Archive for October, 2008
Casual Friday — melting steel with a solar furnace
One relatively straightforward way to generate solar power is via a technology called solar thermal — mirrors are used to focus sunlight on a boiler, which then generates steam, which powers turbines, which run a generator…
Carnivalia — 10/22 - 10/28
The past week’s selection of (mostly-)science-related blog carnivals…
The scientific tourist #44 — Pioneer 4
This week’s image is of a model of the Pioneer 4 spacecraft, on display at JPL at the time (1989) this picture was taken…
Casual Friday — taking down a building, one floor at a time
Some time back I wandered across this interesting time-lapse movie of a new way of demolishing a tall building — one floor at a time, with all the work done at ground level…
Carnivalia — 10/15 - 10/21
The past week’s crop of (mostly) science-related blog carnivals…
