The Fastest Small V12 Engine

Translated from Russian: Spanish engineer on behalf of Патело collected 12-cylinder V-engine, which, as he believes, is the most in such a small engine in the world. The engine consists of a 261 element, made from aluminum, bronze and stainless steel.

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Military Aircraft Pictures

Military-Aircraft-org.uk
Reference 100's of Military Aircraft Pictures and Military Aircraft Photographs. With images that are FREE to use on an uncluttered site that is easy to navigate. History and specifications listed for each aircraft displayed

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NASA, Another Mission to Mars

InSight mission to Mars is set for March 8–March 27, 2016

Source: Jet Propulsion Laboratory - Mission Overview - InSight (Interior Exploration using Seismic Investigations, Geodesy and Heat Transport) is a proposed NASA Discovery Program mission that will place a single geophysical lander on Mars to study its deep interior. But InSight is more than a Mars mission - it is a terrestrial planet explorer that will address one of the most fundamental issues of planetary and solar system science - understanding the processes that shaped the rocky planets of the inner solar system (including Earth) more than four billion years ago.

By using sophisticated geophysical instruments, InSight will delve deep beneath the surface of Mars, detecting the fingerprints of the processes of terrestrial planet formation, as well as measuring the planet's "vital signs": Its "pulse" (seismology), "temperature" (heat flow probe), and "reflexes" (precision tracking)

Video: Mission team members for InSight, the new Mars lander mission selected by NASA to launch in 2016, explain how the spacecraft will advance our knowledge of Mars' history and rocky planet evolution.

Download the InSight Fact Sheet (PDF)

• Launch — March 8–March 27, 2016
• Landing — September 20, 2016
• Surface operations — 720 days / 700 sols
• First science return — October 2016
• Instrument deployment — 60 sols (including 20 sols margin)
• Data volume over 1 Martian year — More than 29 Gb (processed seismic data posted to the Web in 2 weeks; remaining science data less than 3 months, no proprietary period)
• End of Mission — September 10, 2018

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Beautiful Landscape.com, Wallpaper Download

Copyright © Alain Briot 2011

Fine Art Photography Top 16 Wallpaper
Alain Briot - Writings and Tutorials

The Fine Art Photography Top 16 monitor wallpaper comes in 7 different monitor resolutions (from 30" to 12"), plus iPad resolution (1024x768)

 
Top 16 most important aspects of Fine Art Photography?

1. Become an expert in light
2. Compose your images carefully
3. Study colors and contrast
4. Create images that represent what you felt, not just what you saw
5. Focus on quality not quantity
6. Master both art and technique
7. Master all the aspects of Fine Art Photography
8. Optimize your photographs using layers in Photoshop
9. Make the final print your goal
10. Mat and present your work in a professional manner
11. Focus your work and efforts on projects
12. Share your work with others and build an audience
13. Do not try to recreate the wheel
14. Create a Personal Style
15. Do not expect success overnight
16. Do not overestimate talent
     
    Wallpaper Download Page

 

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Astronaut Neil Armstrong dies at 82

FOX News "Armstrong died Saturday following complications resulting from cardiovascular procedures, a statement from his family said. It didn't say where he died. Armstrong commanded the Apollo 11 spacecraft that landed on the moon July 20, 1969, capping the most daring of the 20th century's scientific expeditions. His first words after setting foot on the surface are etched in history books and in the memories of those who heard them in a live broadcast.

  

"That's one small step for man, one giant leap for mankind"
 

Neil Armstrong Dies: Google NEWS

Kodak to END it's role in consumer photography

Eastman Kodak Company announced they will be selling their Personalized Imaging and Document Imaging businesses ending their role as a consumer photographic company. Kodak says it will continue to make film for the movie industry and will continue with it's 'Specialist Film' division who make large-format films for aerial and industrial photography. They also intend to keep it's Consumer Inkjet division making it one of the last public facing businesses.  Learn more about Kodak's reorganization

The Wall Street Journal reported  that many of the world's biggest technology companies, including Samsung, Apple and Google, have formed a consortium to bid for Kodak's digital imaging patents. Kodak is hoping the sale of it's patents will raise $2.2bn which would help the remains of the company get from under the Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection.

Kodak take next steps toward successful emergence (Press Release)

  
Update: Sept 5, 2013
Quote: "Kodak Officially Emerges from Chapter 11 Bankruptcy over a year and a half after declaring"
  

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Two Giant Rotors, Powered by a Turbine

Flettner Flight in Orleans 14/07/12. CGY750

Integration with Multirotor airframe, Turbine 'Jakadofsky'

Build Photo's ---> HERE <----

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Digispark, Arduino's unofficial kid brother

Digispark is a micro-sized, Arduino enabled, usb development board - cheap enough to leave in any project. The tiny 'Arduino' by Erik Kettenburg
 

Source: Kickstarter Project Page

Specifications:

• Support for the Arduino IDE 1.0+ (OSX/Win/Linux)
• Power via USB or External Source - 5v or 7-35v (automatic selection)
• On-board 500ma 5V Regulator
• Built-in USB (and serial debugging)
• 6 I/O Pins (2 are used for USB only if your program actively communicates over USB, otherwise you can use all 6 even if you are programming via USB)
• 8k Flash Memory (about 6k after bootloader)
• I2C and SPI (vis USI)
• PWM on 3 pins (more possible with Software PWM)
• ADC on 4 pins
• Power LED and Test/Status LED (on Pin0)

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YouTube: Public.Resource.Org

http://www.youtube.com/user/PublicResourceOrg

About Public.Resource.Org

Public.Resource.Org helps channel the public domain by obtaining government videos and posting them online. Many of the videos here are provided under the FedFlix program by the National Technical Information Service under Joint Venture NTIS-1832.

• archive.org/details/FedFlix
• bulk.resource.org/ntis.gov/
• public.resource.org/ 

e.g: Picked at random from a list of hundreds if not thousands of old  films. 

       This example - How Airplanes Fly

    

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Boost your WiFi

The following is not NEWS under the strict definition but simply good
information that would benefit those of us who WiFi.

From LIFEHACKER:
Top 10 Ways to Boost Your Home Wi-Fi

1. Set Your Router to Reboot on a Schedule
2. Turn an Old Router Into a Wi-Fi Repeater
3. Boost Your Router's Signal with a Bit of Hacking
4. Increase Wi-Fi Range with DIY Tricks
5. Control Bandwidth-Hogging Applications
6. Thwart Wi-Fi Thieves with Better Security
7. Get Rid of Interference from Other Appliances
8. Find the Right Wireless Channel
9. Find the Perfect Spot for Your Router
10. Use the Latest Wi-Fi Technologies

For the complete details or How-to,  Boost Your Wi-Fi

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500 Pound RC Plane

A 500-pound Model Plane
Tests the Next Generation
of Aircraft Design

QUOTE: "While the design has yet to catch on with civilian air travelers (focus groups hate amphitheater-style seating), Blended Wing Body aircraft hold great promise for military operations. To better study this innovative design without sinking untold extra millions into R&D, NASA built the next best thing—a 1:8.5 scale RC demonstrator"   

Continued ... NEWS Source

X-48B

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VIDEO: NASA's Curiosity Mars landing Successful

Published on Jul 30, 2012 by NASAtelevision
  

Actor William Shatner narrates this thrilling video about NASA's Curiosity rover, from its entry and descent through the Martian atmosphere to its landing and exploration of the Red Planet in NASA's hardest planetary science mission to date.

 

Published on Aug 5, 2012 by NASAtelevision
  

NASA's most advanced Mars rover Curiosity has landed on the Red Planet. The one-ton rover, hanging by ropes from a rocket backpack, touched down onto Mars Sunday to end a 36-week flight and begin a two-year investigation.

The Mars Science Laboratory (MSL) spacecraft that carried Curiosity succeeded in every step of the most complex landing ever attempted on Mars, including the final severing of the bridle cords and flyaway maneuver of the rocket backpack.

 

Mars Science LAB for more on NASA's Curiosity Rover Mission

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MIT: Autonomous robotic plane flies indoors

New algorithms allow an autonomous robotic plane to dodge obstacles in a subterranean parking garage, without the use of GPS

For decades, academic and industry researchers have been working on control algorithms for autonomous helicopters — robotic helicopters that pilot themselves, rather than requiring remote human guidance. Dozens of research teams have competed in a series of autonomous-helicopter challenges posed by the Association for Unmanned Vehicle Systems International (AUVSI); progress has been so rapid that the last two challenges have involved indoor navigation without the use of GPS ... continued

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Canon announces EOS-1D C 4K DSLR

dpreview.com - Canon EOS-1D C Cinema - Specifications - EOS-1D @ Canon USA

Quote dpreview: "Canon has unveiled its promised 4K capable DSLR, the EOS-1D C, which can capture 4K (4096 x 2160 pixel) video at up to 24p without downscaling, from an APS-H crop of its 18MP full-frame sensor. The camera, which shares the majority of its specifications with the still-awaited EOS 1D X, can also capture 1080p60 or 50p or output it uncompressed over its HDMI connector. Full HD can be captured from a 16:9 crop from the whole sensor, or a smaller, APS-C-like Super 35mm sub-frame that allows the use of Canon's EF Cinema Zoom lenses. The camera will cost around €10,000 (exact price to be confirmed) and will be available from October"

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Deborah Scholom Photography

In recognition of some fine photography I want to share a find I think everyone will enjoy. Simply an excellent photographer. My good friend Pelagic Pilot over at Southern Oregon RC Forums who showed me her work is also a friend of this artist extraordinaire. Someone to aspire too as I'm certain it will be a long while before I reach this photographers level of proficiency.

Enjoy ...
   w00d

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Deborah Scholom Photography

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Got diamonds you don't need any more? Melt 'em with this

QUOTE: "Sandia National Laboratories' Z machine sounds like it belongs in a James Bond movie more than it does an Alberquerque research facility. Based on what it can do, that's not as far-fetched as it seems. What you see isn't the handiwork of some electric spider -- it's what you witness in the immediate fraction of a second after the Z's electromagnetic pulse kicks in and forks of lightning burst across the 108-foot distance inside. The pulse in question is key to Sandia's studies of fusion and the effect of very intense magnetic pressures on materials that normally refuse to change states. Even in 2006, the Z was putting out pressure more than 10 million times that of the atmosphere, and it successfully melted diamond at roughly half that strength"

...continue reading via Source:
Visualized: Sandia National Laboratories' Z machine erupts in a web of lightning

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$4.34 million for Andreas Gursky's photograph of the Rhine River

Quote: "$4.34 million for Andreas Gursky's photograph of the Rhine River, called Rhein II"

Story is somewhat dated being told back in Nov 2011 but have a look at the following link for a peek at some of the other expensive photos that where sold, some look like there worth the money ... complete story