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Test your eye sight

Vetle — Wed, 27 Oct 2010 13:38:33 +0000

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That can’t be, can it?

Vetle — Sun, 03 Oct 2010 22:48:28 +0000

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What’s knowledge anyway?

Vetle — Fri, 13 Aug 2010 22:53:29 +0000

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Which red line is longer?

Vetle — Mon, 17 May 2010 20:28:21 +0000

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European airspace rebooted

Vetle — Thu, 29 Apr 2010 18:04:38 +0000

Mind-boggling NASA images and video of the sun

Vetle — Sun, 25 Apr 2010 00:12:40 +0000

I’m not religious, but I believe in Earth. Still, for Earth to have “believers”, Earth needs to have inhabitants (or colonists elsewhere, but that’s not something to consider, at least not yet). So Earth (or the concept of “Earth” as a pseudo deity) needs an intelligent lifeform, like Man (or the concept dies). And to sustain a lifeform on Earth, or form life, as we know it, we need light. The source of light would therefore become the source of life, and probably the closest thing I get to define as a god.

So if you ask me how I imagine the face of God, here it is:

Image: NASA

More fantastic images at NationalGeographic.

Oh, oh, oh! There’s even a video!
Warning: if you’re as easily awed as I, this will blow your mind and make you feel very, very insignificant indeed.

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Pie vs cake: a scientific approach

Vetle — Mon, 22 Mar 2010 11:07:09 +0000

Over at hyperboleandahalf.blogspot.com an attempt is made to determine what’s generally the better: pie or cake. Although I disagree with their findings, I found the science report funny and interesting. Read the full report here.

Thanks, @taotad!

Lightning reveals its power in slow motion

Vetle — Thu, 11 Feb 2010 15:12:36 +0000

Hit this link for more awesome videos of lightnings in slow motion.

Thanks, Ronin @ Kybernesis!

Concept Nokia cellphone runs on Coke

Vetle — Mon, 25 Jan 2010 17:58:24 +0000

23-year old Chinese designer Daizi Zheng has come up with a rather intriguing idea. What she’s presenting is a cellphone powered by carbohydrates! Utilising enzymes as a catalyst, the “green Nokia” would draw energy from liquid form sugar, like Coca Cola (though any brand soda, even sugar water, would do the trick). The technology is already available: back in 2007, Sony presented their bio-battery which works the exact same way.

From Daizi Zheng’s website: This is a client project aimed at designing an eco-friendly phone for Nokia. As a result of my research, I discovered that conventional phone batteries are: expensive, harmful to the environment and difficult to dispose of. In addition, the conventional battery manufacturing process consumes many valuable resources. The concept is based on the idea to create a pollution free environment by using bio-batteries as an alternative to conventional batteries. A bio-battery is an ecologically friendly, energy supply system which uses enzymes as a catalyst to generate electricity from carbohydrates (currently sugar). In order to use the bio-battery as a power source for the phone all that is required is a small supply of a sugary drink. Once the battery dies only oxygen and water remains. Bio-batteries are fully biodegradable and have, on a single charge, a potential life-span three to four times longer than conventional lithium batteries. Meanwhile, bio-batteries are a whole new way of looking at batteries and afternoon tea.

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Dreaming of Miapolis

Vetle — Mon, 25 Jan 2010 17:33:23 +0000

With the Burj Khalifa (previously known as the Burj Dubai) rising 828 meters in the air as the tallest building on Earth, it stands as a challenge to every new tower planned. I’ve seen a good few plans for taller towers, but the prospect of Miapolis is one of the more interesting. Sure, it looks monstrous, but it’s American after all. It would demand hovercars though.

Plans drawn by architectural design firm Kobi Karp, the Miapolis is to be a 975 meter high tower, built on Watson Island in the port of of Miami (hence the name). If realised, the giant set of tweezers will hold an amusement park, an observatory, a good few restaurants, shops, apartments, offices and a 792-room hotel. What, no spaceport? I blame the financial crisis.

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