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Spirit

On January 26th, 2274 Mars days into the mission, NASA declared Spirit a ‘stationary research station’, expected to stay operational for several more months until the dust buildup on its solar panels forces a final shutdown.

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Nicolas Cage as Everyone

Once in a while a website comes along that completely blows you away. Someone decided to put together a site dedicated to photoshopping the star as “everyone.”

Put it this way, if you ever wanted to see Nicolas Cage as Abe Lincoln then continue reading

Here are 15 pictures of Nicolas Cage as everyone.

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How to win at catching fish – Smart Dolphins

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On the Other Side of the Screen, It Looks Like a Light Cycle

A life-size model of one of the light cycles to be used in the new tron movie was caught on camera recently, and it looks absolutely wicked. It was made by toy manufacturer Spin Master, which has the contract for the toys and action figures associated with the new Tron.

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16 things you probably never knew about the automobile

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iPad vs Stone

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Eat My Cloud Turbines

Amazing shot of some wind turbines kicking up dust and moisture from there turbulence.

Here is a very crude illustration of what is happening.

Fig. 1:Generic wind flow around a Windmill. The incoming column of air from the left passes through the windmill (shown in the middle), decreasing the air speed and increasing [...]

Great 3D Si-Fi Illustrations

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Engineer’s Guide to Drinks

It’s Friday and science keeps getting in the way of blogging, but here’s one of the more useful posts you’ll ever get from us: via FlowingData, the Engineer’s Guide to Drinks.

See the full version here [pdf].