Slip rings are often an overlooked component of many engineered devices, and if you are new to engineering or you’ve just been taking apart an old electrical device, it’s most likely you’ve come across a slip ring. Of course, slip ...
Dealing with the loss of a loved one is difficult enough and it is only going to become more difficult. For many, the dilemma between steep costs and the desire to give a deceased loved one the right burial is ...
In this simulated image of Saturn’s rings, color is used to represent information about ring particle sizes in different regions based on the measured effects of three radio signals. Three simultaneous radio signals of 0.94, 3.6 and 13 centimeter wavelength ...
NASA’s Spitzer Space Telescope has detected an unusual ring of material surrounding the magnetic remains of a blasted star. The stellar ‘corpse’, called SGR 1900+14, belongs to a class of objects known as magnetars, which are the cores of massive ...
We know of sand clocks, water clocks, atomic clocks and sun clocks but how about a Moon Clock? The British designer Laura Williams created Aluna – a proposal for the world’s first tidal powered Moon Clock. The proposed gigantic sculpture ...
Nokia Icon BT – Designed by Lopez Revol, the Icon includes a wrist band and a pair of rings. The wrist band has a duochromatic OLED display that shows SMS, incoming calls, and can also work as a watch all ...