Julie Krause, A 27-year-old mother of one from Centurion, South Africa was drawn as the winner of a space trip aboard one of Virgin Galactic’s sub-orbital space ‘aeroplanes’ expected to take to flight within three years. Julie will be among the first 150 space adventurers to brave such a flight.
This young Woman was drawn as [...]
Perhaps the Threat of Star Wars, Giant Laser beams, Weather Controller Machines, Microwave Guns, space capable fighters and Robotic Soldiers is not as close as we thought.
The Pentagon (The United States Military) leaders are considering drastically reducing spending on Futuristic and High-Tech Weapons systems. The Program’s current operating budget is about $161 billion making it [...]
The Xbox 360 will soon have launched on every continent in the world. The “worldwide launch” of the console will soon be completed, as long as you consider Asia to be Japan.
The Xbox 360 launches thus far have made famous the term “supply shortage” and have generated an economy of profiteering all their [...]
Well The dreaded human version of the Bird Flu H5N1 may be here just in time to celebrate the holidays.
Reports are emerging from Thailand that the first human to human transmission of the virus has more than likely occurred. Thailand joins China in it’s strong suspicion that H5N1 has mutated and is beginning to spread [...]
Today NASA Announced the formation of 2 new Centennial Challenges. Each of these new competitions boasts a hefty $250,000 US first place prize and has an intense focus in robotics.
The first of the new competitions, The Telerobotic Construction Challenge, challenges teams to construct a robot to build complex structures. While the focus of the developed [...]
After all the talk about how video games distort reality there seems to be a “game” or at least a flash app that is willing to contest that claim. This little Flash game is just a simulation of flying through the clouds. Despite its utter simplicity it’s actually pretty therapeutic. The speed and direction [...]
Cnet News.com has posted a nice photo gallery of robots in action. The site features several hundred images of all sorts of different types of robots. Everything from household robots, to battlebots, to space elevator climbers. They’ve covered most of the state of the art designs, in all of the categories.
So [...]
Perhaps the experts that Senator Hillary Clinton quotes in her quest to Ban Violent Video games include none other than Dr. Sears. In our investigation of the topic, The Brig has come across a popular website that is frequented by Parents. AskDrSears.com has a very extensive article about the damages that violent video games can [...]
On the tail of rumors about a new mac mini designed to invade our media centers, Fox’s co-chairman has said that his company is open to a distribution deal with Apple’s Itunes Store. Similarly, a senior executive at Clear Channel Communications said that his company has recently been in talks with Apple about distributing the [...]
Reuters Reports that Seismic activity in Taipei has increased since the world’s tallest building, Taipei 101, was built, raising questions over whether the Taiwan capital has become more vulnerable to earthquakes.
The city has recorded an increase in micro-earthquakes (of magnitude 2.0-2.5 on the Richter scale) and since construction began on the 508-meter (1,667-ft) tall Taipei [...]
