Daily Archives: August 19, 2012

Lost Antarctic History Found Off Greenland Coast

Posted on August 19, 2012 by Deskarati

The two ships were built eight years apart, initially designed for very different purposes. The Terra Nova was launched in 1884 for the Dundee sealing and whaling fleet, and spent its early life crunching through ice floes off Newfoundland and Labrador … Continue reading →

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Mars Rover Snaps 1st Hi-Res Self-Portrait

Posted on August 19, 2012 by Deskarati

A newly released photo mosaic from NASA’s Mars rover Curiosity reveals the huge robot and its exotic Red Planet landing site in crisp detail. Curiosity snapped the high-resolution self-portrait with its navigation cameras on the night of Aug. 7, just two … Continue reading →

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M.C. Escher’s Impossible Structures, Printed in 3D

Posted on August 19, 2012 by Deskarati

M.C. Escher’s two-dimensional renderings of impossible feats of architecture are endlessly fascinating to look at, precisely because they could not exist as three-dimensional objects. Or could they? Gershon Elber, a computer science professor at the Israel Institute of Technology, has … Continue reading →

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NanoTritium battery is good for twenty years (or more)

Posted on August 19, 2012 by Deskarati

Florida-based City Labs says it has created an adult’s thumb-sized, battery, NanoTritium, that can last 20 years or more in the most extreme conditions, such as extreme temperature and vibrations. City Labs requested defense contractor Lockheed Martin to test their … Continue reading →

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