[soundcloud url=”http://api.soundcloud.com/tracks/61821546″ iframe=”true” /] What you are actually hearing in the above soundcloud clip are radio waves vibrating at acoustic frequencies. They are caused by plasma waves in an area called the Van Allen Radiation Belts. The radiation belts are two rings of such plasma held in place by our planet’s magnetic field. NASA scientists call…
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Last week I came upon Beathound, a new free service that analyzes your iTunes library and fills you in on the albums your missing and recommends new music for you. It’s pretty simple to use, just go to www.beathound.com and upload your iTunes’ XML file (found in your iTunes folder, very simple). After a few hours…
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[vimeo id=”37742808″ width=”620″ height=”360″] Can you imagine what a nightmare our world would become if hungry ecologically insensitive humans gobble up all the resources and dominate the gene pool with human hybrid chimeras! Hominid — a short animation by director Brian Andrews gives us a vision of what life could become or could be in an alternate…
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Planned obsolescence has caused an enormous amount of damage to our environment around the world. From plastics floating “islands” in our seas, to mountains of discarded computers and cell phones. E-waste has become a huge 21st-century issue and it will only continue if we do not do something to stop it. Researchers at the University…
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Re- Think Your Life includes inspirational quotes from Steve Jobs, Bill Hicks, David Lynch, Terence McKenna, and Jason Silva. It speaks to the importance of consciousness and creativity. A beautifully shot and composed short video.
A new comet named C/2012 S1 (ISON) was discovered on September 21 by Russian astronomers Vitali Nevski and Artyom Novichonok using the International Scientific Optical Network’s (ISON) telescope. The comet is expected to come within 1.1 million miles of the sun on or around, November 29, 2013 and could be seen by the naked eye from…
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Martian Biospheres. What will these micro environments be like? Would you choose to live in on MARS? What will our first Martian bound colonists take with them? What will the first Martian babies be like? How will their consciousness differ from that of Earth children? Host GRAY SCOTT talks with John Allen the creator of…
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Will we someday be able to donate our consciousness like we would an organ? The mind is the one place where people can be truly alone. However, in the future you may be able to access the contents of a mind with the swipe of a library card or the download of a file. An article by io9…
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As we say goodbye to Endeavour and look to the future of space travel in the US and around the world, we wanted to take a moment to admire the futurist concepts that inspired NASA’s space shuttle program. Endeavour was NASA’s fifth and final space shuttle to be built. Construction began on Sept. 28, 1987…
Details[vimeo id=”43799611″ width=”620″ height=”360″] This beautiful short film called Aotearoa is presented by photographer Nathan Kaso. Kaso describes the film as “a combination of time lapse and video shot over two weeks while exploring the South Island of New Zealand. Locations include Queenstown, Arrowtown, Wanaka, Kinloch, Glenorchy, Fox Glacier, Mount Cook National Park, Twizel, Lindis Pass and…
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Brooklyn-based MakerBot has just released its 4th generation 3D desktop printer called MakerBot Replicator 2 and it is going to change small business as we know it. 3D printing has been around for some time. However with this new generation 3D printer, small businesses and individuals will be able to print objects that are fully…
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