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So you take a laser and you shoot it into the air, creating a true 3-D image that anyone can view from any angle. Can’t be done, you say? Science fiction, you say? Well, the Japanese Institute for Doing The Impossible[1] has proven you wrong again by creating just such a device. Take that! It’s [...]

Posted by Chris in Technology on August 23rd, 2007 | Comments Off

Make that drool-inducing gorgeous photos of places I’d love to see in person. EcoGeek (now added to my regular feeds) has a fun piece on green roofs. Not just solar tiles or recycled materials, though; these roofs are actually green, with grass and other plants. It’s not just for hobbits anymore. The logic of green [...]

Posted by Chris in Architecture, Art, Environment on August 22nd, 2007 | 1 Comment »

Funny, I was just talking to Nate about this the other day. “The real problem,” I said, “is that so far it hasn’t been possible to create any sort of artificial gravitational field. Without that it would be like developing a theory of electromagnetism if all we had was natural lodestones.” You can imagine my [...]

Posted by Chris in News, Science on August 17th, 2007 | 2 Comments »

Looks like Bigelow Aerospace has some new competition. A company called Galactic Suite has plans to build an orbiting hotel by 2012. Details are a bit sparse, but they already have $3 billion in funding to make it happen: Galactic Suite began as a hobby for former aerospace engineer Claramunt, until a space enthusiast decided [...]

Posted by Chris in Space, Technology on August 10th, 2007 | 3 Comments »

Now why didn’t I think of that? An article in LiveScience talks about the roots of shyness and possible treatments. Carducci says that despite beliefs to the contrary, shyness is not completely hardwired. This is because shyness requires a sense of self—which develops only after about 18 months of age. It involves feelings of excessive [...]

Posted by Chris in Personality, Science, To Help on August 9th, 2007 | 1 Comment »