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Category Archives: Technology
Casual Friday — watch Shenzhou-8 dock with Tiangong-1
So now China’s joined the orbital “club,” and performed it’s first rendezvous and docking of two spacecraft
Casual Friday — fun and games with superconductors
A fun bit of video demonstrating the Meissner effect — the ability of a superconductor to float over (or if you prefer, under) a magnet…
Posted in History, Physics, Technology, YouTubing
Tagged History, Physics, superconductivity, Technology
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The scientific tourist #197 — Ike’s ride
Another interesting bit of history from the South Dakota Air and Space Museum — a B-25J “Mitchell III” bomber, converted into a transport for General Dwight Eisenhower during WWII…
Posted in History, Sci / Tech Tourism, Technology
Tagged aircraft, History, South Dakota Air and Space Museum, Technology, U.S. Air Force, World War II, WWII
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The scientific tourist #196 — the F-86H “Sabre”
Should you ever be in South Dakota to see Mount Rushmore, I’d recommend you take a quick side trip to the metropolis of Box Elder to see the South Dakota Air and Space Museum…
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Tagged History, South Dakota Air and Space Museum, Technology
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The scientific tourist #194 — da Vinci’s tank
This week’s image is from a traveling exhibition in Florence, Italy — it’s a model of Leonardo da Vinci’s “Armored Car” (tank) concept…
Posted in History, Sci / Tech Tourism, Technology
Tagged History, invention, Leonardo da Vinci, Technology
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Casual Friday — a 3D rendered film, from 1972!
A pioneering piece of computer animation from the very early days of the technology…
The scientific tourist #189 — know your MiGs
This week I’ll talk a bit about two pictures from the San Diego Air and Space Museum — one you’ve seen before, and one you haven’t. First up is a MiG-17 on display in the pavilion (used to be a … Continue reading
Casual Friday — how toilet paper is made
Pity the poor bathroom tissue — it’s the end-product of an impressive set of chemistry and machinery, only to be treated like… Well, like toilet paper….
Casual Friday — getting into Vesta’s orbit
Asteroids are small, and so have very weak gravity — how do you get into orbit around one? With great delicacy, it seems…
Casual Friday — another round-about way to make a household item
After last week’s use of cameras to produce a monochrome monitor, here’s another fun do-it-yourself project — make your own clock…