Google’s Project Glass: One day…
Follow along at http://g.co/projectglass
AeroVironment’s Nano Hummingbird UAV
Sand Flea Jumping Robot
“Sand Flea is an 11-lb robot with one trick up its sleeve: Normally it drives like an RC car, but when it needs to it can jump 30 feet into the air. An onboard stabilization system keeps it oriented during flight to improve the view from the video uplink and to control landings. Current development of Sand Flea is funded by the The US Army’s Rapid Equipping Force. For more information visit www.BostonDynamics.com.”
Scientists have captured a “super prawn” in waters more than four miles deep off New Zealand.
(via dendrites)
Source: telegraph.co.uk
The world’s strongest toddler (2009)
How long to Animals live? (Woah, check out the Pearl Mussel)
Earth's day length shortened by large earthquakes
” “By changing the distribution of the Earth’s mass, the Japanese earthquake should have caused the Earth to rotate a bit faster, shortening the length of the day by about 1.8 microseconds,” Gross told SPACE.com in an e-mail. More refinements are possible as new information on the earthquake comes to light, he added. The scenario is similar to that of a figure skater drawing her arms inward during a spin to turn faster on the ice. The closer the mass shift during an earthquake is to the equator, the more it will speed up the spinning Earth.”
This image provided by the Pacific Tsunami Warning Center shows a tsunami forecast model predicting the wave height of the tsunami generated by the Japan earthquake. (via Globe and Mail)
wow!
The Clear Science staff can’t help but imagine the equations behind such a forecast. To all our readers in the Pacific, do take care.
Source: The Globe and Mail
Skin spray gun. This is pretty much amazing. Regenerate skin by spraying the cells on.
The Empathic Civilisation
Great illustrative vid on how humans are softwired to share each other’s emotions.
[From ethical prophet Jeremy Rifkin and RSA Animate.]
My last post on humans running on water (actually a guerrilla marketing campaign for hi-tec I believe) reminded me of the Jesus Christ Lizard which runs on water without special shoes.
