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Thursday, August 21, 2003
Ideas in the air
Glow in the dark bubbles? Pretty cool idea...check out how it came about at Inventor's Digest. Great stories and I've got a couple ideas I need to take to the CAD program, so just a short note today!
Wednesday, August 20, 2003
SpongeBob Glass Pants and other things catching our fancy today
Scientists have found sponge that builds something resembling our optic fibers...check it out on MSNBC
Segway thefts?
Can fuel cells power the grid?
Finally, want a really good site to browse? Then check out one of our favs -- which only proves people are stranger in real life than on reality TV -- The Smoking Gun.
Tuesday, August 19, 2003
20 years and 300,00 hours
And the Enola Gay, the aircraft credited with ending WWII, has been rebuilt by the Smithsonian Air and Space Museum. Check out the press release here. The plane will be on display at the Steven F. Udvar-Hazy Center, the museum's new companion facility in Northern Virginia, which opens to the public Dec. 15.
Tthe Enola Gay is too large and too heavy to be housed intact in the museum's building on the National Mall in Washington. It will be displayed at the new center raised off the floor on 8-foot-high stands to accommodate other aircraft under its 141 foot wingspan.
While I'm on the subject, you won't want to miss the Air and Space Museum site at http://www.nasm.si.edu/features/qtvr/uhc/index.htm And be sure to check out the more than 200 aircraft and 135 space craft being photographed and uploaded at this URL - http://www.nasm.si.edu/features/qtvr/uhc/index.htm
Monday, August 18, 2003
Power grid
Okay, so I admit, I've got some rudimentary knowledge of how a power grid works. And like the electricity that keeps my computer on, I don't give it a second thought...Until Thursday that is. Well, those really smart folks at howstuffworks.com have got a pretty good explanation, and the graphics to go with it...check it out at http://science.howstuffworks.com/blackout.htm. Hey and while you're on the site, check out the other engineering stuff...
