The AK-47 has been one of the most widely-used weapons in the world since its inception in 1940. However, as the battlefield of the 21st century demands ever-greater degrees of accuracy, the Kalashnikov’s 350m range is no longer effective. That’s why Russia is giving the “world’s most dangerous weapon” a deadly new makeover.
Australia’s Great Barrier Reef is the largest natural coral formation on Earth and you’ll soon be able to see it in all its glory — from your desk.
The Fort Steuben Bridge spanned the Ohio River and linked the the populations of Steubenville, Ohio and Weirton, West Virginia for 81 years. The suspension bridge served from 1928 until its closing in 2009. Yesterday, it was neatly reduced to a pile of rubble in under 10 seconds — sure wish they were that easy to put up. [Neatorama]
It may have taken five years at nearly 250 sites, but a research team’s persistent digging throughout northeastern India has paid off. Say hello to science’s newest family of caecilians — legless amphibians — the Chikilidae.
Google Goggles could soon become a set of physical goggles if murmurings from within the company are true. Could this be the death knell for smart phones?
With the breakneck speed at which new DSLRs are released, photography seems to have traded a bit of its soul for the pursuit of ever more megapixels. So, Carl-Frederic Salicath of Norway has taken a step back from the digital revolution and has built his own working retro 120mm-film camera. Here’s how.
American Sign Language may soon be obsolete if these motion-sensing gloves come to market. For now, a UBC team are the only ones to enjoy harmonizing with their own themselves.
While the newly-generated variety of brewing yeast cooked up by boffins at the RIKEN Nishina centre for Accelerator-Based Science doesn’t shoot laser beams or gain super-strength when you piss it off, it does apparently make a very tasty rice wine.
