Category Archives: Science

A Genetics Company

Posted on February 11, 2011 by W

I’ve been intrigued recently by the genetics company Astral Genetics. They offer a wide range of services and products, including many high tech reagents and also some genetic modification services. I’ll be keeping an eye on them as they start … Continue reading →

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Segway x2

Posted on September 25, 2009 by W
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2009 Honda U3-X Personal Mobility Concept

Posted on September 25, 2009 by W

2009 Honda U3-X Personal Mobility Concept.

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ASIMO Serves First FCX Clarity Customers

Posted on September 25, 2009 by W

Watch multiple ASIMOs serving the very first FCX Clarity customers at Honda’s Head Office in Aoyama, Tokyo. American Honda Motor Co., Inc., recently announced five of the first customers for its advanced new FCX Clarity hydrogen fuel cell-powered vehicle and … Continue reading →

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Review: X10 Home Automation with Arduino

Posted on September 1, 2009 by W

This is a re-post of  this blog posting since it appears to be a 404. —- My current project revolves around using the Arduino and the X10 home automation protocol and hardware. The gist of what I am doing with … Continue reading →

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The Closest Habitable Solar System: Gliese 581

Posted on August 23, 2009 by W

Gliese 581 is a red dwarf star with spectral type M3V, located 20.3 light years away from Earth. Its mass is estimated to be approximately a third of that of the Sun, and it is the 87th closest known star system to the Sun. Observations suggest … Continue reading →

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First neutrino observation

Posted on August 16, 2009 by Clipmarks

clipped from en.wikipedia.org The world’s first neutrino observation in a hydrogen bubble chamber was found Nov. 13, 1970, on this historical photograph from the Zero Gradient Synchrotron’s 12-foot bubble chamber. The invisible neutrino strikes a proton where three particle tracks … Continue reading →

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The Rod of Asclepius and The Caduceus

Posted on July 25, 2009 by Clipmarks

The Rod of Asclepius has traditionally been the symbol for healing and medicine. However, over time the Caduceus has been confused with the Rod of Asclepius and mistakenly used to represent medicine. “A 1992 survey of American health organizations found … Continue reading →

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Schrödinger’s cat

Posted on July 24, 2009 by Clipmarks

clipped from en.wikipedia.org Schrödinger’s Cat: A cat, along with a flask containing a poison, is placed in a sealed box shielded against environmentally induced quantum decoherence. If an internal Geiger counter detects radiation, the flask is shattered, releasing the poison … Continue reading →

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High Tech Cowboys of the Deep Seas: The Race to Save the Cougar Ace

Posted on July 12, 2009 by Clipmarks

clipped from www.wired.com Latitude 48° 14 North. Longitude 174° 26 West. Almost midnight on the North Pacific, about 230 miles south of Alaska’s Aleutian Islands. A heavy fog blankets the sea. There’s nothing but the wind spinning eddies through the … Continue reading →

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