: Wine Compound Attacks Alzheimer's Agent

More weapons in the fight ...........

US military sets laser PHASRs to stun

New Scientist Breaking News - US military sets laser PHASRs to stun

They took my punch-line .....

Cruise ship 'used sonic weapon'

CNN.com - Cruise ship 'used sonic weapon' - Nov 7, 2005

When this was first mentioned on TV, this was portrayed almost as if a sonic stun grenade had been lobbed overboard at the attackers.
It seems the truth is somewhat different .........

Cypress Announced the 9MP APS CMOS Image Sensor

Cypress Announced the 9MP APS CMOS Image Sensor- Softpedia

Cheaper 9 megapixel cameras in 2006, sounds Great! .....

'Cloudshine' may reveal secrets of star birth

New Scientist Breaking News - 'Cloudshine' may reveal secrets of star birth

These are some freaky looking pictures .........

Hip, waist size predictor of heart risk

Xinhua - English

Break out the tape measures folks ............ :)

Computer scientists create 'light field camera' banishing fuzzy photos

Computer scientists create 'light field camera' banishing fuzzy photos

It would be fabulous to use the full light gathering capacity of any given lens, and still be able to capture full focus at all depths of field.

IBM Scientists Harness 'Slow Light' for Optical Communications

IBM Scientists Harness 'Slow Light' for Optical Communications

"Slow light" moving at roughly 620 miles per second, still sounds kind of fast to me ........

Hayabusa: Japan's Asteroid Mission Prepares to Drop Lander

Hayabusa: Japan's Asteroid Mission Prepares to Drop Lander - Planetary News | The Planetary Society

This is really exciting. A sample return mission to an Asteroid!
The detailed images are amazing too, what with the boulders strewn all about .....

CommsDesign - Japan demonstrates next-gen TV broadcast

CommsDesign - Japan demonstrates next-gen TV broadcast

AND I could sit back and watch 8% sub-images taken with my 384-megapixel camera, on my 4K X 8K Super Hi-Vision television ... ;-)

Fine art in reproductions

SouthBendTribune.com: Fine art in reproductions

This whole giclée (pronounced zhee-CLAY) process is a new one on me, but it sounds fascinating. There was even an article in my local paper about this today.
Like they say in the article ... The million-dollar question seems to be: Is it photography OR scanning?

Still ... a 384 megapixel camera would be pretty sweet .... :)
A 384-megapixel camera such as this, would allow you to capture and print images 6 ft. wide at 300 dpi.

Epson U.S. Officially Introduces the P-4000 (80GB) Multimedia Photo Storage Viewer

Epson U.S. Officially Introduces the P-4000 (80GB) Multimedia Photo Storage Viewer at Cameratown.com

Stores thousands of 6 or 8 megapixel images in RAW format .... OR ... about 73 images from my new 384-megapixel camera!! ... ( I wish ..)
:-)

Astronomers close to seeing the unseeable

Astronomers close to seeing the unseeable

An ominous black circle in space with no stars showing......

Google Offers Index of Public Domain Works

Google Offers Index of Public Domain Works - Forbes.com

Tried to post this and several other articles yesterday, but there seemed to be a malfunction somewhere along the line ..........

Check it all out HERE ........

Infrared Glow of First Stars Found

Science & Technology at Scientific American.com: Infrared Glow of First Stars Found

The yellow and orange glow in this picture, is arguably the first light from the dawn of time .............

Nearby explosive star harbors companion

USATODAY.com - Nearby explosive star harbors companion

This star has over 100 times the amount of matter in our sun.....

New Telescope Opens Its Eyes

Science & Technology at Scientific American.com: New Telescope Opens Its Eyes

The Large Binocular Telescope (LBT) gathers 24 times as much light as the Hubble Telescope. By combining the resolving power of both 8.4 meter mirrors, you end up with the resolving power of a single 11.8 meter telescope.

Scientists: Pluto may have 3 moons

CNN.com - Scientists: Pluto may have 3 moons - Oct 31, 2005

I think Pluto is just showing out, because it heard about the probe we are sending .........

Gut reactions may rumble a liar

New Scientist Breaking News - Gut reactions may rumble a liar

LIAR, LIAR, PANTS ON ...... ....... TOO TIGHT?? ......... :)