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Check Out These Hands-On Galleries Of The Apple Gear

Jason Chen — Tue, 20 Oct 2009 18:47:37 +0000

We’ve got hands on galleries of the Magic Mouse, the iMac and the 13-inch MacBook. Check them out in their respective posts.

Ever Wonder How A Chip Is Made?

Nick Broughall — Wed, 02 Sep 2009 01:00:06 +0000

Well, first you get a potato, peel it, cut it into strips and throw it into some super-hot oil. Wait… wrong type of chip… If you’ve ever wondered how a PC chip is made, APC has a huge gallery showing off each of the different stages in creating a silicon chip. It’s definitely worth 10 minutes of your day, especially if you’re suffering from the hump day blues…

[APC Mag – Thanks Curtis!]

Photos That Make You Want to Get Off that Couch and onto the Battlefield

Andi Wang — Thu, 21 May 2009 00:40:00 +0000

Putting Lancers and games aside, BoingBoing has put together an awesome gallery of photos and descriptions of robots, machines and weapons—real life’s gears of war. [BBG]

Timeline: The Evolution of the International Space Station

Jesus Diaz — Thu, 26 Mar 2009 22:40:00 +0000

The ISS looked this way—with the fourth and final solar panel truss—as the space shuttle Discovery undocked yesterday. It’s almost as big as a Corellian corvette, but there’s still a long to do list:

As you can see, there’s still a lot to be done, as you can see in the following list of modules that have to go up there.

• Multi-Purpose Logistics Module — Delivered by the space shuttle.
• Kibo Japanese Experiment Module Exposed Facility (JEM-EF); Kibo Japanese Experiment Logistics Module – Exposed Section (ELM-ES); and Spacelab Pallet – Deployable 2 (SLP-D2) — Delivered by the space shuttle.
• Multipurpose Laboratory Module (MLM) with European Robotic Arm (ERA) – docked to Zarya nadir port — Delivered by Russian Proton rocket.
• Multi-Purpose Logistics Module (MPLM); Lightweight Multi-Purpose Experiment Support Structure Carrier (LMC); three crew quarters; galley; second Treadmill Vibration Isolation System (TVIS); Crew Health Care System 2 (CHeCS 2). — Delivered by shuttle
• HTV1, Japanese H-II Transfer Vehicle. — Delivered by the space shuttle.
• EXPRESS Logistics Carrier 1 (ELC1) and EXPRESS Logistics Carrier 2 (ELC2). — Delivered by the space shuttle.
• Multi-Purpose Logistics Module (MPLM) and Lightweight Multi-Purpose Experiment Support Structure Carrier (LMC). — Delivered by the space shuttle.
• EXPRESS Logistics Carrier-3 (ELC-3) and EXPRESS Logistics Carrier-4 (ELC-4). Micrometeoroid Debris panels are installed on Zvezda Service Module and the Zvezda solar arrays are feathered. — Delivered by the space shuttle.
• Node 3 with Cupola (also called the The Colbert). Pressurised Mating Adapter-3 (PMA-3) is relocated from Unity node nadir to Node 2 nadir beforehand. The Cupola is relocated to the forward port of Node 3 after the flight; and PMA- 3 is relocated to the axial port of Node 3 after the flight. — Delivered by the space shuttle.
• EXPRESS Logistics Carrier-5 (ELC-5). Pirs Docking Compartment moves to zenith (top) port of Zvezda Service Module. — Delivered by the space shuttle.
• Research Module which docks to Zvezda Service Module nadir port. — Delivered by Russian Proton rocket.

[NASA]

Horrifying Vintage Army Medical Photos Make Me Appreciate Modern Medicine Even More

Matt Buchanan — Wed, 18 Mar 2009 21:40:00 +0000

The National Museum of Health and Medicine’s working to release thousands of military medical photos going back to the Civil War—and their first Flickr set feels like grisly snapshots stolen from David Lynch’s nightmares.

The photo above depicts a portable x-ray machine at Walter Reed hospital during World War I. Some of the crude, early prosthetic limbs (WARNING some photos are highly disturbing), combined with the photos’ sepia tone, make these very real people remind you of those mangled toys in the original Toy Story. Just compare them to the i-Limb bionic arm.

They’ve got over 500,000 scans and are working to digitise another 225,000 this year. So this curated set of 800 is just the beginning, but I don’t know if I can bring myself to look through any more. [Flickr via Wired via BoingBoing]

Last-Minute Xmas Tree Ideas Include Alcohol, Doughnuts, and Other Office Supplies

Jesus Diaz — Tue, 23 Dec 2008 12:03:00 +0000

If you don’t have a Xmas tree yet, don’t worry, because here we love procrastinators–the leaders of tomorrow. Here’s a catalog of last minute ideas, including my personal favorite: The Doughnut Xmas Tree. [pfadvice]

Massive Lego Mecha Can Probably Kill Humans, then Drink Ten Packs of Good Ole Fortran

Jesus Diaz — Thu, 04 Sep 2008 12:00:00 +0000

This is what you get when you combine Lego and massive mechas done at the minifig scale: the biggest robotic overlord I’ve laid my eyes on. Then, when you go through the massive gallery, you get what I call a robner followed by a brickgasm. Updated: actually, reader/brother Oscar sends me pictures of a huge Bionicle mecha he saw last weekend, which looks even bigger.

The gigantic model won the Best Mecha award at last weekend BrickFair. And talking about minifigs, did I mention we have a video contest going? Yeah, that’s what I thought. Carry on.

However, the first one looks a lot bigger and definitely better. [Flickr via Brothers Brick]