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 [...]
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Invisibility Cloaks May be Fashion of the Future

“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 [...]
Sweet Animals Examined the Technology

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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
Where Is Buran Nowadays?

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 [...]
A Brief History of the Computer

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 [...]
NASA’s Hyperwall

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 [...]
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
Amazing Castles Around the World

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