Jul 22 2010

Jelloware - edible cups

Jelloware are disposable cups made entirely out of agar agar (a gelatinous substance derived from red algae) and cast in different flavors, such as lemon-basil, ginger-mint, or rosemary-beet, each specifically designed to compliment a corresponding drink, thus making it edible cups.

Jelloware is bio-degradable, so it can be thrown on to grass. Since it is made [...]

Jun 16 2010

Fiery re-entry of the Hayabusa Spacecraft

Check out the video of the Japanese unmanned Hayabusa spacecraft’s fiery plunge into Earth’s atmosphere. This was captured by the NASA astronomers.

May 7 2010

Paper solar cells

Scientists at the Eni-MIT Solar Frontiers Research Center, Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) have created an inkjet-style printing technology that can successfully print solar cells on paper.
The paper solar cells are one of many avenues being pursued around nano-scale materials. Layers of these materials could essentially be sprayed using different manufacturing techniques to make [...]

May 3 2010

Visible Body

The Visible Body is an online, 3-D Interactive Tool that lets users explore the human anatomy and all its various system of the human physiology.
Visible Body is produced by Argosy Publishing, provider of content and technology to the medical, pharmaceutical, scientific, consumer products, television, and educational communities.
Check out the video embedded below for an [...]

Nov 3 2009

Science Tattoo Emporium

Checkout Discover magazine’s huge and amazing collection of tattoos inspired by Science. Complete collection is here. [via]

Aug 21 2009

Egg in a Bottle:Science Experiment

Here is an interesting video of How to suck an egg into a glass bottle. No magic but basic science.

The matches in the bottle burn up the oxygen. This creates a negative pressure environment, or vacuum. The egg is sucked through the neck of the glass bottle. This is just one of the [...]

May 21 2009

Missing link found?

NY Daily news report: A team of researchers Tuesday unveiled an almost perfectly intact fossil of a 47 million-year-old primate they say represents the long-sought missing link between humans and apes. Officially known as Darwinius masillae, the fossil of the lemur-like creature dubbed Ida shows it had opposable thumbs like humans and fingernails instead of [...]

May 18 2009

Gene Art

We wrote a post on DNA mini portraits in December, now on similar lines, MyGeneImage is offering some unique gene art works.
Here is how it works, Request a Sample Collection Package from MyGeneImage by specifying the product, size, background and the gene you are interested in, after you receive the the package, collect [...]

May 6 2009

C-curve

C-curve is a mirror sculpture created by Turner Prize winning sculptor, Anish Kapoor. It has been installed on the South Downs for the Brighton Festival. The Brighton Festival is an annual arts festival which takes place in the city of Brighton and Hove in UK each May.
When visitors look at it from one side [...]

Apr 30 2009

Floating sofa

A sofa that floats on a magnetic field. The soft floating upper part is supported by the magnetic force generated by the bottom base. Awesome furniture concept called Cloud. Designed by D.K. Wei. [via]

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