The US Navy will publicly show their formidable railgun at the Naval Future Force Science and Technology Expo in Washington D.C. on February 4. The formidable electromagnetic cannon launches solid projectiles over 100 nautical miles at more than six times the speed of sound. You can see it in action here: Read more…
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US Navy to publicly show their amazing railgun for the first time ever
I love my Swedes, especially when they get crazy. I’m not so sure about launching fireworks rockets under the ice of a frozen lake. That’s just dumb. Fun, but dumb. Go home and leave the fish alone, Swedes. You are drunk. Read more…
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This is what happens when you launch a rocket under a frozen lake
Bill Gates loves the Janicki Omniprocessor, an amazing machine that turns human waste into electricity and drinkable water. He saw it and he is extremely impressed. So impressed in fact that he drank from a glass of water that was human poop only five minutes earlier. “It’s water, ” he said, obviously relieved. Read more…
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Bill Gates shows us the future drinking a glass of water made from poop
The people at the beautiful Woods Hole Inn* have snapped these photos of Steve Jobs’ yacht in the wild. It’s the first time we have seen Venus open like this, offering a peek at its interior design. It looks like a summer home from this angle. Here are two more views of the starboard and the bow. Read more…
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First peek into Steve Jobs’ luxury yacht interior
Archeologists have discovered an ancient tomb modeled after the mythical Tomb of Osiris as described by Egyptian lore in the necropolis of Sheikh Abd el-Qurna, on the West Bank at Thebes. The complex includes a shaft that connects to multiple chambers, including one with demons holding knives. Read more…
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Archeologists discover mythical Tomb of Osiris in Egypt
When I saw Return of the Jedi in the movie theater back in 1983 I and everyone else thought this matte painting of a Rebel hangar was a real thing—that, somehow, they managed to build a full size set with giant models. It was all a magic trick that used distraction to fool your brain. This BBC documentary explains how. Read more…
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How ILM made you believe this painting was a real hangar in Star Wars
Check out the gorgeous images that photographer Steve Scalone took of my latest object of desire, a 99-cheese pizza created by pizza world champion Johnny di Francesco, of Melbourne’s famed 400 Gradi. A pizza that The Guardian says tastes fantastic: Read more…
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A pizza world champion made this 99-cheese pizza and it tastes fantastic
Chris New took these fascinating loops at GE Global Research lab. Above: ” A tube of almost pure quartz heated to temperatures of around 1, 700 Celsius to create custom laboratory glassware.” Read more…
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Quartz heated at 1,700C looks like something out of Tony Stark’s lab
21 days. That’s the time it will take to complete the largest train journey in the world. 6, 200 miles (9977 kilometers) that go from Yiwu, China, to Madrid, Spain. It’s also part of the New Silk Road, a Chinese project to gain control over transcontinental cargo transportation between Asia and Europe. Read more…
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This is now the longest train journey in the world
I never thought of this, but you can fit all the planets in the Solar System back to back into the distance from the Earth to the Moon—about 238, 900 miles (384, 400 kilometers)—with room to spare: 4, 990 miles (8, 030 kilometers.) Seeing it visualized really give you a good idea of how much empty space is out there. Read more…
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All the planets in the Solar System fit between the Earth and the Moon