Magneto from the X-Men universe is best known as a powerful mutant with the ability to generate and control magnetic fields. These three people just might be real-life versions of this fictional character, albeit much weaker versions. Continue reading to see them all.
Military uses of lasers include applications such as target designation and ranging, defensive countermeasures, communications and directed energy weapons. Directed energy weapons are being developed, such as Boeing's Airborne Laser which was constructed inside a Boeing 747. Designated the YAL-1, it is intended to kill short- and intermediate-range ballistic missiles in their boost phase. Continue reading to see more.
Today, Dubai is best known as a cosmopolitan metropolis that has grown steadily to become a global city and a business and cultural hub of the Middle East and the Persian Gulf region. While Dubai was built on the oil industry, the emirate's Western-style model of business drives its economy with the main revenues now coming from tourism, real estate, and financial services. Continue reading for more.
For those who don't follow the electronica music scene, Daft Punk is basically a music duo consisting of French musicians Guy-Manuel de Homem-Christo and Thomas Bangalter. They're known for their use of disguises, particularly the ornate robot costumes, while in public and/or performing. Continue reading to see five of their songs played entirely with floppy disk drives.
RHex is essentially an autonomous hexapod robot with flexible legs, and only one actuator per leg. It's actually the first ever documented autonomous legged machine to show general mobility (speeds at body-lengths per second) over general terrain (variations in level at body-height scale). Continue reading for more.
In ufology, a close encounter is basically an event in which a person witnesses an unidentified flying object. This terminology and the system of classification behind it was started by astronomer and UFO researcher J. Allen Hynek, and was first suggested in his 1972 book The UFO Experience: A Scientific Inquiry. Continue reading for more.
The Dubai Police Force is basically the 15,000 strong police force for the city of Dubai, in the United Arab Emirates. They are under the jurisdiction of the Vice President and Prime Minister of the UAE (who in turn is the ruler of Dubai), and cover an area of 4,114 square kilometers with a population of 2,106,177 people. Continue reading for more.
You've probably come across at least one video showing what happens when people microwave ivory soap, but have you ever wondered why it reacts that way? According to Steve Spangler, Proctor & Gamble whip lots of air into their ivory soap mixture before solidifying it to form bars. The air, along with moisture, gets trapped inside tiny bubbles throughout the bar. So when those bubbles are exposed to intense heat, they boil and expand causing it to foam up. Continue reading for more.
If you haven't already heard or seen, Google Now is basically an intelligent personal assistant developed by the company that is available within the Google Search mobile application for both Android and iOS platforms. Continue reading to see why it will change the way you use your smartphone.
For those who haven't heard of this technology, Leap Motion is simply a company that develops advanced motion sensing technology for human - computer interaction. It was originally inspired by the frustration surrounding 3D modeling using a mouse and keyboard. The company believes that molding virtual clay should be as easy as it would be in the real world. Continue reading for more.
