Saturday, February 04, 2012
Saturday, November 05, 2011
Bay Area Science Festival to host Saturday Night Star Party.
Star parties are being held at 20 sites in the bay area. Many will have cloudy sky activities if the weather is bad.
Thursday, November 03, 2011
Visit NASA exhibits at the Bay Area Science Festival Discovery Days Event
Please check out my examiner.com article about Sunday's Science Festival Event at AT&T Park.
Wednesday, November 02, 2011
Tuesday, November 01, 2011
November is National Blog posting Month!
So stand by for blog posts.... about things. Honestly I have no idea what will turn up here but I promise it will be something new every day!
Thursday, September 22, 2011
Wednesday, June 29, 2011
Maker Faire on PBS New Hour
Miles O'Brien did a News Hour piece on Maker Faire.
Watch the full episode. See more PBS NewsHour.
Monday, June 27, 2011
Wednesday, May 18, 2011
Saturday, May 14, 2011
Sunday, March 20, 2011
Back to Tomorrowland!
In honor of my upcoming trip to Dinsneyland I present one of the lost rides... The Flying Saucers!
Sunday, March 13, 2011
Are Flying Cars almost here?
A company called Terrafugia (which means "flee the Earth") is claiming that its new "Roadable Airplane" will be available next year. The plane, which is called the Transition, can be driven to an airport and the wings can be extended in 20 seconds.
You can read more about it at http://www.slate.com/id/2287738/
Monday, February 28, 2011
Tuesday, February 08, 2011
NASA's Robonaut2 is set to fly to the International Space Station on the next Space shuttle mission. It also correctly picked the MVP in Sunday's Superbowl.
Source SPACE.com: All about our solar system, outer space and exploration
Source SPACE.com: All about our solar system, outer space and exploration
Wednesday, February 02, 2011
Shuttle infograph on Space.com
As a tribute to the final shuttle flights happening this year Space.com has posted this wonderful infograph about NASA's fleet of Space Shuttle Orbiters.
Source Space.com: All about our solar system, outer space and exploration
Source Space.com: All about our solar system, outer space and exploration
Tuesday, December 21, 2010
New York Times examines Smithsonian's Space Suit collection.
I've always been fascinated by spacesuits. "Have Spacesuit Will Travel," was the first Robert Heinlein book I read and I chose it based solely on the cover. The New York Times has a piece about The Smithsonian Institute's collection of Spacesuits. Some were worn by famous astronauts and some were prototypes that never made it into space. The Smithsonian is putting together a traveling exhibition about the suits.
Sadly it will consist mostly of full-sized images and x-rays of the suits because they are too delicate to travel. Be sure to check out the accompanying image galleries and videos at the link, there's an interactive x-ray on an Apollo suit that is especially good.
http://www.nytimes.com/2010/12/21/science/21spacesuit.html
Thursday, May 20, 2010
Robots!
This video from Eclectic Method centers on R2D2 but features a lot of famous TV and Movie Robots. How many can you name?
Eclectic Method - Robots from Eclectic Method on Vimeo.
Tuesday, March 16, 2010
Make: Online : Handcar Regatta vehicles get the art treatment
Vehicles, artwork and props from last fall's HandCar Regatta are on display at the Sonoma State Art Gallery through April 4th. This year's Regatta will be held Sept. 26 at Santa Rosa's historic Railroad Square.
Make: Online : Handcar Regatta vehicles get the art treatment
Monday, January 25, 2010
Friday, January 15, 2010
Steam powered Biplane from 1933
In 1933 a biplane flew at the Oakland airpont using a 150 hp two cylinder steam engine. Who says airships are the only steampunk form of air transport?
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