Month: August 2017

Sphero Debuts Cool New Smart Phone Controlled R2-D2 and BB-9E Droids

Sphero Debuts Cool New Smart Phone Controlled R2-D2 and BB-9E Droids

Posted by | Aug 31, 2017 | |

Timed around the release of Episode VII: The Force Awakens Sphero’s  authentic app-enabled BB-8 Star Wars toy robot was a huge hit a couple of years ago.  BB-8 offers an adaptive personality that changes based on your interactions and even perks up when you give voice commands.  Now, two years later, Sphero announced it is expanding its connected toy line-up with two new Star Wars droids the iconic R2-D2, and BB-8’s cranky evil twin BB-9E.  It is probably no accident that BB-9E’s debut coincides with the next Star Wars film, The Last Jedi, which is hitting theaters on Dec. 15th, 2017. R2...

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Elon Musk’s Hyperloop Pod Breaks Another Speed Record

Elon Musk’s Hyperloop Pod Breaks Another Speed Record

Posted by | Aug 31, 2017 | |

Elon Musk’s proposed Hyperloop will consist of two airless massive tubes extending from San Francisco to Los Angeles. The Hyperloop pods would take passengers the 380 miles from LA to San Francisco in 30 minutes, which is half the time it takes a plane and presumably without all the added headaches of air travel. In theory, pods carrying passengers or cargo through the Hyperloop would eventually travel through the tubes at speeds topping out at 700 mph. While the current Tesla Hyperloop prototype pod is not going anywhere near that fast yet, it did just beat the current speed record of 201 mph just set...

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Salacia Extract Supplement Shown to Help Curb Appetite and Manage Blood Sugar

Salacia Extract Supplement Shown to Help Curb Appetite and Manage Blood Sugar

Posted by | Aug 31, 2017 | |

We all know by now that being overweight poses many health risks and yet we have an obesity pandemic.  Perhaps that is not a big surprise considering all the food shows on TV, availability of fast food, and the huge portions served in many restaurants.  the net effect is one-third of the people in the world are currently obese or overweight, according to a 2017 study by CNN stated.  It has been estimated that if this trend continues almost half of the global population may be obese or overweight by 2030 (Global Panel on Agriculture and Food Systems for...

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Alien-Hunting ‘Breakthrough Listen’ Detects Repeating Radio Signals From Distant Galaxy

Alien-Hunting ‘Breakthrough Listen’ Detects Repeating Radio Signals From Distant Galaxy

Posted by | Aug 30, 2017 | |

The Breakthrough Listen project, backed by Stephen Hawking, Mark Zuckerberg,  CEO of Cosmos Studios Ann Druyan and funded by physicist billionaire Yuri Milner, was launched just a little over two years ago. Breakthrough Listen is utilizing two of the world’s most powerful telescopes, the 210 feet Parkes Telescope in Australia and the 330 foot Green Bank Telescope in West Virginia. The powerful telescopes enables detecting at least five times more of the radio spectrum and doing so 100 times faster, while screening 10 times more of the sky than previous SETI programs. The project is also using the Automated Planet Finder...

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How to Make a Beautiful DIY Miniature Piano or Violin

How to Make a Beautiful DIY Miniature Piano or Violin

Posted by | Aug 30, 2017 | |

Video Transcript 0:00Hi guys! It’s Cath. 0:01Today I’m going to show you how to build 0:02this gorgeous 1:12 scale miniature upright piano. 0:05Thanks to everyone who requested this video because I had a lot of fun making it! 0:09Let’s get started. 0:10The first thing I do is grab a sheet of craft plywood. 0:12This is only 1/8 of an inch thick so I can cut it with just my X-acto knife. 0:15Draw out 4.75 inch by 4 inch rectangle. 0:18Then cut on the lines you drew on both sides and snap the wood off. 0:22This will be the front...

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