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Geeks in space

Geeks in spaceIf I had the moneyI would be SO there! That would be the first investment if I won the lottery. The second would be to buy a seat on a Virgin Galactic flight :DWhy? Because they are the forward thinkers.I mean if they weren't "futurists" they wouldn't...

Tags: Aerospace & Defense, Kinematics, Mother Earth, monument, AIAA, aerospace, cage

Discussion threads 2004-10-06

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Simulating planes flying at Mach 6

Scramjets, or supersonic combustion ramjets, such as the X-51A aircraft being built by Pratt & Whitney and Boeing, should start to fly in 2009. And if everything goes according to plan, missiles flying at Mach 6 could be deployed by 2015. But designing such planes is not so easy. This...

Tags: Purdue University, Aerospace & Defense, Manufacturing, Roland Piquepaille

Blog posts 2008-01-04

First on-chip cooling system?

Researchers at the University of Washington UW have developed a cooling device small enough to fit on a computer chip. This tiny ion pump uses an electrical charge 'rather than liquid or fans to create a cooling air jet right at the surface of the chip.' This research project looks...

Tags: emitter, chip

Blog posts 2006-08-24

A roundtrip to Mars in one day?

According to ideas developed in the 1950s, it should be possible to build an 'hyperspace' engine allowing a spacecraft to reach Mars in 3 hours. It would also allow us to travel to stars more that 10 light years away in 80 days by slipping into a different dimension. But...

Tags: theory, magnetic field

Blog posts 2006-01-09