On March 27, 2010 the whole world will come together and turn off the lights for an hour to express solidarity and commitment towards Mother Earth. The Earth Hour, an initiative by World Wildlife Fund (WWF) is a reminder to all global citizens of the challenges posed by climate change. The Earth hour is symbolic [...]
Archive for Engineering
20
Aug
2010
The Earth hour
Tags: challenges, climate change, earthhour, energy saving tips, global citizens, initiative, long break, mother earth, pledge, printers, reminder, scanners, solidarity, speakers, substantial steps, sustainable future, world wildlife fund, world wildlife fund wwf
09
Aug
2010
Invisibility Cloaks May be Fashion of the Future
Tags: carpet, controlled environments, ergin, germany, institute of technology, invisibility cloak, karlsruhe, light source, principle, realm of science, science fiction and fantasy, scientists, screens, spectrums, stealth technology
“Deployable” invisibility screens have been around for some time, able to make an object invisible from one direction, but these objects have extremely limited applications, considering they only work in theory in extremely controlled environments. It seemed for a while the world of ground stealth technology would have to remain in the realm of science [...]
05
Aug
2010
Sweet Animals Examined the Technology
Tags: Animals, animals examined the technology, computers, examined the technology, laptops, sweet animals
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30
Jul
2010
Amazing Monastery Of Tatev
The Monastery of Tatev is a 9th century Armenian monastery located in the Tatev village in the Syunik Province in southern Armenia. The term “Tatev” usually refers to the monastery. The monastery performed an important history in the region, becoming its politcal,cultural and spiritual center. Sphere: Related Content
29
Jul
2010
Where Is Buran Nowadays?
Tags: buran, cancellation, collapse, hangar, lonely place, photo session, shuttle program, space flight
The Buran completed one unnamed space flight in 1988 before the cancellation of the Soviet shuttle program in 1993. The Buran was subsequently destroyed by a hangar collapse in 2002. Some people asked, what happened to the Buran afterwards? Here is a photo session from Ukrainian site about what has become now of Buran. It [...]
27
Jul
2010
A Brief History of the Computer
Tags: air force, blockhouse, brief history of the computer, computer eniac, electronic computer, electronic numerical integrator, electronic numerical integrator and computer, general purpose, graphical displays, ground environment, history of the computer, modems, radar data, real time, sage, tubes, university of pennsylvania, world war ii
ENIAC, 1946 Regarded as the first general purpose electronic computer, the Electronic Numerical Integrator and Computer (ENIAC) was initially commissioned for the use in World War II, but not completed until one year after the war had ended . Installed at the University of Pennsylvania, its 40 separate eight-foot-high racks and 18,000 tubes were intended [...]
26
Jul
2010
NASA’s Hyperwall
Tags: ames research, black widow, giant games, haze, hyperwall, light years, massive data sets, milky way, modern warfare, multitude, nasa, national disaster, nebula, processing units, processor cores, specks, spitzer space telescope, star clusters, ten thousand, teraflops
Hyperwall-2 is spread across 128 monitors and is used for a multitude of purposes such as displaying images from Nasa’s Spitzer Space Telescope (as shown above) You may think you’ve got a pretty good widescreen set-up at home, but nothing comes close to Nasa’s hyperwall-2. Used for a multitude of purposes, from weather and national [...]
21
Jul
2010
EAST TIMOR
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/East_Timor Region: Southeast Asia (Island Nation) Area Total: 14, 874 km2 Coast Line: Banda Sea and Timor Sea Capital: Dili Dili and Atauro Island Old Portuguese Market-Baucau Liquica Lake Manufahi Mountains East Timor Jesus Statue (Cristo Rei) at Dili Sphere: Related Content
20
Jul
2010
Amazing Castles Around the World
Tags: amazing castles, amazing castles around the world, around the world, castles, castles from around the world
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