PolkaRobot

“The final patch design for the Space Shuttle Program has been selected by a NASA committee from a pool of entries by NASA employees and contractors.”

“A new and totally inexplicable meme is sweeping the internet. Mutant infants with laser vision. Are these tots the harbingers of a new dark age, or a sign that culture is now 100% intellectually bankrupt?”

“This is a look at NASA’s budget over time, and the major missions it accomplished with that budget.”

“Enthusiasten halten unsere Demokratie für überholt, und wollen digitale Lösungen gegen Politikverdrossenheit einsetzen. Eine Utopie verirrter Nerds oder echte Chance?”

“Ihre Existenz war bereits vermutet worden. Nun haben europäische Forscher in Chile die bisher frühsten Sterne außerhalb unserer Milchstraßen-Galaxie ausfindig gemacht.”

“Hopefully you’ve read Esquire’s very moving and deeply detailed piece on Roger Ebert, which appeared online Tuesday morning.”

“The Nymphs interpretieren Metallicas ‘Enter Sandman’ als Acapella Version im Stile der 1940er Jahr.”

“Diese handgemalte, kurze Animation von Matias Vigliano und Dante Zaballa ist ganz fabelhaft und wundervoll.”

“Diese Infografik da oben fasst eigentlich schonmal ganz gut einige Strategien zusammen, wie man vielleicht doch noch ein bisschen CO2 binden könnte, um die Erde vor dem Klimawandel zu retten”

“From the folks at RSLSteeper in the UK comes BeBionic, “The next generation of fully articulated myo-electric hands.” Being myoelectric means that these hands can be controlled by electrical signals from the human brain.”

“Welcome to the Hot Docs Doc Library, celebrating Canada’s rich documentary filmmaking heritage. Browse the library for scores of outstanding documentaries,”

“Science Fiction writers Alastair Reynolds, Vernor Vinge, Karl Schroeder and Charles Stross discuss the Singularity”

“Ron and Amy Jo Proctor at Weber State Universe 3D have created a “low cost apparatus for capturing stereoscopic video”.”

“David Bowen’s “Growth Modeling Device” uses a circular rig to scan an onion once a day with a laser, then employing a “fuse deposition modeler” to generate a plastic sculpture of that scan.”

“we have chosen 28 of the coolest recycled sculptures”

“Chris Supranowitz … hat sich mal Gedanken darüber gemacht, wie die Rillen, aus den Musik kommt, unter einem Mikroskop aussehen”