Museums Lobby to Be Homes for Poor Retired NASA Shuttles
With the final launch dates set for space shuttles Discovery and Endeavour, NASA's next job will be finding homes for these hulking, retired spacecrafts, and for the Atlantis and Enterprise, as well. According to The Wall Street Journal, about 21 institutions have asked NASA for the right to store ... Read more »




Believe it or not, power lines are not self-sustaining. They get damaged, get worn, and ultimately fail with spectacular consequences. It's actually somebody's job to get up on those poles and high-tension towers, and inspect those cables to make sure they're still in working order. Needless to ...
Ceci Moss over at Rhizome recently did a studio visit with Brooklyn-based musician/artist Steven Litt of CrudLabs, whose home-built CrudBox machine "allows users to plug electronic or electromechanic devices [including power tools and solenoids] into a 16 step, 8 channel step sequencer." Check out ...
Who says all surfers are gnarly? A University of California at San Diego engineering graduate student (and amateur surfer) is using his two loves -- science and surfing -- to figure out what makes the perfect board. According to Wired, Benjamin Thompson equipped a surfboard with eight sensors and ... 













