Pretty. Weird. Good to know. Odd and remarkable. Funny. Inside the Soviets’ Secret Failed Moon Program | Wired Science. Lunar Craft antenna dish.Lunar Craft lander.Lunar Craft lander.Lunar Craft lander leg.Lunar Craft porthole.Locking mechanism.Soyuz service module cutaway.Docking assembly with bolts.Lunar satellite.L2 Lunar orbit module cutaway,Soyuz parachute container.Capsule hatch warning. By Matt Hardigree, Jalopnik The Soviet lunar program was covered up, forgotten after failing to put a man on the moon. These rare photos from a lab inside the Moscow Aviation Institute show a junkyard of rarely-seen spacecraft, including a never-to-be-used Soviet lunar lander. Soviet scientists were well ahead of their American counterparts in moon exploration before President John F. Kennedy pronounced the U.S. would put a man there first. The Soviets had already landed the probe Luna 2 on the surface of the moon in 1959 and had an orbiting satellite in 1966.
The Soviets developed a similar multi-step approach to NASA, involving a module used to orbit the moon and one for landing. See Also: PIXELS by PATRICK JEAN. - une vidéo Art et Création. Britney Spears releases un-airbrushed images next to digitally-a. By Daily Mail Reporter Created: 12:59 GMT, 13 April 2010 Celebrities, and the industry around them, are often accused of producing images that affect young people's body image. Which is why it's so refreshing to see one of the world's most famous pop stars allowing all of their imperfections to be highlighted. Britney Spears has allowed the pre-airbrushed images from a shoot she took part in for fashion firm Candie's to be used ALONGSIDE the digitally-altered ones, so people can see the difference.
Brave move: Britney Spears has allowed airbrushed images from her shoot to be released along with the original raw photos which show all her imperfections The 29-year-old singer made the extraordinary move in order to highlight the pressure exerted on women to look perfect. In the first shot, she is seen facing the camera with her arms behind her back. The airbrushed pictures, however, tell a different story with a slimmed-down waist and flawless, skinny legs.
Panopticlick. Untouched is impossible: the story of Star Wars in film. Last week saw the 30th anniversary of The Empire Strikes Back, and along with it came discussions about the best way to watch the film and what we can expect from future re-releases. Michael Kaminski wrote the exhaustively researched and illuminating book The Secret History of Star Wars, so he knows damn near everything there is to know about the film stock used to shoot the film. George Lucas famously said that the original film "doesn't exist" anymore, but is that accurate? How exactly does Star Wars exist now? What are the challenges and possibilities involved in re-releasing a perfected original cut? How do the bootlegs stack up? Many prints exist We asked Kaminksi about the master copy of the original Star Wars. Kaminski points out that a duplication of the original negative—commonly printed for the sake of protection—doesn't seem to exist for Star Wars.
That's not all, however. What this tells us is that Lucas wasn't lying—the original copy of Star Wars is, in fact, gone. Star Wars: Uncut. Parrot AR.Drone to attack this September, for $300. The Parrot AR.Drone made waves when it was shown off CES earlier this year. The WiFi quadricopter that uses an iPhone as its remote control will launch in the US this September, for $299.99.
You can control the device using an iPhone, iPod touch, or an iPad, and the drone has both a downward- and frontward-facing camera. The quadricopter is a stable, intuitive design With two control modes that give you a sense for how the thing flies, anyone should be able to pick it up and get moving pretty quickly. The real fun comes when you install the augmented reality games onto the iPhone.
The software is open, and testers have enjoyed prerelease access to both the SDK and hardware to get their games and demos up to speed, making this a fun project for those who like to play as well as those who like to tinker. There are different shells you can attach to the core device, with different designs suited for flight both inside and outside. Vivitar 35mm Camera™ that anyone can operate is so easy to use and takes beautiful pictures too!
"The Sandpit" - A short film by Aero Director, Sam O'Hare! UPDATE 10/26/2010: A lot has happened since we posted this! Sam's film has gone on to win the Prix Ars Electronica Award of Distinction and was just selected to show at AFI Fest 2010! Director, Sam O'Hare also has a follow-up film (also in the style of tilt-shift) called Coachelletta, which he shot at the Coachella Music Festival in early Spring of 2010. Enjoy and THANK YOU for all the support! Aero Director/ VFX artist Sam O’Hare has finished a short film, The Sandpit, that we’re very excited to be able to share with you. This short is inspired by films like Koyaanisqatsi (really, that’s not in spell check??) , and time-lapse tilt shift photography. Click to see The Sandpit. The Sandpit is a day in the life of New York City, as seen in miniature: After watching it, there are 2 immediate questions, “HOW did he do that?!?!”
Ok… now to the “how.” ME: Hi Sam! SAM: Hi Sara. ME: I feel like Stephen Colbert. SAM: Should I be frightened? ME: (thinks) Maybe. ME: That has to be a lot of stills! AlltheWeb Livesearch. AlltheWeb Livesearch Yahoo’s AlltheWeb now has a new Livesearch feature (that’s right, AlltheWeb, the search engine that was hot years ago but has since been forgotten). It’s a get-results-as-you-type kind of engine, but takes the Google Suggest approach a step further. You will instantly see the results to the right side... and you don’t even have to submit your search. So for example, when you enter “white h”, to the right side you’ll see appearing after a second. All in all I like this Livesearch, though it might be one of those good-looking search tools that you still don’t end up using on a daily basis. [Thanks Search-Engines-Web.com.] >> More posts Advertisement This site unofficially covers Google™ and more with some rights reserved . Antarctica. Monty Python - If your're gonna do a graffiti spell it right.
Ig Nobel prizes awarded for bat fellatio, whale snot sampling, more. Each year, just ahead of when the folks in Sweden announce the Nobel Prizes, Boston plays host to the ceremony at which the Ig Nobel Prizes are handed out. These awards are intended to "make people laugh, and then make them think," and are handed out in a variety of nontraditional categories, presumably because the people involved pick the amusing research first, and then decide on a category to put it in. The awards ceremony is rather elaborate, featuring a variety of honorary positions, some of them filled by Nobel Prize winners—Roy Glauber (physics, 2005), for example, is the official sweeper, charged with keeping the stage free of paper airplanes.
The ceremony also typically features musical performances. This year, it played host to the first performance of The Bacterial Opera. The composers Verdi, Offenbach, and Arther Sullivan are all given posthumous credit for their contributions to the work. But the focus of the awards is rightly on the research itself, so we'll do the same. France Sucks Ass. Contrary to what millions of tourists that visit France each year believe, France sucks. The people are rude, cocky and to put it bluntly, the French are assholes. How can anyone take France seriously? I'm talking about a country that has been invaded by countless warlords and empires throughout history. This short list includes Julius Caesar, Germanic tribes, Nazi Germany and more recently, stuck-up pricks. One of the main reasons I can't give France any respect is the futility and character of their military. Another fine example of the French military tradition occurred during World War II.
Try looking up "French Military Victories" on the Google search engine. I don't know why France is such a joke. The French consistently hate on the U.S. about everything we do. France is just plain shitty. Oh yeah, and Tony Parker is a douche. National Schools Film Week punts unsafe URL. 10 Ways to Build a Better Big Data Security Strategy We can't decide whether someone is having a right laugh or simply hasn't got a clue, but we feel that National Schools Film Week could have picked a better URL to punt cinema to wide-eyed youngsters. Yes indeed, while http//www.nsfw.org/ does indeed point to celluloid enlightenment, parents had better make sure their offspring don't accidently end up at www.nsfw.com, which offers an altogether racier roster of video entertainment.
As well as meaty vid goodness, nsfw.com boasts live chat, should you wish to discuss the finer points of French cinema with a young lady. National Schools Film Week kicks off tomorrow in England, Wales and Northern Ireland. The other NSFW is available 24/7, 365 days a year on a computer screen near you. ® 10 Ways to Build a Better Big Data Security Strategy. Rescued from a Chilean mine. Dead Drops 'How to' - NYC. The Daily: Indexed. Well, that was a fun experiment. My free trial’s up and I’m not going to subscribe, so The Daily: Indexed is over. Over on Waxy.org, I wrote up a post explaining how I generated the indexes from the iPad app… If anyone out there wants to take it over, let me know! – Andy. (Note: Yes, this is the same cover image as yesterday. The Daily crew accidentally reposted yesterday’s cover to their website instead of today’s cover.)
News 021711-NEWS-front See The Daily in action PAINFUL LESSON — There must be something going around. Gossip Opinion 021711-OPINIONS-front China’s growth problem Lesson 1: 'Me first’ — After sickout by Wisconsin teachers, the dog ate all of our sympathy A bad bargain — Taxpayers suffer at the hands of public-sector unions Chicago welcomes Italy’s fascist fliers By Sara Mayeux — Mussolini’s air adventurers become envoys to America and the world Arts & Life Apps & Games Sports. À qui de droit. ‘Neuromancer’ Goes Into Pre-Production. Jobs Rated 2011: Ranking 200 Jobs From Best to Worst. InShare319 By Andrew Strieber This is our 2011 Job Rankings report.See our 200 Jobs Rated Report for 2012 When searching for a new job, how do you decide which opportunities are worth the time it takes to complete an application?
Do you only apply to jobs within a certain salary range, with a certain number of hours per week or with responsibilities you know you can handle easily? Using any of these criteria to search for a job can lead to disaster in today's employment market. While the "buyer beware" atmosphere of the current job market can be challenging, you do have ways to protect yourself.
Each year Jobs Rated researchers survey 200 jobs – from Accountant to Zoologist – scoring them according to five key criteria: Physical Demands, Work Environment, Income, Outlook and Stress. For more information on how we rank all 200 jobs, see our 2011 Jobs Rated Methodology Not sure whether that opening you find online would be a great opportunity or a career killer?
Flexible Focus. William Reed, a bilingual bestselling author living for almost 4 decades in Japan, takes us on a tour of how to Master the Mandala Chart, an innovative thinking and planning tool which helps you achieve life/work balance with a flexible perspective. Check out the Flexible Focus WebBrain Index for a visual depiction of the topics in this series Following are the already published posts in this series: Mastering the Mandala Chart Flexible Focus #1: Inside the Mandala Chart – A zoom lens for your life This introductory post provides answers to the fundamental questions on Mandala Charts and sets the context of what the author means by “Flexible Focus”. The Mandala Chart comprises of 8 sections, each section divided into various topics. Each section/topic will appear below as soon as the relevant post is published: The Art of Flexible Focus The framework of Wisdom The 8 Frames of Life Mandala Tools Japanology Thinking Inside the Box The Temple of Templates Art of Abundance Summary Section: Bonus Section:
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