creative technobabble

One technologist's (Albert)'s view of present & future, cool world around us.

[creativetech]

What is Astrobee?

NASA.gov brings you the latest images, videos and news from America's space agency. Get the latest updates on NASA missions, watch NASA TV l

Like bumblebee. @nasa Ames created some helper robots for ISS. Awesome.

[creativetech]

Apple's Steve Jobs Theater wins 'Structural Artistry' award for glass-supported pavilion

The Steve Jobs Theater -- located at Apple Park in Cupertino -- has picked up a 2018 "Structural Artistry" award from the U.K.-based Institute of Structural Engineers, given to buildings which have been "transformed by the vision and skill of the structural engineer into something exceptional."

Glass tower. Steve Jobs Theater.

[creativetech]

U.S. Global Oil Leadership to Continue – Which is Great for Economy

American Petroleum Institute projection of U.S. oil economy in near future. Written by R. Dean Foreman.

[creativetech]

Astronaut's magnificent photo of SpaceX Crew Dragon capsule approaching the International Space Station

NASA astronaut Anne McClain captured this astonishing image of the SpaceX Crew Dragon capsule approaching her temporary residence, the International Space Station. “The dawn of a new era in h…

Commercial Space Flights here we go...

[creativetech]

https://arstechnica.com/science/2019/03/the-spacex-dragon-capsule-has-flown-to-the-space-station-and-safely-docked/

[creativetech]

He's Creating a New Fuel Out of Thin Air — for 85 Cents per Gallon

Roger Gordon's plans for ammonia could be a central component of a carbon-free future.

Ammonia fuel - byproducts is Nitrogen and Oxygen. Clean output. Cool.

[creativetech]

Foldable iPhone heating system could prevent damage in cold weather

Cold weather will make OLED screens brittle, and will pose a problem for bendable phones. Apple is working on a series of sensors and micro-heaters to keep a foldable iPhone warm, to prevent damage.

Under good idea for folding phones department, iPhone heating system in cold weather (hmm.. Minnesota?) OLED screens can be brittle in cold weather, oh-oh. iPhone XI?

[creativetech]

Private cabins, flying bars, and hundreds of seats—farewell, Airbus A380

Enjoy this photo gallery in memory of the now-cancelled airliner.

So long “sky-whale”. There’s still 300 of them in service, so maybe I’ll have a chance to try it. Singapore Airlines have some of them.

[creativetech]

Article from Arstechnica about a fairly fast (5Ghz) multi-core Intel CPU. Its on the current edge of Moore’s Law, and it requires over 200W of power to run it, but if you need several GFLOPs per second on a thread, there you go. Not recommended for bitcoin mining (unless you plan to lose money).

[creativetech]

Quantum physicists in the 1920s helped found field of quantum biology. See article at arstechnica.  In 1944, quantum physicist Erwin Schroedinger wrote a short book called What is Life: The Physical Aspect of the Living Cell, exploring how the relatively new field of quantum mechanics might play a role in biological processes. It is considered by many to be one of the earliest forays into "quantum biology," a rarefied field that attempts to apply quantum principles to living systems. 

[creativetech]

Land speeders in 10 years. Luke would be so happy.

[creativetech]

Geeking out here. Markdown cheatsheet

[creativetech]

German energy company wants to build flow batteries in old natural gas caverns - http://bit.ly/2uTblda

[creativetech]

Guardian #Science article: http://bit.ly/2sIuQ2y Why Roman concrete still stands strong. The Roman recipe - volcanic ash, lime, seawater and lumps of volcanic rock - held together piers, breakwaters and harbours and get better over time  because they ‘evolve’.

[creativetech]

Average commute time by state - interactive. At overflow.solutions: http://bit.ly/2sddcsp. MN’s average commute of 23 min only slightly less than CA’s 29 mins.

[creativetech]

Gizmodo’s article http://bit.ly/2sH49zO on Amazon winning the brick & mortar shopping battle (see Borders), and then planning to prevent others to compete. Hmm..  WashPost article: http://wapo.st/2rtj8ca #imperfectcompetition http://bit.ly/2tBPy4V. 

[creativetech]

The Programmer’s Oath

In order to defend and preserve the honor of the profession of computer programmers, I Promise that, to the best of my ability and judgement:  Clean Coder Blog http://bit.ly/2r8ELSV