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Experience the space race

by David Allen on June 29th, 2009
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With the prospect of space tourism becoming a reality some people may want to know what a space launch is actually going to be like, but there is not really any way of experiencing a space launch without actually being strapped into a space craft is there? Maybe there is, this is the Soyuz Chair, it is supposed to take the user through the three stages of a space launch as you are ...

The bedroom final frontier

by David Allen on April 9th, 2009
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There have been murals and wallpapers over the years that depict all manner of sci-fi and fictional landscapes, but nothing can compare to this Hi-Res wallpaper. The image is so realistic that if you happened to wake up in the middle of the night, you could be forgiven for thinking that you were actually on the bridge on of the USS Enterprise. The mural/wallpaper comes in three di ...

Virgin Galatic, 3 Hour Space Travel, ready for reservations, can ...

by max on March 18th, 2008
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I first saw an article about Virgin’s Richard Branson on Wired magazine couple months ago. Virgin announced that it was launching a public service where people can experience zero-gravity. Basically, Virgin is taking space travel into reality for normal people like you and me. Anyways, I was SiteHoppin’ along for some random Entrecard tech blogs and found a blog post that ...

NASA creates flying telescope

by David Allen on December 12th, 2007
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This is an attempt to get some great images from space, but without the costs involved by maintaining the Hubble telescope in space, which is great but hugely expensive. This forms part of the NASA Origins program and by working with the DLR who are the German Aerospace Centre they have developed a flying telescope inside a Boeing 747SP. This will fly at 47,000 feet and should some real ...

Millennium Falcon Joystick

by David Allen on December 8th, 2007
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This is no ordinary joy stick as is comes with a four great games stored on the memory. The games are a light sabre duel, assault on Hoth, flying an x-wing and finally the battle of Endor, plenty of action for any Star Wars fan. Priced at $25 Source [Urban Outfitters] ...

DIY balloon sent up 30km

by max on October 28th, 2007
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a href=”http://vimeo.com/359554/l:embed_359554″>Launch and Retrieval from natrium42 on Vimeo.Check out this DIY Balloon that made it 30km! High altitude ballooning is an emerging hobby, since price of GPS and communications equipment has gotten quite low. It is an excellent hobby for people fascinated by space flight and telerobotics and has many learning aspects — from ...

Maker Faire Live Blogging - ALAVs by Jed Berk!

by max on May 20th, 2007
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Download latest version of Flash to view video!. Click Here to View in Full Screen Mode Check out these Cool ALAVs (Autonomous Light Vessels) by Jed Berk! Tight! It uses Sun Microsystems SunSpot microcontroller, which can be programmed in Java. I like this idea since there’s a lot of Java embedded processors out there but this ones from the creators. Jed tells me that all the ...

It’s a chair but not as we know it

by David Allen on May 15th, 2007
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At first glance this contraption looks slightly rude, in what way I am not completely sure, but having read about the Solar System Chair it appears to be the cutting edge design for furniture, even though it does look somewhat uncomfortable. The solar system part of this chair has nothing to do with technology of gadgetry but in fact if you study it closer, the red balls represent the p ...

DIY ROCKET - Homemade Rockets!

by max on April 23rd, 2007
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Download latest version of Flash to view video!. Click Here to View in Full Screen Mode Download latest version of Flash to view video!. Click Here to View in Full Screen Mode Holy cow, check these guys out, they made cool homemade rockets that almost resemble powerful bottle rockets! This is the first static test with our homemade tar/oxygen hybrid rocket motor. James Turner and myself ...

Make Balloon headed for space!

by max on April 16th, 2007
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Download latest version of Flash to view video!. Here’s a cool video of Bre trying to track his ballon that’s headed for space. You gotta check out the real-time data tracking which is the coolest part. Good luck in spotting your balloon! via ...