With the rise of 360- video, you can find many different types of cameras and lenses in stores everywhere but have you ever considered making your own camera? There exist many different types of ways to create a 360-degree camera but the easiest way is to use a parabolic mirror. An example of what Continue Reading
Wheels of the future
Now, you all may be familiar with the standard setup for wheels on the car, four wheels in total, with two on each side of the car. But, there is another type of wheel which can allow for more than just forward and backwards motion. Wheel © Naichen Zhao As seen above, these wheels Continue Reading
A New Type of Airplane
When you think of an airplane, you might picture an airplane similar to the one below. However, some individuals from MIT) have developed a new type of airplane which can fly without using any moving components. Condor (c) Charles Regina CC0 1.0 How do Most Planes Work? For most Continue Reading
The Dvorak Keyboard
I was researching a new USB keyboard to get for my computer when I stumbled upon something rather weird. I am switching keyboards because my current one can be rather uncomfortable, and I came upon a solution to that problem: a Dvorak keyboard. This is a keyboard with a different layout Continue Reading
InSight’s Landing In Sight
Yeah, It's another space post. Mars InSight Rover (c) NASA, Public Domain Yes, It's another space post. Again. I promise I can write about other things — but things in space are just so cool, it's hard not to! This week — on Monday, November 26th — NASA's InSight Lander (standing Continue Reading
Will We Be Talking With Robots Soon?
Synthesized speech systems (the artificial creation of speech with a computer) have existed for decades. Computerized voices like Apple's Fred and Siri are instantly recognizable, because they sound robot-like and not quite human. This is because these voices are created by computer programs Continue Reading
Button up, button down – Elevators aren’t as simple as dress shirts!
https://www.pexels.com/photo/closed-yellow-elevator-door-407423/ As a child meandering in her own imagination, I remember getting super excited to enter a machine which would wave me to and from space. Around the age of six, I recall hitting the top button in the elevator. I closed my eyes and Continue Reading
Smartphones: The Modern Tricorder
If you are a fan of any sci-fi show, then chances are you've seen a device like this. Medical Tricorder (TNG: The Chase)License: Fair Use - this image is copyrighted, but used here under Fair Use guidelines. Owner/Creator: Paramount Pictures and/or CBS Studios It has Continue Reading
The Trouble with Telescopes
Man, what a month. If you've been following space news lately, you'll know what I'm talking about. Jeez, even if you've just been following the regular news, you've probably heard some of it — the Soyuz MS-10 launch failure was a pretty widely-spread story. (By the way, Roscosmos, the Russian Continue Reading