NASA is running the 3D-Printed Habitat Challenge, paying out $3.15 million in prices to see what the best designs for buildings on other planets might be.
Hi-tech, easy and awesome Halloween costumes
An easy and clever way to turn your smartphone into a Halloween costume. You can buy the prepared shirts over at Morph Suits and there’s an app to download for the effects. Mark was able to quit his job at NASA to support this seasonal business. Best of luck to him!
Animated cartography: the Perpetual Ocean
Using NASA/JPL’s computation model called Estimating the Circulation and Climate of the Ocean, DJX Atlanta have created a visualisation that shows surface currents of the oceans. The ECCO2 model actually simulates ocean flows at many depths but this visualisation only shows the surface. Dark patterns are used to represent the undersea bathymetry.
Angry Birds Space trailer includes actual space physics
Rovio’s next Angry Birds game will be Angry Birds Space – although calling it Angry Birds in Space seems better. Space is an attempt to make the game harder. You can imagine how different the game would be without gravity. You might also imagine how gravity wells or planets might add complications. Rovio must ensure […]
Magnetic map of the sun – amazing image
This was photo was taken by NASA. No surprise, huh? It was the Lockheed Martin Space Systems Compan, in fact, and it shows the magnetic field lines on the sun on August 20th in 2010. NASA’s SDO (Solar Dynamics Observatory) is focused on helping us understand more about the sun. If you look at the […]
NASA’s breathtaking Aurora Autralis observed from space
On their Earth Observatory site NASA have published a spectacular picture. Viewed from Earth the Aurora Australis is fantastic. Can you imagine what it would look like from space? This picture was taken from the International Space Station and is simply spectacular! Clicky, clicky to enjoy a larger picture.
