Cool science stuff

Frankly I'm surprised it took that long for somebody to figure it out. There had to be a scientific explanation. "It's magic" won't get you far.

The challenge will be to scale it up and make it work.

 

It really didn't take that long. If it's real, this is revolutionary technology that was only designed 15 years ago.
Since 2001, we've potentially gone from concept and design that could not work based on current understanding, to controlled experimental results, through reproducing those results, to an underlying explanation of why it works.

I'm just blown away by this. Although skeptics remain, this is starting to seem more and more real.
Just amazing.

 

Utterly fascinating to think of the possibilities this could open up.

 

Roger Shawyer, a year ago:

Shawyer said the situation has changed from the scepticism he received in 2006. Today, many scientists are now thinking of new ways to use EmDrive to solve global issues that would never have been possible before.


If it was cheap to launch satellites into space, we could harness solar power
for Earth and even use satellites as shields from the sun against global warming


"We will go to Mars, but the most important thing is what EmDrive will do for the rest of the world. It will be solar power stations, city-to-city long-haul flights using hydrogen. It's green and convenient and will change our world in the next few decades," he said.

"We've got solutions to the global energy crisis, climate change and green technology all thrown into one.

"Think what orbital sunshades, easily put into place and controlled, will do for climate change. Think about a city sweltering in the hot sun, and think about a council buying an orbital sunshade and launching it into orbit, all completely controllable and easy to put up."

Nasa validates EmDrive: Roger Shawyer says aerospace industry needs to watch out

 

When I hear something about altering the weather, I think back to this old margarine commercial:

 

What the fuck is it with Brits and this spelling out acronyms as proper nouns shit. It's not Nasa, it's NASA.
It's not a difference of opinion or a preference, it's just fucking WRONG. Spelling out acronyms as proper nouns is inaccurate, imprecise, misleading and disconcerting to the reader. Learn to speak fucking English. It's not Nasa, it's NASA. Get it fucking right.

 

I agree, it's Fubar.

 

Those damn English!

 

Want try out a quantum computer? Now you can.

IBM just beat Google to a brand new type of computing

http://www.pcworld.com/article/3065...-computing-processor-comes-out-of-hiding.html

 

GoPro hitched a ride on a rocket and the video is incredible

 

That's pretty freakin' awesome. GoPro does an excellent job of marketing. I have absolutely no reason to get one - I own a high-quality DSLR, some amazing lenses and a drone, and I don't participate in any action sports during which I would strap a GoPro to my body - yet, I totally want one. And I have several other friends who are the same way. It's just got a cool factor that's hard to create.

 

GoPro can do high frame rates - 240 fps. Maybe even 960 (have to check specs a little closer). Anyway, they are a relatively cheap way to do some excellent high speed recording and slow mo playback. Only drawback I have heard is the units warm up considerably when running at high frame rate and kill the battery quickly.