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This Week, Catch a Rare Glimpse of Mercury in the Night Sky
Starting 6/30, you can actually see the planet Mercury with the naked eye, a rare treat for stargazers. Check out the west-northwestern horizon for a glimpse of our rocky neighboring planet. Continue reading
Apparently We ‘Just’ Discovered Mercury Has Water
Scientists have spent centuries studying our solar system. However, apparently we don’t know everything about one of our closest planetary neighbors. Continue reading
MESSENGER Probe Nearly Done In By Solar Storm
A solar storm barely missed Mercury and the MESSENGER probe, thus avoiding what could have been a disaster for NASA. Continue reading
MESSENGER Spacecraft Transmits First Images From Mercury Orbit Back to Earth
The NASA MESSENGER satellite has established orbit around Mercury and is now transmitting back to Earth the first images ever shot from the planet’s orbit. Continue reading
Oh, that view is tremendous
An elegant new site presents the radio transcripts of early NASA missions in a textual dramatization. Continue reading
Ultimate DIY: Guy Builds Audi R8 Replica
Building a car from a kit is nothing new. Open any modern auto magazine and you’ll find plenty of that crap in the classifieds. But when one man goes above and beyond to turn a 2001 Mercury Cougar into a fully-functional, stylish Audi R8, well, that’s magic. While there’s just some things that can’t be copied, overall this car looks just like a damn R8. Since the actual Audi R8 is a $100,000+ car, most people won’t have one and... Continue reading
Bloody Bookmarks
I wonder what my grandmother would think of me if I got her these creative $29 bookmarks for her birthday. The set of three comes with bookmarks that resemble milk, blood and mercury. While the milk is cute, I’m sure the blood would earn me a disapproving glare from her reading chair. Link [via]
You Spilled Art On Your Table
Here’s something else, furniture called Ripple Series that imitates rippling mercury just like the Vertibral seating imitates spinal structure. It’s from designer Lee J. Rowland who happens to also be an aerospace engineer. And it shows with this out of this world furniture design that uses a three-dimensional machining process along with sheet metal to make these one of a kind desktops. It’s no surprise these tables are also astronomical in price, ranging from $45,000 to $268,000. Yowza. Impressive Lee,... Continue reading
DIY Wiretapping: For The Paranoid
ITsecurity.com has posted a comprehensive guide on do-it-yourself wiretapping as well as wiretapping defense. Offering a slew of choices to approach your attempt to spy on your gorgeous blond-haired neighbor including: how to install bugs, track someone’s whereabouts with their cell phone (if it’s registered with a U.K. phone company), in addition to how-to FM wiretap. And if it boils down to you being a lazy bastard who can’t come up with a constructive way to sneak into your neighbors... Continue reading
A Greener Apple: Steve Jobs confirms Macs with environmentally-safe LED backlights coming this year
Apple CEO Steve Jobs has confirmed that Apple will be releasing LED-backlit Macs by the end of this year. “We plan to introduce our first Macs with LED backlight technology in 2007,” he wrote. “Our ability to completely eliminate fluorescent lamps in all of our displays depends on how fast the LCD industry can transition to LED backlighting for larger displays.” The confirmation comes in the form of an open letter to shareholders and customers about Apple phasing out mercury... Continue reading
