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This 60-centimeter natural color image of the "boneyard" at the Davis-Monthan Air Force Base in Tucson, Arizona, was collected by QuickBird on August 11, 2002. The boneyard serves as a holding place for out-of-rotation airplanes until their fate is decided; the dry, clear climate of Tucson provides an ideal environment for the storage of aircraft, as they can sit indefinitely without rusting. The hard, desert soil also makes for easy towing of the planes without the need for roads. From the DigitalGlobe website.This 60-centimeter natural color image of the "boneyard" at the Davis-Monthan Air Force Base in Tucson, Arizona, was collected by QuickBird on August 11, 2002. The boneyard serves as a holding place for out-of-rotation airplanes until their fate is decided; the dry, clear climate of Tucson provides an ideal environment for the storage of aircraft, as they can sit indefinitely without rusting. The hard, desert soil also makes for easy towing of the planes without the need for roads. From the DigitalGlobe website.

 

Click to view larger image of an intenna instalation on the Empire State Building - thanks Cornell!Click to view larger image of an intenna instalation on the Empire State Building - thanks Cornell!

 

An RF engineer's dream chess set. Thanks to Lance L. for this one.An RF engineer's dream chess set. Thanks to Lance L. for this one.

 

Micromachined chain - built with lasersMicromachined chain - built with lasers

 

 

John Travolta's home in Ocala, FL, with private Boeing 707 and Gulfstream II, alongside his 7,500 foot runway. I wonder what his Hollywierd buds think of his destroying all that ozone with his aeroplanes?John Travolta's home in Ocala, FL, with private Boeing 707 and Gulfstream II, alongside his 7,500 foot runway. I wonder what his Hollywierd buds think of his destroying all that ozone with his aeroplanes?		Click to view bigger image. This "Cloaked" B-2 photo was taken by Bobbi Garcia, and won first place in the "Aviation Week & Space Technology" 2002 photo contest for military aircraft.Click to view bigger image. This "Cloaked" B-2 photo was taken by Bobbi Garcia, and won first place in the "Aviation Week & Space Technology" 2002 photo contest for military aircraft.

 

Hang on Iraqi citizens, help is on the way!Hang on Iraqi citizens, help is on the way!

 

A blob of ferrofluid in a petri dish, with a 1 inch dia. x 1/4 inch thick NdFeB disc magnet underneath. This makes iron filings on a piece of paper look lame.A blob of ferrofluid in a petri dish, with a 1 inch dia. x 1/4 inch thick NdFeB disc magnet underneath. This makes iron filings on a piece of paper look lame.

 

Turn any one of the spheres in this universal bearing and all the others will rotate freely (the image in the linked document is skewed so the spheres look like ovals)Turn any one of the spheres in this universal bearing and all the others will rotate freely (the image in the linked docume nt is skewed so the spheres look like ovals)
A Navy dolphin, K-Dog, shows Sgt. Andrew Garrett what he's learned as he trains near the USS Gunston Hall, in the Persian Gulf.A Navy dolphin, K-Dog, shows Sgt. Andrew Garrett what he's learned as he trains near the USS Gunston Hall, in the Persian Gulf.

 

Click here to view ENIAC - the world's first electronic digital computer was developed by Army Ordnance to compute World War II ballistic firing tables, circa 1946. Click here to view ENIAC - the world's first electronic digital computer was developed by Army Ordnance to compute World War II ballistic firing tables, circa 1946.

 

This fabulous poster shows a detailed layout of the inner working of Curt Herzstark's amazing machine - the Curta Calculator. The January 2004 issue of Scientific American has a great article on it.This fabulous poster shows a detailed layout of the inner working of Curt Herzstark's amazing machine - the Curta Calculator. The January 2004 issue of Scientific American has a great article on it.		Click here for full-size image and an explanationClick here for full-size image and an explanation.

 

Highest recorded wind on earth's surfaceHighest recorded wind on earth's surface.

 

What kind of house would a guy like Dilbert want to live in? Why, the Dilbert Ultimate House (DUH), of course.What kind of house would a guy like Dilbert want to live in? Why, the Dilbert Ultimate House (DUH), of course.

 

"Waterfall of Cables" FlashMob 1: Students at UC San Francisco have networked 669 PCs to achieve a Linpack speed of 180 Gflops - earning it a spot in the list of the world's 500 fastest computers."Waterfall of Cables" FlashMob 1: Students at UC San Francisco have networked 669 PCs to achieve a Linpack speed of 180 Gflops - earning it a spot in the list of the world's 500 fastest computers.