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Cool video very different than your average small or commercial plane landing. Also includes all communication from the cockpit.
Atlantis’ astronauts glided to a belated but textbook touchdown at Edwards Air Force Base, California today, wrapping up a 5.3 million mile mission to deliver the U.S. Laboratory Destiny to the International Space Station (ISS).
This arm looks like it could really work. Brain control, with only one day of “training”. This arm is the best I’ve seen.
“The DEKA Arm
Affectionately dubbed “Luke” (after Luke Skywalker), the robotic arm is a DARPA funded project intended to restore functionality for individuals with upper extremity amputations. The project is still in development, please check back for updates.”
dekaresearch.com
When 12-year-old Max Wallack of Natick heard of WGBH’s Design Squad “Trash to Treasure” design contest, he was ready to give his best shot. The kid stole the show with his “Home Dome” innovation, which is primarily a shelter for the homeless made from plastic, wire and packing peanuts. With his project, he has shown his care for the people in need of shelter and on the other hand, it deals with the problem of increasing landfills. The makeshift dwelling is in the form of a Mongolian yurt and features a built-in bed. For this innovative design, Max won $10,000, a Dell laptop powered by Intel and a trip to Boston to see his design meet realism. Brenda Musilli, President of the Intel Foundation, cited: Max’s ‘Home Dome’ truly embodies the spirit of innovation and demonstrates how engineering can change the world.
his is a GREAT clip of a herd of white deer (buck included) that live on an empty military base in New York State. A litte history; they started out as whitetails and in 1941 the conservation area was fenced in containing several whitetail deer, one of which carried the recessive “white” gene. Protection from the fence and population control by the military has allowed the herd to grow to over 2 More..00 white deer.
The news item about the herd calling them ‘the closest thing to unicorns’ is from 2006
16 year old Denis Romanov had to go to the police after he was egged on by his mates to put a huge padlock through his ear piercing then realsied there was no key.
Police eventually resorted to cutting it off with an Hacksaw!