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Breitbart disrobes Rachel Maddow on camera
Andrew Breitbart lets it rip at CPAC...
[Rachel] You're standing naked in front of the American people. You're part of a propoganda machine to attack the last president. Make him out to be the worst president on the face of the earth... in the era of new media, there's checks and balances... and if you think you can put your clothes back on while continuing to peddle this propoganda you're wrong. You validated my business model because you are so bad at what you do.
Later in the video...
Every single person here, conservative, or libertarian, or free market, classical liberal, Hayekian, whatever you want to call them. The one thing these people do have in common is a contempt for the mainstream media.
Dr. Tongue’s 3D House of Prometheus | Bad Astronomy
If you’ve ever wondered what it would be like to hang out near the Cassini Saturn spacecraft and get the same view it does, then put on your red/green glasses and check out this anaglyph of the moon Prometheus:
Mmmm, threedeealicious. Click to enjovianate.
Prometheus is a bit weird. OK, it’s a lot weird. It’s an irregularly-shaped elongated spud of a moon, measuring about 119 x 87 x 61 km (71 x 52 x 37 miles) in size. The long axis always points toward Saturn due to tides; basically the change in Saturn’s gravity from the front end of Prometheus to the back end acts like a stretching force on the moon, keeping it aligned. The tip on the right always points toward Saturn, and the long side we see in the image is the leading half of the moon, always facing ahead into the direction it orbits. Think of it as facing into the wind if that helps any.
Prometheus is a shepherd satellite, meaning its orbit gets it near Saturn’s F ring, where it helps keep the ring particles in place. It does this along with Pandora, another smallish moon. Prometheus orbits Saturn inside the F ring. When it gets close to the ring, it gives a little bit of its orbital energy to any ring particles that are on the inside edge of the ring, which boosts them to a slightly higher, slower orbit. Pandora does the opposite; it orbits outside the ring, and it steals energy from ring particles on the outside edge, which drops them into a slightly lower, faster orbit. Together, the two moons shepherd the F ring particles, corralling them and keeping the ring narrow. The animation shows the effects of Prometheus on the inner edge of the ring.
Just so you know, I think this is one of the coolest things ever. Shepherding moons were theoretically discussed for a long time, but we didn’t have any evidence of them until Voyager swept past Saturn a few decades ago, and now Cassini has the chance to study them in detail. It’s such a weird thing, and there it is playing out in the solar system for us to examine! It’s a good reminder that Nature is sneaky, and a lot more clever than we are. I’m glad we’re clever enough to catch up with it, too.
Other conference announcements
Besides the developments by several vehicle operators, there have been a number of other announcements by various organizations at the Next-Generation Suborbital Researchers Conference. The biggest, in the plenary speech by NASA deputy administrator Lori Garver, is that NASA has requested $15 million for the Commercial Reusable Suborbital Research (CRuSR) program in its FY11 budget. That’s a major increase over the $2.5 million the program is getting in the current fiscal year, split among the Exploration Systems Mission Directorate (ESMD), Science Mission Directorate (SMD), and the Innovative Partnerships Program (IPP). The $15 million in the FY11 budget proposal would come entirely from IPP. In addition, Garver said the five-year budget plan funds CRuSR at the same level throughout the period (although that is subject to change from year to year.)
Other organizations are putting up money for suborbital research as well. The Southwest Research Institute (SwRI) announced it’s allocating $1 million to commercial suborbital research efforts, specifically to “build and fly experiments with SwRI payload specialists on next-generation suborbital vehicles.” This effort is led by Alan Stern, who has been one of the leading proponents of “research and education market” (REM) uses of commercial suborbital vehicles.
The Commercial Spaceflight Federation, meanwhile, is expanding its membership to include academic affiliates. Purdue University, Johns Hopkins University, Princeton University, and George Mason University are the initial four institutions affiliating themselves with the CSF, a NewSpace industry organization.
18 Balla’s on display in Rome Gallery
Giacomo Balla
February 18, 2010 – ?
Studio d’arte la Margherita – Roma
18 works by Balla on display to inagurate this new gallery space.
The Secret Sex Lives of Robots [Geek Fashion]
I've always thought that even robots secretly have active sex lives, but this shirt shows just how dirty those piles of metal and screws can be after the kiddies go to bed.
The shirt is appropriately named "While the Kids Are in Standby Mode" and you can have one for $18. Just don't expect to ever look at plugs and outlets the same way again. [Go Ape Shirts via Fashionably Geek via Technabob]
Winter Weather May Trigger Your iPhone’s Moisture Indicator [Broken]
Your iPhone's specs explain that it should survive through temperatures from -20 to 45 C just fine. Good news? That appears to be true. Bad news? Cold temperatures may cause your iPhone's moisture indicator to imply liquid damage.
Polish website Moje Jabluszko decided to run a few tests on iPhones to see just how winter temperatures affected the devices. They were particularly interested in whether the moisture indicator—or liquid sensor—located in the headphone jack of an iPhone would turn red—indicating moisture—due to temperature changes.
While their testing may not be entirely without flaws and doesn't account for air humidity in the first place, it does suggest that the liquid sensors are a bit inaccurate and may change color at -11 C instead of the -20 C indicated by the device's specs. Of course, one must keep in mind that condensation may play a large role in all of this.
Entirely scientific testing or not, the point remains that the liquid sensor is intended to indicate spills or dives into water, not a simple winter outing. [Moje Jabluszko via Slashdot]
The Opposite of Photoshop [Photography]
This is a lovely painting—except that it's a photo. Of a person. In front of a set. It's an amazing blend of photography, body paint, and modeling. And it makes me so thankful that Photoshop exists.
The picture was snapped by University of Hawaii art professor Peter Kun Frary, who noticed the display outside of a MAC cosmetics store. The amount of time and effort that went into this must have been staggering, and I'm duly impressed. But it's also a reminder that I can make equally amazing effects with a few key strokes and mouse clicks any time I want, thanks to a program that turns 20 today. Thanks, Photoshop. No mostly naked body-painted model in a shopping mall display could ever take your place. [Peter Kun Frary via Neatorama]
PSA: Don’t Hookah and Drive [Image Cache]
Just a friendly reminder not to hookah and drive this weekend. Not because you'll get in an accident. Because it looks suggestive. [Black and WTF]
The Empower Chair Makes You Work to Charge Your Phone [Concept]
Ever struggle to find a free outlet while waiting around at an airport? I bet it would be far easier to get a quick charge if everyone had to work to get some electricity like with these concept rocking chairs.
The Empower rocking chairs take advantage of kinetic energy to generate power and prolong your gadgets' lives, but you actually have to sit there and rock back-and-forth-and-back-and-forth-and-back-and-oh-my-God-just-let-me-be-lazy-and-charge-something! [Inhabitat]
What Is Your Favorite Photoshopped Image? [Qotd]
It's the 20 year anniversary of Adobe Photoshop and we're feeling nostalgic about images that have made us laugh and cry. We're also curious about what your favorite (and work safe!) photoshopped images are.
I'll confess that some of my favorite images come from Fark.com and our Photoshop contests, but sometimes there are these random gems that keep you giggling or staring in awe. Let's see those and please keep things safe for work.
To add an image to a comment, all you have to do is hit the little photo button on the entry box:
From there you can select whether to upload an image or add it from a URL. I recommend just uploading images as it's a bit rude to hotlink someone's images and it doesn't really take you any longer to select an image file from your computer.
Image by Pierre Beteille
How Much Camera Gear Does an Olympics Photographer Have to Haul Up a Bigass Mountain? [Digital Cameras]
Well, if you're sent by Getty Images, the standard issue kit contains: two Nikon D3ses, 24-70mm lens, 400mm lens, 500/600mm lens, 1.4x teleconverter, batteries and memory cards. And you get to haul all that up a mountain!
Basically, all of this stuff, plus two of those giant cameras up there. But on top of all the layers of clothing you have to wear, and you have to stand in place for hours and hours. What a blast! [Pocket Lint]
Metal Gear Arcade Getting 3D Head-Tracking Glasses [Gaming]
Back at E3 last summer, Hideo Kojima announced Metal Gear Arcade, an arcade version of his tactical shooter. And now we're getting our first peek of its crazy head-tracking 3D glasses. This is gonna be some arcade game.
If you're unfamiliar with head tracking, you'll want to watch this video. Then get excited, because this is one of the first games to use the technology, and it should be amazing. And in 3D no less!
The game should hit Japanese arcades first, but god-willing it'll make its way to the States soon enough. [Konami via Joystiq]
From #whitenoise: Fake Rumors, Pancakes, and Dudes in Dresses [Comments]
Wonder what happens in that weird #whitenoise section? I braved the insanity to bring you an overview of the laughable rumors, pancake fanboys, and something about a leggy dude in a dress. (Don't worry, the picture's hidden behind another link.)
I say that #whitenoise is insane, but really it's a blast. There are silly commenters who make a game of guessing the heights of the Gizmodo staff members. (Hint: Frucci is surprisingly and pleasantly tall.) They play other games, too. Lots and lots of games.
But it's not all about being silly. The #whitenoise regulars give great advice to anyone in need. (Though heads up, sometimes you'll face some sarcasm before the truly good advice comes.) They even discuss deep bra-related issues.
Speaking of staying on your toes and watching out for sarcasm, #fakerumorthursday is a great weekly tradition in #whitenoise. Even when it causes panic with things like this:
In ever demanding response to using Sausages for stylii in Korea (and possibly elsewhere), Apple will announce next month that they too will create edible stylii made of meat. It will be extra shiny, and will never expire thanks to a new nano-polymer-bots. It is, however, expected to cost $199 for the 8 stick pack, and $399 for the 8 stick pack with international flavorings.
Scary, but I suppose it's a nice way to get out the energy after a lazy #wednesdaybookclub meeting and before celebrating pancake-centric holidays.
Mmm. Speaking of food. #whitenoise is full of cooking suggestions and recipes. Guess it's what those folks do between name-calling and name-making.
Those are some of the fun discussions going on this week, but I can't end this without sharing my favorite part of #whitenoise which is one commenter's crazy #mondayvent. Yeah, sometimes he pokes fun of us all, but after sharing pictures of himself in a dress, I'd say he's earned it.
We're proud of our comment system and commenter community. A great display of the sheer insanity and brilliance of the gals and boys who make it so wonderful is our open forum, #whitenoise. From Whitenoise is a regular feature to show the best of the best and the weirdest of the weird.
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Make Money from Your Electric Car
A utility taps this electric vehicle for reserve electricity, and pays a nice price to the University of Delaware for the privilege. Credit: University of Delaware
Walking around the local mall today, I took in the latest car show in the aisles. That’s when they simply drive cars into the mall to advertise dealers or certain cars that they want to get rid of. It was clear why local dealers were trying to get rid of these cars. Their gas mileage varied between 17 mpg to 22 mpg in the city to only a little better mileage for the highway. I thought what great cars some of them could be if they were electric cars, but as they were — most people would not want these cars, even if deeply discounted. So when is the electric car renaissance coming? I hope it’s coming soon because my current vehicle is getting rusty. Like a lot of people, I’m waiting until someone starts to manufacture the affordable electric vehicle that I can charge up without going broke(r).
According to a recent ScienceNOW article, this is something that is poised to happen. We can soon expect to plug in our electric vehicle to the smart grid and make money from our car’s batteries. Now, wouldn’t that be great?
Here is what came out of the most recent AAS annual meeting on this:
Widespread adoption of plug-in electric vehicles could dramatically cut greenhouse gas pollution and reduce U.S. dependence on foreign oil. But results of an electric-car pilot project presented here today at the annual meeting of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (which publishes ScienceNOW) provide added incentive to go electric: Car owners could return unused electricity back to the grid and make real money while doing it.
Electric cars need big, powerful batteries to accelerate to highway speeds and travel scores or even several hundred kilometers on a single charge. But because most drivers drive just a few dozen kilometers a day, most of that battery capacity sits unused. To take advantage of that storage capacity, Willett Kempton, director of the University of Delaware’s Center for Carbon-Free Power Integration in Lewes, teamed up with an electric car maker, several utilities, a software company, and PJM Interconnection, one of 10 regional organizations that coordinate and control the U.S. electrical grid.
To ensure that electricity flows steadily and without interruption, the U.S. government requires PJM Interconnection and its counterparts to have reserves of power to tap into in case a generator goes down and other electrical reserves to maintain the 60-hertz frequency of alternating current that our appliances and devices are accustomed to dealing with. Today, PJM Interconnection and its counterparts pay conventional power plants to maintain this reserve power. But as renewable energy sources such as wind and solar, which provide energy cleanly but intermittently, come online, these grid operators need to ramp up their storage capacity to ensure a steady electricity supply. So Kempton, electrical engineer Ken [...]
Ratua Opens in Vanuatu
A realization of a dream and years of planning Ratua Island resort has officially opened in Vanuatu. Ratua is an exclusive island retreat within the Vanuatu archipelago in the South Pacific offering travelers a rare chance to escape from the modern world.
Like many high end island resorts the resort focuses on sustainability. However, Ratua is unique in that 100% of its profits will be donated to surrounding island communities, supporting hospital construction and educational and cultural projects.
In fact, Ratua’s model of ethical and ecological tourism is the beginning of what will lead to a completely self-sustained retreat, while preserving better quality of life. Guests will find large fans in place of air conditioning, solar and 100 percent renewable energy, horses instead of cars and an absence of plastic and television.
After reserving Ratua, there is no need to book, no need to plan, just ask and it will be done in minutes. While Ratua offers 146 lush acres to traverse by electric buggy, bike, trek, horseback or boat – most of the amenities are centrally located just a short walk from the Yacht Club. Two villages offer 10 individual villa-style homes hand-crafted from 200-year-old teak wood with Indo-Oceania inspiration. Each is uniquely furnished and accommodates two to four guests who can enjoy their own beach and perfect privacy.
Although Ratua is remote and secluded, it doesn’t mean guests will be disconnected. The Game Room and Media Center offer computers with wireless Internet access and a GSM network covers the entire island.
Lego Crawler Town Makes Having a Tiny Yellow Head Totally Worth It [Legos]
I've played with my fair share of LEGOs, but I never actually envied the little guys until I saw Dave DeGobbi's Crawler Town, a work as impressively conceived as it is constructed. I'd forfeit bendable elbows to live in it.
It sort of reminds me of those old books on a single building—Castles or Pyramids or what have you—where you could look at the huge, detailed illustrations and imagine dozens of little stories unfolding in every corner.
Attention is even given to the world in which the Crawler Town dwells. As DeGobbi describes it:
Crawler town roams the barren wastes of a post steam-punk world after cataclysmic climate change do to excessive coal use. Several such cities exist but Crawler town is the most popular due to the Aero 500 hydrogen fuel cell Air races that are held. Many people travel the wastes to Crawler town for vacation and to enjoy rare luxuries like Pizza, fresh vegetables and Beer. Travelling the wastes in search of minerals and aquifers ( vital for survival) the mobility of the city keeps it away from the vicious sand storms of the wastes
I'm even willing to excuse the machine-city's "Eco-punk" designation just because it's so damn cool. [Flickr via Brothers Brick]
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