Creativity and Motivation

wired: A private enterprise named the Golden Spike Company...

Sat, 08 Dec 2012 03:05:03 -0500

A private enterprise named the Golden Spike Company announced today that they have plans to fly manned crews to the moon and back for a price of $1.5 billion per flight by 2020.

Well, this sounds like fun. Start saving now.

WARP DRIVE

Mon, 26 Nov 2012 15:59:53 -0500

WARP DRIVE

kickstarter: We’re happy to catch sight of LA Game Space...

Fri, 09 Nov 2012 02:54:20 -0500

kickstarter:

We’re happy to catch sight of LA Game Space popping up across the web. More than just a one-off project, the creators hope to develop an interdisciplinary venue for design, research, and play in the heart of Los Angeles’ arts district.

prostheticknowledge:

LA Game Space - Kickstarter

Ambitious yet exciting project looking for funding - a creative gaming Bauhaus to educate, develop and push the video game into a forward thinking artform:

Game design has always featured creativity and experimentation, from the earliest pioneers to the recent rise of independent creators. And yet, we have barely begun to explore the potential of video games.

Let’s create a place for exploring that potential. A place for game innovation, education, and exhibition, where all of us can play and make and study and showcase games. A place where we will rediscover what games have been, and re-imagine what games can be.

Join us in founding LA Game Space!

You can find out more at the project’s Kickstarter page here

9gag: The best Halloween costume ever

Mon, 29 Oct 2012 06:53:11 -0400

9gag:

The best Halloween costume ever

futurist-foresight: Astronomy: A little bit of astronomical...

Mon, 29 Oct 2012 06:45:44 -0400

futurist-foresight:

Astronomy: A little bit of astronomical wonder for your Saturday.

SpaceX's Reusable 'Grasshopper' Rocket Makes 1st Test Flight

Thu, 04 Oct 2012 23:18:29 -0400

SpaceX's Reusable 'Grasshopper' Rocket Makes 1st Test Flight:

singularitarian:

It’s one small hop for a rocket, but one giant leap for reusable rocket ships: A private rocket prototype has sailed through a 6-foot hop that, while short, marked a in a major test for a novel reusable launch system being developed by commercial spaceflight company SpaceX.

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Thu, 04 Oct 2012 23:12:04 -0400

Rawlemon’s Spherical Solar Energy-Generating Globes Can Even Harvest Energy from Moonlight

Wed, 03 Oct 2012 02:52:39 -0400

Rawlemon’s Spherical Solar Energy-Generating Globes Can Even Harvest Energy from Moonlight :

singularitarian:

The solar energy designers at Rawlemon have created a spherical, sun-tracking glass globe that is able to concentrate sunlight (and moonlight) up to 10,000 times. The company claims that its ß.torics system is 35% more efficient than traditional dual-axis photovoltaic designs, and the fully rotational, weatherproof sphere is even capable of harvesting electricity from moonlight.

Nuclear fusion nears efficiency break-even

Wed, 03 Oct 2012 02:52:13 -0400

Nuclear fusion nears efficiency break-even:

singularitarian:

Nuclear fusion is very close to the point where the amount of energy produced by the system equals or surpasses what’s been put in.

studbutt: me and my friends

Tue, 25 Sep 2012 00:21:26 -0400

studbutt:

me and my friends

showusyourclips: Figi Vignette (Jay and Taj Surf One of the...

Wed, 18 Jul 2012 22:11:03 -0400

showusyourclips:

Figi Vignette (Jay and Taj Surf One of the World’s Most Beautiful Breaks)

Surfing off the coast of Fiji sounds fantastic (and looks absolutely stunning)

surf-is-forever: Zahn Foxton. Photo: Carey

Sun, 15 Jul 2012 18:27:47 -0400

surf-is-forever:

Zahn Foxton. Photo: Carey

Photo

Sun, 15 Jul 2012 18:26:22 -0400

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Fri, 06 Jul 2012 08:47:25 -0400

jtotheizzoe: Hey Physics … What Now?! Dark Matter Animated Now...

Fri, 06 Jul 2012 08:46:45 -0400

jtotheizzoe:

Hey Physics … What Now?!

Dark Matter Animated

Now that that pesky Higgs boson has been all but confirmed, what question will now keep physicists up at night?

Dark matter and dark energy, although their effects have been observed, remain … well, dark. CERN and labs around the world will continue to explore these strange phenomena, which make up as much as 95% of the cosmos.

Jorge Cham from PHD Comics (who also did this mighty fine Higgs ‘toon) put together this animation to explain what it is, what it does, and why it’s the next big frontier in Stuff We Don’t Know™

What else would you like to see physics answer?

(↬ Open Culture)

newagewhen: …when you’re excited to read that physicists may...

Fri, 06 Jul 2012 08:42:46 -0400

newagewhen:

…when you’re excited to read that physicists may have discovered the “God Particle.”

NatGeo: God Particle Found? Historic Milestone from Higgs Boson Hunters

my friends surfing website

Fri, 29 Jun 2012 20:45:25 -0400

my friends surfing website

Private Deep-Space Telescope to Hunt Dangerous Asteroids

Fri, 29 Jun 2012 09:39:12 -0400

Private Deep-Space Telescope to Hunt Dangerous Asteroids :

singularitarian:

The hunt is on. A group of scientists has banded together to build the world’s first privately funded deep-space telescope, to hunt for asteroids that could pose a major threat to Earth.

http://farm6.staticflickr.com/5466/7411993770_00ff94f2c5_b.jpg

Thu, 28 Jun 2012 20:49:47 -0400

http://farm6.staticflickr.com/5466/7411993770_00ff94f2c5_b.jpg

earth sized planet around extrasolar planet

Fri, 22 Jun 2012 19:43:40 -0400

earth sized planet around extrasolar planet