If you’re a fan of Doctor Who, you’ll enjoy this poster-sized infographic “Timeline of Doctor Who” featuring chronology of adventures, companions and foes from Hartnell in Season 1, to Smith in Series 6. Not a fan yet? Don’t know where to begin with so many episodes? To some, it’s all a matter of opinion… though [...]
Maker Runaway Brainz hacked pieces from a Soundblaster Live! card, combined with an amplifier and several other parts to produce this beautiful headphone amp/pre-amp suspended in resin. When originally cast, he notes that numerous things could have happened to spell disaster: The curing process could have failed, the end result could have been cloudy or [...]
Want a cool conversation piece? Love your NES? Have $3500? Featured on Make Zine and for sale on Etsy, builder Charles Lushear with Boho Workbench out of Venice, CA will custom build your very own functional NES coffee table in four different color options “to suit various budgets” from this maple/mahogany/walnut/dovetail-stylized piece to composite painted materials [...]
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If you’re a fan of Doctor Who, you’ll enjoy this poster-sized infographic “Timeline of Doctor Who” featuring chronology of adventures, companions and foes from Hartnell in Season 1, to Smith in Series 6.
Not a fan yet? Don’t know where to begin with so many episodes?
To some, it’s all a matter of opinion… though here are a few of my favorites in recommended viewing order:
Series 1 (Eccleston) through Series 2 and 3 (Tennant)
“Planet of the Giants” (Hartnell)
Anything with Tom Baker (particularly – “Genesis of the Daleks“)
Movie: “Doctor Who and the Daleks” (only because it features Peter Cushing’s cameo as The Doctor…and what’s not to love about that?)
Have a favorite or recommendation? Drop us a line below.
For more on Doctor Who, check out BBC’s official home for Whovians
Maker Runaway Brainz hacked pieces from a Soundblaster Live! card, combined with an amplifier and several other parts to produce this beautiful headphone amp/pre-amp suspended in resin. When originally cast, he notes that numerous things could have happened to spell disaster: The curing process could have failed, the end result could have been cloudy or contained bubbles, or even worse, resin could have leaked into the audio or power sockets suspended in time like an amber-trapped mosquito.
This maple, mahogany and walnut NES controller table can be yours for $3500!
Want a cool conversation piece?
Love your NES? Have $3500?
Featured on Make Zine and for sale on Etsy, builder Charles Lushear with Boho Workbench out of Venice, CA will custom build your very own functional NES coffee table in four different color options “to suit various budgets” from this maple/mahogany/walnut/dovetail-stylized piece to composite painted materials in original or several colors. This original piece is 42 inches long, 18.25 inches tall, and 18 inches wide featuring a retractable cord and can be used for either single play or crazy two-player cooperative on this solo controller (though I suppose if you had the money/space two of these would be ridiculously awesome).
In an earlier post on Asimov’s “Visions of the Future” I briefly mentioned the apparent gap between technological advancement and science issues we’ve known and speculated about for decades— yet remain still either untouched in reality or merely unsolved.
My mind wandered back to this video.
Why does the gap exist? I believe Neil says it best.
“We stopped dreaming.”
An awe inspiring video to watch as we challenge complacency in regard to economic spending for the advancement of science, while we sit on the cusp of making rapidly developing-yet underutilized technologies work for our futures — both on Earth and in the heavens beyond. If you have an extra moment, checkout Penny4Nasa‘s site and sign the petition (Twitter: #Penny4Nasa).
Since I’m using embed, I feel compelled to include what was in the content of the original Youtube post:
The intention of this project is to stress the importance of advancing the space frontier and is focused on igniting scientific curiosity in the general public. Facebook cover: (not sure who made this but thank you!) http://i.imgur.com/yqAGm.png
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This particular clip I blame on my undying fear and obsessive fascination with robotics. I was about 3 or 4 when I first saw it on Sesame Street and it’s been nothing but “ooooh scary —- I like”, ever since.
Inspired by my recent Asimov Series discovery, I decided to post this up to link to as well.
Remember this or something else cool? Have a creepy toy or robot story? Leave me a reply!
/Author: Femmegeek
Isaac Asimov - Super-science visionary and forefather of modern robotics.
I’ve recently developed a hobby in trying to locate every last one of Asimov’s non-fiction essays.
They are simply divine, and I want more than the few included in “Is Anyone There” and those among sparsely populated introwebbernets.
Considering that non-fiction accounts for roughly 90% of his total works, most in science and some of which were never featured in any collections other than the periodicals which published them (like the American Airlines “American Way” magazines), I quickly realized this pursuit may be a lot more involved than I’d ever imagined…leading me to fantasize over future hours spent in Boston University’s Asimov archives.
(Believe it or not— this may very well be what drives my choice in a graduate school, but don’t tell anyone I said that.)
In my lust for more Asimov science, I ran across this 4-part video series circa 1992-1994 featuring Isaac Asimov’s talks on the future of science entitled “Visions of the Future” — his last documentary filmed just prior to his death.
After the first 5 minutes I was excited to see the same awe inspiring images I immediately recognized and associated from my early childhood watching Sesame Street shorts, with one in particular in mind that depicts similar satellites and space footage ( a clip that also first incited both fear and total fascination with robotics for me since the of ages of 3 and 4—one that was very likely produced in some inspiration either directly or indirectly associated with Asimov).
While some of what he explains in these videos are historical and antiquated in terms of what we know today, though abbreviated in comparison (likely due to his health), it still ranks right up there with Carl Sagan’s “Cosmos” for me. However, reading his essays on biology (especially physiology), most written between the 50′s and the 60′s do tend to leave me with questions, mostly related to: with such technologies evolving almost if not exponentially in ways over the last hundred years, why then, the disparity in scientific innovation and discovery?
Mind boggling.
At any rate, whether you’re a fan of science or fan of Asimov— it’s a great series and well worth the watch.
Visions of the Future with Isaac Asimov – Part 1
Visions of the Future with Isaac Asimov – Part 2
Visions of the Future with Isaac Asimov – Part 3
Visions of the Future with Isaac Asimov – Part 4
In case you ever want to check out the exhaustive list of his non-fiction essays, visit Asimov Online. (Just so you know…I’ve spent hours on WorldCat, Mendeley, old newsgroups and other places trying to find leads on locating a lot of them, so if you have any… please shoot me a reply below and I’ll be forever in your debt. )
Constantly dealing with the challenge of trying to find creative ways to increase public awareness, knowledge, and interest all at the same time in areas of science and technology isn’t easy; a problem I find most of which lies in good framing.
Taking a page from crowd-favorites like Asimov, Sagan and Tyson, this blog series focuses on defining science in terms the general public can comprehend (and even enjoy).
Think of it this way: with awareness, some develop interest.
Interest with combined thirst for knowledge begets innovation.
Innovation sparks an “evolution of the mind” so to speak, thus potentially advancing modes of survival of the human race.
It is to this end that yes— Science is (indeed) sexy.
Installments of the “Science is Sexy” series (via GeeksAreSexy):
Mystery cloud on Mars photographed last week. Inset shows slight detachment of cloud from limb. CREDIT: Wayne Jaeschke (courtesy Space.com)
Space.com reported yesterday evening that a mysterious cloud has appeared over the ‘Red Planet’ in the Acidalia plain region, with varied speculation as to what it might actually be. Some experts suggest it to be a trick of light in optics, while others think a massive storm or meteorite may be the real culprit.
It’s no doubt Heinlein fans are all ‘a buzz’ over it too, with sci-fi theories of “hive swarm clouds” a precursor to intergalactic apocalypse.
We know so far that it seems to move with the planet and is drastically reducing in size from original imagery.
