Day: April 7, 2013

NASA plans to send humans to an asteroid by 2021

Although NASA hasn’t made any official announcements, Senator Bill Nelson and an anonymous White House official have both made public America’s plans for its next phase of human space exploration. The ambitious proposal calls for a probe to capture a small asteroid in 2019 and bring it near the Moon. Astronauts would then explore the asteroid in 2021. This would be the first time humanity has left low Earth orbit since Apollo 17 in 1972, and it could set the stage for a NASA mission to Mars. Read more…

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Fusion-io bumps its ioFX super-SSD to 1.6TB, announces HP Workstation Z integration

We have a feeling graphics artists are going to be begging their studios for Fusion-io ‘s latest ioFX super-SSD. After receiving critical acclaim for its 460GB version , the company has today introduced a massively-speced 1.6TB variant at NAB. Despite the space increase, the new unit is not bigger than its older sibling. In related news, HP has also signed on to integrate ioFX into its HP Z 420, 620 and 820 all-in-ones, and it’ll also give current workstation owners the option to simply add the card to their existing machines. Fusion won’t be releasing any details about pricing for the 1.6TB ioFX just yet — that’ll remain under wraps until its released this summer. For now, movie makers can net the 460GB one for $2K (about $500 less that its release price). Full press release after the break. Filed under: Desktops , Misc , Storage Comments

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Icefish Bleeds Clear Blood

The ocellated icefish you see above has a very unique blood: it’s totally transparent. Discovery News tells us: The reason, say experts at Tokyo Sea Life Park, is that the Ocellated Ice Fish has no hemoglobin, making it unique among vertebrates the world over. Hemoglobin is the protein found in every other animal with bones. It is what makes blood red and is the agent that carries oxygen around the body. Researchers believe the fish can live without hemoglobin because it has a large heart and uses blood plasma to circulate oxygen throughout its body. Link

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