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Nanotechnology – from fakers to femto

May 21, 2018 Jake Wells 1 Comment

Despite it being the biggest buzz term at the forefront of every marketeers repertoire, some of the potential applications for nanotechnology are truly revolutionary.

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Posted in: science, tech, Uncategorized Filed under: femto, greygoo, materials, nanotechnology, nanotubes, science, space, technology

Voyager and its gift for E.T

April 20, 2018 Jake Wells 1 Comment

So what will the final fate of the Voyager probe be? We know that it doesn’t have the escape velocity needed to leave the Galaxy which means it’ll likely makes its way round the galaxy over the next few billion years.

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Posted in: science, tech, Uncategorized Filed under: beatles, earth, goldenrecord, probe, science, space, tech, timecapsule, voyager

VR – bringing the 4th dimension closer?

March 14, 2018 Jake Wells Leave a comment

The reason it’s so hard to imagine a 4th dimensional object is because we couldn’t ever really truly perceive one (using our eyes at least)

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Posted in: science, tech Filed under: 4d, dreams, string theory, virtual reality, Vive, waking life

The African Expedition

October 24, 2017 Jake Wells Leave a comment

Armed with two GoPros, an SLR, a Mavic Drone and more than one playlist featuring Toto, we headed to the airport.

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Posted in: tech, Uncategorized Filed under: africa, the devils pool, victoria falls, zambia

Earth as a pixel and the monsters of space

August 2, 2017 Jake Wells Leave a comment

In an age when 99% of the photos taken are either self gratifying selfies or Instagram intended food photos it’s nice to sometimes look at something which has a bit more of a story behind it.

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Posted in: science, Uncategorized Filed under: bluedot, galaxy, hubble, photo, sky, space, supernova, telescope

Google’s virtual reality – Tiltbrush, Earth VR and Pearl

July 18, 2017 Jake Wells 1 Comment

Google Earth is the new crack. Seriously, it’s that addictive. Starting from a zoomed out perspective and zooming down you see the world from a skydivers perspective.

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Posted in: tech Filed under: google, science, tech, tiltbrush, virtual reality, Vive

Brian Cox and an observant monkey

July 6, 2017 Jake Wells Leave a comment

The quantum world is a fascinating place, time can move in both directions, things can appear and disappear out of existing for no apparent reason.

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Posted in: science Filed under: Brian cox, Copenhagen interpretation, delayed choice, monkey, pilot wave, quantum, quantum mechanics

Simple design for maximum effect

June 20, 2017 Jake Wells Leave a comment

It’s no secret that the best designs often have a profound simplicity to them

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Posted in: science Filed under: Brian cox, design, e=mc2, elegance, feynman, gravity, k-pax, kevin spacey, qed, scramjet, simplicity

​HTC Vive – The holodeck dream finally realised

June 11, 2017 Jake Wells Leave a comment

This is clearly the future, I’m not sure how but this is absolutely something that is going to last.

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Posted in: tech Filed under: future, virtual reality, Vive

A South Korean adventure

June 7, 2017 Jake Wells Leave a comment

A panel with an array of buttons blasts various things at various temperatures at your arse should you so wish. I’m sure I could’ve made more of this with a bit of instruction but miming the conversation to the hotel staff seemed a bit undignified.

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Posted in: tech Filed under: Jeju, North Korea, South Korea

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