 This
is how uberRFEngineers spend their off-time.
 Hanford
Site B Reactor, a 1500-square-kilometer plutonium-production complex in the state of Washington, built for the
Manhattan Project. The three-story-tall front face is covered by 2004 metal nozzles for loading 200 tons of
uranium.
 IIR
GPS satellite antenna farm built by Lockheed Martin.
 Finally,
a present for the NASCAR fan who has everything: The V4 Movement replaces the pinions of the traditional
mechanical movement with a relay of 13 drive belts whose tension is controlled by turnbuckles and whose gauge
measures a slender 0.50 x 0.45 mm. Cost: a mere $6k-$12k, depending on options. |
 This
is "The World's Biggest Hole," located in Eastern Siberia near the town of Mirna.
 Far
from just being a stupid-human-tricks story on the Internet about a fool floating into the path of a 747 while
strapped to his lawn chair, Cluster Ballooning is a real sport!. Learn about it here.
 Image
by a scanning tunneling microscope of a gold ion and its neutral form. A single electron was transferred to a
gold atom to created the charged version at the IBM Zurich Labs.
 Turning
radius of an F-16 Fighting Falcon (17000 lbs) compared to an F-4 Phantom (29,000 lbs). Look about half-way
down the page.
 Optical
Camoflage - this cloaking cloak developed by a University of Tokyo professor permits "seeing through" its
wearer. Click on the videos - you won't believe it!
|
 The
world's first integrated circuit, by Jack Kilby, at Texas Instruments.
 The
power of an impulse - awesome!
 Professor
Loc Vu-Quoc and his students at U. of FL developed this battlefield sticky sensor that is fired froma
paintball gun. It contains a transmitter for use with a camera, bio-sensor, audio pickup, radiation sensor,
etc. Pretty cool!
 Collapsed
cell tower in MN - sent by Mark S. |
 Penny
structures - finally, a use for pennies.
 Something
old, something new...that's what this tube-based amplifier for the iPod gets you. All for only around
$1,100US.
 No,
this isn't from a 1968 edition of Popular Mechanics - it's the Gibbs Aquada. MSRP sticker price: about $240k -
the cost of a good Aston Martin, Lamborghini, or Ferrari. There's a cool video of it on the site. |
