Technology

Why Are Plane Windows Round?

by JOHN ADAMS • 03/08/2016 • Comments

The Underwater Cables That Hold the Internet

by JOHN ADAMS • 03/07/2016 • Comments

A Virtual Look Inside Apollo 11

by JOHN ADAMS • 02/13/2016 • Comments

‘The Clock That Sets Them All’

by JOHN ADAMS • 02/09/2016 • Comments

Google’s Drone Delivery Plans

by JOHN ADAMS • 02/06/2016 • Comments

The Hyperloop Pod Competition at Texas A & M

by JOHN ADAMS • 02/05/2016 • Comments

For more about the 1.29-1.30 competition, see the SPACEX HYPERLOOP POD COMPETITION DESIGN site. (The University of Wisconsin-Madison’s Badgerloop team was a top-five finisher and will proceed to the next round in California later this year.)

Birds, Technology

Birds of Prey v. Drones

by JOHN ADAMS • 02/03/2016 • Comments

From the Netherlands, it’s birds versus drones:

Space, Technology

SpaceX Tests a Capsule’s Ability to Hover

by JOHN ADAMS • 02/02/2016 • Comments

Eight SuperDraco thrusters, positioned around the perimeter of the vehicle in pairs called “jet packs”, fired up simultaneously to raise the Crew Dragon spacecraft for a five-second hover, generating approximately 33,000 lbs of thrust before returning the vehicle to its resting position. This test was the second of a two-part milestone under NASA’s Commercial Crew…

Language, Technology

Google’s New Translation App

by JOHN ADAMS • 01/26/2016 • Comments

Good Ideas, Space, Technology

NASA Adds Dream Chaser to Transportation Roster

by JOHN ADAMS • 01/16/2016 • Comments

For those hoping that America would re-introduce a space plane to her roster of civilian transportation options, there’s good news: The Dream Chaser space plane that lands on a runway like an aeroplane and launches with the help of a rocket will join the duo of privately operated space capsules – SpaceX’s reusable Dragon and…

Space, Technology

Audi Builds a Lunar Rover

by JOHN ADAMS • 01/14/2016 • Comments

Truth in Engineering: heading back to the moon in 2017.

Technology

Calculatorology

by JOHN ADAMS • 01/11/2016 • Comments

Why are calculators from Texas Instruments relatively expensive?

Good Ideas, Technology

Hiking for Emails

by JOHN ADAMS • 12/08/2015 • Comments

HIKING FOR EMAILS from Clemens Purner on Vimeo. In the Annapurna region in Nepal a man has made an extraordinary vision come true. He has brought internet access to places that even today can only be reached after several days travel on foot. By now he has managed to connect over 60.000 people to the…

Technology

Drone Racing Dreams

by JOHN ADAMS • 11/12/2015 • Comments