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So Exactly Why Is Bill Gates in Antarctica? [Bill Gates]
Feb 26th
Yesterday, up popped our buddy Bill
on Twitter, saying he was in Antarctica with a decent satellite connection to the Internet—good enough for tweeting at least. But what’s he doing down there?
We asked his people, and it turns out, Bill is on vacation. Yep, if you want to know where a guy who can go anywhere ( except space) goes on his Read more ...
NASA Telepresence Droids Could Reach the Moon in Just 1000 Days [Nasa]
Feb 26th
NASA’s Johnson Space Center says that they can put a version of C-3PO on the Moon in just one thousand days. One that can be controlled from Earth using telepresence. If they can really make this happen, it’s amazing news.
Imagine sending every scientist to the Moon
Back in the Lunar exploration days, scientists had to tell astronauts what to do up there, and how to identify interesting things during the limited time they had. For Apollo 15, the first mission that carried the Lunar Rover, astronauts were trained in field work by Caltech geologist Leon Silver.
That helped Read more ...
NASA Project M to Send Every Scientist to the Moon [Nasa]
Feb 26th
NASA can put humanoids on the Moon in just 1000 days. They would be controlled by scientists on Earth using motion capture suits, giving them the feeling of being on the lunar surface. The results could be amazing.
Imagine sending every scientist to the Moon
Back in the Lunar exploration days, scientists had to tell astronauts what to do up there, and how to identify interesting Read more ...
NASA Project M to Send Every Scientist to the Moon [Nasa]
Feb 26th
NASA can put humanoids on the Moon in just 1000 days. They would be controlled by scientists on Earth using motion capture suits, giving them the feeling of being on the lunar surface. The results could be amazing.
Imagine sending every scientist to the Moon
Back in the Lunar exploration days, scientists had to tell astronauts what to do up there, and how to identify interesting Read more ...
Toshiba Adds A Touchscreen Display To The U500-1EX Laptop [Laptops]
Feb 11th
These aren’t the first
touchscreen laptops Toshiba’s dished out, but the U500-1EX is the latest, and has some nice specs (4GB of DDR3 RAM, 320GB HDD) for its low price.
At 13.3-inches, the Windows 7 machine has a neat-sounding LifeSpace app from Toshiba, which allows for thumbnail shortcuts on a bulletin board, and a faster way of searching for files with ReelTime.
Internally, it’s running on an Read more ...
