Impact

Science

Calculate How Much Damage An Asteroid Will Cause

7:00AM November 7, 2010 | Casey Chan

Asteroids headed for Earth are always scary. So get to know them a little! You can use the Impact: Earth! calculator to see what kind of damage an asteroid will cause. It’s totally not as scary when you crunch the numbers. More »

Science

Sharpest Photo Of Jupiter’s Earth-Sized Scar Taken By Hubble

1:00AM July 26, 2009 | Dan Nosowitz

Remember how Jupiter just got totally rocked by a huge object, leaving a giant scar? The Hubble team interrupted their testing of the telescope to aim its sights on this very rare sight, and captured the clearest photo yet. More »

Cars

Drive Recorder Is Honda’s Car Black Box

10:30PM February 1, 2008 | Gizmodo US Edition

Honda’s Drive Recorder will detect impacts and save information for the 12 seconds before and 8 seconds afterwards, aircraft black-box-style: forward-view imagery, along with sound and data on speed and deceleration rates all get stored on an SD card in its main unit, ready to be uploaded to a PC.

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