Archives for May 2007
Lego Rubik’s Cube
Published on 6 May 2007 at 3:25 pm.
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Filed under Fun, Inventions, Lego, NXT, Robotics.
I stumbled across a working Rubik’s Cube made from Legos. The design is by Maarten Steurbaut, and it is an impressive compact design (his second version). Below is a MLCAD/POV Ray image of the inner workings of his cube.
His first design was much more complex (below), and I find the images to be quite impressive. [...]
James Webb Space Telescope Technologies
Published on 4 May 2007 at 1:30 am.
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Filed under Astronomy, Exploration, Inventions, Research, Space.
My good friend Joe Coughlan informed me that all 10 new technologies for the new James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) have been approved early!
The James Webb Space Telescope will have a large mirror that is 6.5 meters in diameter. Its sunshield will be the size of a tennis court, and it will be positioned in [...]
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Plastic Sheet Delivers Power
Published on 1 May 2007 at 9:38 pm.
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Filed under Energy, Entrepreneurship, Inventions, Nanoscience, Physics, Research.
Nature Materials annouced that Takao Someya’s research group at the University of Tokyo in Japan developed a plastic sheet that can deliver power by electromagnetic induction. This sheet utilizes an ingenious combination of solid state physics, organic chemistry, and nanoscience.
The plastic sheet, nearly a millimeter thick, can deliver up to 40 Watts of power to receivers that have [...]
