Monthly Archives: February 2011

This is what an M 3.6 (rather powerful) solar flare looks like

The video above is of a M 3.6, or what passes for a rather large, solar flare spewing forth from the Sun. It took place on February 24, 2011 and lasted for over 90 minutes. This is actually a time-lapse of the flare, with images taken every 24 seconds… Continue reading

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Discovery Docking Maneuvers as Seen From Earth’s Surface!

The last historic flight of the space shuttle Discovery will forever be preserved by this absolutely fantastic photograph taken by U.K. stargazer Rob Bullen. Using an 8.5” telescope, which he guided by hand, Bullen captured this iconic image of Disco… Continue reading

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How To Turn A Laser Into A Tractor Beam

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Drilling Thousands of Screws for Unusual 3D Mural Portraits

With the help of thousands of screws, Andrew Myres, a 31-year-old artist from Orange County, California, manages to mind-blowing portraits. According to Etsicommunication, the idea struck Andrew while working in a church a few years back: “I was doin… Continue reading

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GSM/CDMA MOBILE LOCATION TECHNIQUE 50 Meters

This is one of the most easy method to locate any suspect mobile via
MObile Network TOA Method…. This Technology results location within
the accuracy of around 50 Meters..
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The Magic W3: the mini-PC with phone capabilities that’s not a smartphone

Recently, devices like LG’s Tegra 2-powered Optimus 2X have blurred the lines between smartphone and mini-computer but they’re still geared towards the former. The Magic W3′s primary function is as a handheld computer that also happens to have telephon… Continue reading

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Microsoft Research shows the possible future of split-screen technology

Of all the projects teased by Microsoft Research’s Applied Sciences branch, we certainly hope that this is the one that makes it to market. In the video demonstration posted after the jump, Steven Bathiche shows off a few of the interfaces and displ… Continue reading

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Wiesmann Spyder concept spied on the floor in Geneva

Filed under: Concept Cars, Convertible, Performance, Geneva Motor Show, Europe, Specialty, MISC

Wiesmann Spyder Concept

We mentioned last weekend that German niche sports car manufacturer Wiesmann was bringing a new concept to Geneva to gauge intere… Continue reading

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OCZ’s consumer-grade Vertex 3 SSD gets benched, SandForce SF-2281 helps it spank competition

We thought OCZ’s Vertex 3 Pro was some flaming hot stuff, but solid state storage reviewers have mind-boggling news — the plain ol’ Vertex 3 will bring the same completely ludicrous 550MB / sec read speeds (plus even faster 525MB / sec writes) at a d… Continue reading

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2011 Subaru Impreza WRX STI convertible: Worst idea ever?

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2011 Subaru WRX STI convertible – click for high-res gallery

Car dealers do the strangest things to their vehicles. Just think about how many cars are out there with awful vinyl and fabric roof add-ons, a gener… Continue reading

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