The World's Most Ginormous Telescopes |
| The World's Most Ginormous Telescopes Posted: 01 Apr 2010 07:00 AM PDT DVice posts six of the world's most powerful telescopes and, man, they are HUGE. Check it out. The Keck I and Keck II "Built in 1993 atop the summit of Mauna Kea in Hawaii at an altitude of nearly 13,600 feet, the W. M. Keck Observatory pioneered the use of robotic assistance to make telescopes more accurate thanks to rapid, minute adjustments within the span of a second. At 33 feet in diameter ...more Related: |
| Posted: 31 Mar 2010 03:00 PM PDT Oh, what fun you can have with a little math + a little origami. Bradford Hansen-Smith folds intricate geometric sculptures entirely from paper plates and is kind enough to offer a few HowTo's to get you started. Examples of his work below; scroll all the way down for the HowTo. BASIC FOLDS The First Fold The Three Diameters MAKE A SPHERE MAKE A TETRAHEDRON MAKE AN OCTAHEDRON MAKE AN ICOSA ...more Related: |
| Posted: 31 Mar 2010 12:00 PM PDT This kid looks less than pleased (skip to 2:37). The goal of Swarm-bots is to show how many small robots can work together to achieve a larger task (such as dragging a little girl's body across the floor): "The goal of this project is the study of a novel design approach to hardware implementation for testing and using the capability of self-assembling, self-organising, and metamorphosis of robo ...more Related: |
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