Well, this is no good: testing has revealed cracks in the Soyuz landing capsule that Russia was supposed to launch to the ISS, rendering it decidedly un-spaceworthy . The launch date has been rescheduled until April or May, meaning that SpaceX’s Dragon capsule might be the next arrival at the ISS.
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Russian Soyuz grounded again, SpaceX Dragon may be next to ISS
Here in the U.S., we’re used to thinking about solar power as one of those happy eco-friendly things that we’d all totally be using except for the fact that it’s so much more expensive than fossil fuels. In the developing world , though, it’s exactly the opposite: solar power is gaining ground with 1.3 billion people simply because it’s the cheapest way to go.
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Solar power cheaper than fossil fuels for 1.3 billion people
Hands down, this is the best Battlefield 3 PC case mod I’ve ever seen. Created by Brian “Bodakker” Carter, the mod has two things PC gamers would fawn over: a mini fridge for a cold soda or beer and a rotating mini chain gun. Um, the totally heavy-duty military-looking case and flip switches are cool, too.
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Ultimate Battlefield 3 PC mod serves drinks, fires on command
The latest issue of NASA’s Orbital Debris Quarterly News (I kid you not) is hot off the presses, and it includes a fascinating article on how increased solar activity can help to sweep Earth’s orbit clean of space junk .
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Giant solar flares are a great way to clean up space junk
With a sea of Ultrabooks coming out soon and Windows 8 on track for a release by the end of the year, it’s time PC makers start differentiating themselves. Tobii’s eye-tracking tech is really cool, and word on the block is that Asus is working to integrate Kinect sensors directly into laptops.
Call it suspicious, but this Chinese boy is being paraded around the Internet as the next-step in human evolution. With strange blue eyes that “glow green” when light hits them and the so-called ability to see in the dark , is this Chinese boy the real-life version of Richard B. Riddick?
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Chinese boy with blue eyes has natural night vision like a cat
This article is dedicated to the man who lost his lovingly created Star Trek pad in his divorce. Hopefully a lovingly hand-crafted , hardwood NCC-1701-C table like this might be ease some of his pain settling into bachelor digs.
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Starship Enterprise table can dock in your living room
I can’t help but look at this latest device as yet another thinly veiled attempt to hedge our bets against the inevitable zombie apocalypse . Believe or not, a company has reportedly started selling GPS satellite tracking devices for the dead.
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GPS Tracking for grave sites lets you keep track of the departed
New Year is a huge thing in China, so to kick off The Year of the Dragon, Chinese TV’s The Big Show showed off this amazing 14 robot dance troupe.
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Robots ring in the Chinese New Year with a disco dance-a-thon
MIT has been working on their clever little foldable, stackable City Car concept for nearly half a decade now, and they’ve finally made a real one. It’s destined for Europe in 2013, but not for individuals: to drive one, you’ll have to be willing to share.
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MIT’s City Car is now real, but not for you unless you can share
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