tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20996996192256535532024-03-15T18:09:58.008-07:00The Remote-Controlled Vampire CatScience, Technology, The Future and occasionally, cats.Jean-Marc Palmierhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15204951972766478322noreply@blogger.comBlogger34125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2099699619225653553.post-69136207357402636062012-04-30T23:43:00.000-07:002012-05-01T00:41:42.588-07:00San Francisco Before and After : 1853 to 2010<div id="container10">
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After my previous article where I was showing the <a href="http://jmpalmier.blogspot.com/2012/04/satellite-pictures-show-growth-of_22.html" target="_blank">growth of cities worldwide</a> by superimposing old and new satellite pictures, I though about doing a similar thing with even older maps of cities from the 19th century. And what better city to start with than my own hometown of San Francisco, California? The view above shows a map of SF from 1869 and a satellite picture from 2010. <b> </b><br>
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<a href="http://jmpalmier.blogspot.com/2012/04/san-francisco-before-and-after-1853-to.html#more">Read more »</a>Jean-Marc Palmierhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15204951972766478322noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2099699619225653553.post-34631278304251537092012-04-25T10:56:00.001-07:002012-05-07T10:40:42.030-07:00Technorati claim token PYM5X5Z4CZMB<span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.917969); color: #222222;">PYM5X5Z4CZMB </span>
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<span class="status">Wondering what this post is all about? Well, if you want people to know about your blog, you need to register it to <b>Blog Directories </b>web sites like <i><a href="http://technorati.com/" target="_blank">Technorati </a></i>or <i><a href="http://blogs.botw.org/" target="_blank">Best Of The Blog</a></i>, where people go to look for blogs. In order for <i>Technorati </i>to verify that the blog you are registering really belongs to you, it sends you a code or <i>Token </i>and asks you to put it somewhere in a post. Just like I'm doing right now. It also asks you to turn on <a href="http://blogger-hints-and-tips.blogspot.com/2010/08/why-rss-subscribe-to-posts-is-important.html" target="_blank">RSS feed </a>on your blog and turn off any <a href="http://www.robotstxt.org/robotstxt.html" target="_blank">robot-blocking configuration </a>so that their bots can automatically read your blog and find the token.</span><br />
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<span class="status">So now you know.</span>Jean-Marc Palmierhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15204951972766478322noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2099699619225653553.post-33706097063149454162012-04-22T12:31:00.000-07:002012-04-29T23:25:30.895-07:00Satellite Pictures Show Growth of Cities Worldwide<div id="container">
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CNN and NASA's Landsat department have released a series of amazing satellite pictures showing the dramatic growth of urban areas around the world in the past 30 years. The two superimposed images above show Las Vegas in 1984 and 2011. <b>Click and drag </b>the green cursor on the image to see the changes before and after. See how what used to be barren desert is now lush suburban lawns. Also note how Lake Mead has dramatically shrunk in the same period of time... Las Vegas grew from 520,000 people in 1986 to 1.9 million in 2011. </div>
<a href="http://jmpalmier.blogspot.com/2012/04/satellite-pictures-show-growth-of_22.html#more">Read more »</a>Jean-Marc Palmierhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15204951972766478322noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2099699619225653553.post-73209851230463269282012-03-28T23:52:00.001-07:002012-04-06T11:32:12.309-07:00NASA releases new details on next SLS rockets<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjl4QMIqi4Pff9rGXkqxzS-hu6XXR08Lh2Ab8_ZRdrURBEn1nsZxgTk8aBEqtdxms99iPfMie9QGLFutA8BdJurXLFOm3OagYoZdqq3JqjW66WIrvGABUcxYORHz8S5-zDvaqXqsYgXQnxB/s1600/SLS+130t+launch+2.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjl4QMIqi4Pff9rGXkqxzS-hu6XXR08Lh2Ab8_ZRdrURBEn1nsZxgTk8aBEqtdxms99iPfMie9QGLFutA8BdJurXLFOm3OagYoZdqq3JqjW66WIrvGABUcxYORHz8S5-zDvaqXqsYgXQnxB/s640/SLS+130t+launch+2.jpg" width="500"></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><br>
<div style="text-align: justify;">NASA is fine-tuning its design for the new <i>Space Launch System</i> (SLS) that will send astronauts to the moon, asteroids and possibly Mars. Basically there will be three main types of rocket, the <i>Block 1</i>, <i>Block 1A</i> and <i>Block 2</i>. <i>Block 1A</i> and <i>Block 2</i> will both have a crewed and a cargo variant, so that's a total of 5 models. The most important difference with what was <a href="http://jmpalmier.blogspot.com/2011/09/nasa-officially-announces-space-launch.html" target="_blank">announced last September </a>is that the main core stage will now have four or five RS-25D/E Space Shuttle Main Engines (SSME) instead of three.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br>
</div><div style="text-align: justify;"></div><a href="http://jmpalmier.blogspot.com/2012/03/nasa-releases-new-details-on-next-sls.html#more">Read more »</a>Jean-Marc Palmierhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15204951972766478322noreply@blogger.com8tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2099699619225653553.post-85691566320932092412012-02-19T11:51:00.004-08:002012-04-06T11:27:36.427-07:00Black Rock City 2015<table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody>
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<div style="text-align: justify;">With all the mess surrounding the ticket sales for this year's Burning Man (for those who don't know, demand largely outstripped supply, and the event sold out its 57,000 tickets, leaving tens of thousands of burners without tickets), I started working on ideas about how to enlarge Black Rock City to accommodate more people. The Burning Man Organization (BORG) is trying to get the Bureau of Land Management (BLM, the federal agency that regulates the public land where Burning Man takes place) to allow them to slowly increase the population from its current cap of 55,000 people to 70,000 in 2016. </div><br>
<a href="http://jmpalmier.blogspot.com/2012/02/black-rock-city-2015.html#more">Read more »</a>Jean-Marc Palmierhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15204951972766478322noreply@blogger.com126tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2099699619225653553.post-43755377879298833582012-01-20T19:56:00.000-08:002012-04-06T11:32:12.312-07:00Cité de l'Espace<table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody>
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<div style="font-family: inherit;"><div style="font-family: inherit;">During my last visit to France, I visited the <b><i>Cité de l'Espace</i></b> in Toulouse, space capital of Europe. The Cité de l'Espace (City of Space) is the european equivalent of the Kenedy Space Center's visitor complex. In addition to numerous interactive exhibits revolving around space exploration, they have a bunch of real space hardware on display, including a <i>Soyuz </i>spaceship and a mockup of the Russian <i>Mir </i>space station that was once used to train astronauts.</div></div><a href="http://jmpalmier.blogspot.com/2012/01/cite-de-lespace.html#more">Read more »</a>Jean-Marc Palmierhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15204951972766478322noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2099699619225653553.post-19027044506826027472012-01-17T22:05:00.000-08:002012-04-06T12:13:20.942-07:00Ohm Sport XS750 Electric Bike Test Ride<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjdbzw13bFosxz1fDYjrfFtuwuxaKY6RiB85g1iUqmM9lsCcMYcc7hyX-L6aEx-v3caqMeq6jMcqvTJ-9w-Tt9N1bsSKYXm2_WH0vhKB0eYLIMynL_7dnEU2_dSbJVVZRRgeFDLJPcthPKv/s1600/IMAG0445.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="382" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjdbzw13bFosxz1fDYjrfFtuwuxaKY6RiB85g1iUqmM9lsCcMYcc7hyX-L6aEx-v3caqMeq6jMcqvTJ-9w-Tt9N1bsSKYXm2_WH0vhKB0eYLIMynL_7dnEU2_dSbJVVZRRgeFDLJPcthPKv/s640/IMAG0445.jpg" width="640"></a></div><br>
Back in November I had the opportunity to try a <b>Ohm Sport XS750</b> electric bicycle for a day, so I though I'd post a review about it. The day long test ride was graciously offered to me by <a href="http://www.newwheel.net/" target="_blank"><b>The New Wheel</b></a>, a cool electric bike retailer in North Beach. So on a sunny Sunday morning, I embarked upon a 30 mile long ride around San Francisco.<br>
<a href="http://jmpalmier.blogspot.com/2012/01/ohm-sport-xs750-electric-bike-test-ride.html#more">Read more »</a>Jean-Marc Palmierhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15204951972766478322noreply@blogger.com6tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2099699619225653553.post-72677981857036315162011-12-08T12:53:00.001-08:002012-04-06T11:27:44.049-07:00Cesar Chavez Boulevard Improvements<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgS5ekpuxzBzoPuq2cOnzQA_HHd1FxvhBFDdxT-kkaWQGGkDkNs4shic1Na76yM6bbrZmSloHydNm1rG0m1a9TwQk6cIHJLVvtfbmO9HCjnwWXR7WmIU31AlCz1NPOivRw0d1TeBcfwcygq/s1600/Chavez+work.PNG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="270" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgS5ekpuxzBzoPuq2cOnzQA_HHd1FxvhBFDdxT-kkaWQGGkDkNs4shic1Na76yM6bbrZmSloHydNm1rG0m1a9TwQk6cIHJLVvtfbmO9HCjnwWXR7WmIU31AlCz1NPOivRw0d1TeBcfwcygq/s640/Chavez+work.PNG" width="640"></a></div><br>
<div style="text-align: left;">For those wondering what that mess is all about on Cesar Chavez Boulevard in San Francisco, here is the lowdown: They are in the process of replacing a giant 8 feet diameter sewer pipe that runs under the whole length of Cesar Chavez Blvd, from Guerrero Street to the 101 freeway, and also under Valencia Street between Chavez and Mission St (where the Burger King is) as well as under several adjacent streets. So what we see right now around Harrison Street is just the beginning! Once they are done with the underground work, Cesar Chavez blvd will be redesigned, with an addition of bike lanes and a median, plus trees on both sides. </div><a href="http://jmpalmier.blogspot.com/2011/12/cesar-chavez-boulevard-improvements.html#more">Read more »</a>Jean-Marc Palmierhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15204951972766478322noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2099699619225653553.post-74711907608681702032011-11-06T17:59:00.000-08:002012-04-06T11:32:12.313-07:00Chinese complete their first space docking manoeuvre<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgCD7Jz6ne51Xg2HgTiTh4tiMf1MnreLeNN1MJwUpZ04XnmbygSBktcDT_QTu8Kf75OV8od1Vd4dGmVbRwOo8OWHYLcOIB34dnt-2u8FotpgugaAniGGBC2B-lSWBP334LB_XnLd1cDDojE/s1600/Shenzhou-Tiangong.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgCD7Jz6ne51Xg2HgTiTh4tiMf1MnreLeNN1MJwUpZ04XnmbygSBktcDT_QTu8Kf75OV8od1Vd4dGmVbRwOo8OWHYLcOIB34dnt-2u8FotpgugaAniGGBC2B-lSWBP334LB_XnLd1cDDojE/s400/Shenzhou-Tiangong.jpg" width="400"></a></div><br>
<div style="text-align: justify;">After successfully sending their first man in space in 2003 with <i>Shenzhou-5</i>, and executing their first EVA (Extra-Vehicular Activity) in 2008 with <i>Shenzhou-7</i>, this week the unmanned Chinese spacecraft <i><b>Shenzhou-8</b></i> successfully docked with the <i><b>TianGong-1</b></i> space module, a first for the Chinese Space Program.</div><br>
<a href="http://jmpalmier.blogspot.com/2011/11/chinese-completes-their-first-space.html#more">Read more »</a>Jean-Marc Palmierhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15204951972766478322noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2099699619225653553.post-57428771209583392492011-09-22T11:54:00.000-07:002012-04-06T11:32:31.986-07:00NASA's Next Manned Mission to an Asteroid<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjyw7XSyRr526arRf71rsekmMd5dUOQrYOvtEQIMTuaiWJ7FfZTYBwt8YbMm1N38IekZNCzpa8W6jkn-_VECMWprD8vc4v9Wn-srH_NVJymenTJkq_JE9Ivwn5_aQGPhQX4Vsg-t5YC8SyT/s1600/Asteroid+Mission+2011b.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="424" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjyw7XSyRr526arRf71rsekmMd5dUOQrYOvtEQIMTuaiWJ7FfZTYBwt8YbMm1N38IekZNCzpa8W6jkn-_VECMWprD8vc4v9Wn-srH_NVJymenTJkq_JE9Ivwn5_aQGPhQX4Vsg-t5YC8SyT/s640/Asteroid+Mission+2011b.jpg" width="640"></a></div><br>
<div style="text-align: justify;">Now that the Space Launch System program is <a href="http://jmpalmier.blogspot.com/2011/09/nasa-officially-announces-space-launch.html">officially on its tracks</a>, lets take a look at what NASA plans to do with the giant rocket. After the first couple of test flights (including a manned fly-by around the moon somewhere between 2017 and 2021), the first big objective is to send 4 astronauts to a 6 month trip to a <b>Near Earth Object (NEO)</b>. The mission would be called <b>'Plymouth Rock'</b>.</div><a href="http://jmpalmier.blogspot.com/2011/09/nasas-next-manned-mission-to-asteroid.html#more">Read more »</a>Jean-Marc Palmierhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15204951972766478322noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2099699619225653553.post-90879736178562199922011-09-16T15:25:00.000-07:002012-04-06T11:32:12.315-07:00NASA Officially Announces the Space Launch System<div style="text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgkQnw41JM-zQHjwrgA0CeUx7pddD2-RbtuzhT0T4U8DJsX3M-Ug9zi-53l3-kiIZnIHnTSZgpd2OMONhwMXp_aSM21scziyB9U0Be3DXk6tCbZAJlo7_uAFrBw-PZUKVd8P0Y_8_tWqvCk/s1600/sls-launchpad-alternate-view-2.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgkQnw41JM-zQHjwrgA0CeUx7pddD2-RbtuzhT0T4U8DJsX3M-Ug9zi-53l3-kiIZnIHnTSZgpd2OMONhwMXp_aSM21scziyB9U0Be3DXk6tCbZAJlo7_uAFrBw-PZUKVd8P0Y_8_tWqvCk/s1600/sls-launchpad-alternate-view-2.jpg"></a></div><br>
</div><div style="text-align: left;"><div style="text-align: justify;">Last Wednesday NASA officials publicly unveiled the <b>Space Launch System</b>, the new heavy lift rocket that will send astronauts beyond earth orbit, to asteroids, the moon and possibly some day to Mars. As I mentioned <a href="http://jmpalmier.blogspot.com/2011/03/saga-of-nasas-heavy-lift-launcher.html">in an earlier post</a>, the design has been known for a few months now, but for various political reasons, the project hadn't been officially announced yet.</div></div><br>
<a href="http://jmpalmier.blogspot.com/2011/09/nasa-officially-announces-space-launch.html#more">Read more »</a>Jean-Marc Palmierhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15204951972766478322noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2099699619225653553.post-38433502104068755332011-09-15T15:50:00.000-07:002012-04-06T11:32:50.988-07:00Kepler telescope finds planet Tatooine!<iframe allowfullscreen="" frameborder="0" height="315" src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/Dl91zfQEMg8" width="560"></iframe><br />
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<div style="text-align: justify;">NASA engineers operating the <b>Kepler Space</b> <b>telescope </b>have announced this morning that they have discovered the first planet to orbit a twin-star system. The planet is a gas giant about the size of Jupiter, and its temperature is about -70 C, so it's not really habitable. What is important about this discovery is that it proves that planets can be formed on binary star systems. Before today, it had been speculated but never proven.</div><br />
The newly discovered planet is officially designated as <i>Kepler 16b</i>, but NASA officials have proposed that it should be named <b>Tatooine</b>, after the twin-sun planet in <i>Star-Wars</i>, barring any licensing issues with Lucasfilm...<br />
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The Kepler 16 star system is about 200 light-years from earth.<br />
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<i><a href="http://www.trulia.com/crime/">Trulia.com</a>, </i>the real estate web-site, has unveiled a new web site that shows a great interactive crime map for most US cities, including San Francisco. This is not the first online crime map out there, but this one has by far the best interface. It looks really good, is well designed, and it is very fast and responsive. You can zoom in from National level all the way to street level and get all kinds of detailed information about every single crime reported. You can also see trends by hour or day.<br />
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[<a href="http://trulia.com/crime">Trulia.com/crime</a> via <a href="http://gizmodo.com/5808046/visualizing-the-most-dangerous-blocks-in-your-city">gizmodo</a>]Jean-Marc Palmierhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15204951972766478322noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2099699619225653553.post-60319546964614587102011-06-04T16:25:00.001-07:002012-04-06T12:15:31.306-07:00Battlefield 3 Trailer<iframe allowfullscreen="" frameborder="0" height="390" src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/2zw8SmsovJc" width="640"></iframe><br>
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Check out the amazing full lenght trailer for the upcoming first person shooter <i><b>Battlefield 3</b></i>. This is actual gameplay footage, the realism is impressive! You've got destructible environment, immersive sound effects, photo-realistic lighting and rendering. You hear all kinds of sounds, people talking, dogs barking, you see sun rays through the smoke and partial lighting on people, see the reflections of your surroundings on your scope, flags floating in the wind, tracer bullets and sparks flying, debris blown up in the air everywhere.<br>
<a href="http://jmpalmier.blogspot.com/2011/06/battlefiled-3-trailer.html#more">Read more »</a>Jean-Marc Palmierhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15204951972766478322noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2099699619225653553.post-33583954776220597232011-05-16T13:25:00.000-07:002012-04-06T11:32:12.317-07:00Endeavour's Last Flight<iframe allowfullscreen="" frameborder="0" height="390" src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/xQ5-DqcrAyQ" width="640"></iframe><br>
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The <b>Space Shuttle </b><i><b>Endeavour</b> </i>launched for the last time this morning at 8:56am EDT, carrying 6 astronauts and the <i>Alpha Magnetic Spectrometer (AMS)</i>, as well as the new <i>STORRM </i>navigation and docking system to the International Space Station. This is the second-to-last flight of the Space Shuttle fleet, the last flight will be <i>Atlantis' </i>STS-135 mission, scheduled for July 12, 2011.<br>
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<a href="http://jmpalmier.blogspot.com/2011/05/endeavours-last-flight.html#more">Read more »</a>Jean-Marc Palmierhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15204951972766478322noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2099699619225653553.post-44483784842694172132011-05-05T15:03:00.000-07:002012-04-06T12:13:44.358-07:00Ah, crap! We're running out of Neodymium, too...<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiiTHP84II1tQ-clXb9Brau8mWqWqExpXT91gaZCual1Rt252lNIHoqPKCdilDWRt4IEOX4A2eFn2aZRJp4SbMQ8epWzCFhiMqvtXjohXgQRzG_z_CfjjWeNXpLRs_002h6PBjFmCdCl0XP/s1600/dysprosium.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="315" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiiTHP84II1tQ-clXb9Brau8mWqWqExpXT91gaZCual1Rt252lNIHoqPKCdilDWRt4IEOX4A2eFn2aZRJp4SbMQ8epWzCFhiMqvtXjohXgQRzG_z_CfjjWeNXpLRs_002h6PBjFmCdCl0XP/s400/dysprosium.jpg" width="400"></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br>
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<a href="http://jmpalmier.blogspot.com/2011/05/ah-crap-were-running-out-of-neodymium.html#more">Read more »</a>Jean-Marc Palmierhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15204951972766478322noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2099699619225653553.post-27636836574087998332011-05-04T18:27:00.000-07:002012-04-06T12:14:46.970-07:00HTC Thunderbolt gets 26 Mbits/second!<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjxHvwG1WctMiwiPvC933HWy1y_Ktb-KGOpVCgtNaCQPcsJiS08UY7O06zuR2qMtbz26GQJpyHPbJ_6wLur0h7nb7MIrav-G4MHOaVsZKBp_6PrvvPuN6hthgK9mQkVkCkh3uPKBfdMRTRA/s1600/Thunderbolt+2.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: black;"></span></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiRoTpBQhg8MhaLsmZivDJy2I0einFzjXqnTfuWVRr9p1BlMIh2SHiozRE1RtRbDWRwMKks3iHv0zaj1IeQG25DGzY5T_JZxyk8fFSi1AI6slc5H2b0RckvjLeWwfcHZunX0S6XUe3yaT-B/s1600/ThunderBolt+3.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiRoTpBQhg8MhaLsmZivDJy2I0einFzjXqnTfuWVRr9p1BlMIh2SHiozRE1RtRbDWRwMKks3iHv0zaj1IeQG25DGzY5T_JZxyk8fFSi1AI6slc5H2b0RckvjLeWwfcHZunX0S6XUe3yaT-B/s320/ThunderBolt+3.png" width="204"></a><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgQXAXtSBpAO8JS2wqgovZCsH5DaWGEGktWXCC8pQY8Exsz_O_B2nB1ka0aYZt88HasYUyAhmYivfIqdp8bzVNNszH7-0kxVHBWDWTQtBn3tuQ1Jbcd-R8QXKq_Mh56YSNxqfson5P10tuW/s1600/Thunderbolt+1.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgQXAXtSBpAO8JS2wqgovZCsH5DaWGEGktWXCC8pQY8Exsz_O_B2nB1ka0aYZt88HasYUyAhmYivfIqdp8bzVNNszH7-0kxVHBWDWTQtBn3tuQ1Jbcd-R8QXKq_Mh56YSNxqfson5P10tuW/s1600/Thunderbolt+1.jpg"></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br>
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Yep, <b><i>26 Mbits/s</i></b>. That's the amazing download speed I was able to get on my friend's <i>HTC Thunderbolt</i> running on <i>Verizon's </i>4G LTE network. We were at Rosamunde in San Francisco's Mission district, with four out of four bars of signal strength. The upload speed was 5 Mbits/s.<br>
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<a href="http://jmpalmier.blogspot.com/2011/05/htc-thunderbolt-gets-26-mbitssecond.html#more">Read more »</a>Jean-Marc Palmierhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15204951972766478322noreply@blogger.com0San Francisco, CA, USA37.7749295 -122.4194155000000137.7206295 -122.50881550000001 37.8292295 -122.33001550000002tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2099699619225653553.post-25949271528817633582011-04-26T12:07:00.000-07:002012-04-06T12:25:32.212-07:00The RoboEarth Project and The Rise Of The Machines<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg_Qavifn76_7eK0dhyphenhyphenvokzsN23LFb9SzOc9xSY1MNfp3bid41oSZvgf6k3pMwGb7bfmEtYO0tkcWbHQcDfAbSieHmgaxPvGLp5jzoikI9MAsgG6mUNzpD0s7CYeVv2kYhJAnRNynXHNNrO/s1600/2003_terminator_3_rise_of_the_machines_025.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="331" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg_Qavifn76_7eK0dhyphenhyphenvokzsN23LFb9SzOc9xSY1MNfp3bid41oSZvgf6k3pMwGb7bfmEtYO0tkcWbHQcDfAbSieHmgaxPvGLp5jzoikI9MAsgG6mUNzpD0s7CYeVv2kYhJAnRNynXHNNrO/s640/2003_terminator_3_rise_of_the_machines_025.jpg" width="640"></a></div><br>
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<a href="http://jmpalmier.blogspot.com/2011/04/roboearth-project-and-rise-of-machines.html#more">Read more »</a>Jean-Marc Palmierhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15204951972766478322noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2099699619225653553.post-73604394565513175942011-04-22T21:28:00.000-07:002012-04-06T11:32:18.009-07:00The Skylon Spaceplane<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjW082ouSTVlV5q11qnuR-_INhI7t8ARPYcC8BLBpfPAy2-BNJNSCpFAIwpxiDUxhSWCQDzqKVdWYO1WECcFzctZIHrhSi5_k-BMbrw9s9ZqTYz_G_Lyc59Vs0uY3CDcdgvGlONY7RVXIQV/s1600/skylonmann.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjW082ouSTVlV5q11qnuR-_INhI7t8ARPYcC8BLBpfPAy2-BNJNSCpFAIwpxiDUxhSWCQDzqKVdWYO1WECcFzctZIHrhSi5_k-BMbrw9s9ZqTYz_G_Lyc59Vs0uY3CDcdgvGlONY7RVXIQV/s1600/skylonmann.jpg"></a></div><br>
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<div style="text-align: justify;">British Aerospace company <b><a href="http://www.reactionengines.co.uk/skylon.html">Reaction Engines Ltd</a></b> is working on a design for a <i>Single Stage To Orbit</i> (SSTO) Spaceplane called <b><i>Skylon </i></b>that will take off and land horizontally from a runway, just like a normal plane. This concept has been studied several times already in the past, with projects such as the U.S.'s <i>National Aerospace Plane</i> (see my <a href="http://jmpalmier.blogspot.com/2011/03/saga-of-nasas-heavy-lift-launcher.html">previous post</a>) or the British <i>HOTOL</i>, but all encountered technological problems that they could not solve. </div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br>
</div><a href="http://jmpalmier.blogspot.com/2011/04/skylon-spaceplane.html#more">Read more »</a>Jean-Marc Palmierhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15204951972766478322noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2099699619225653553.post-26425892137989830312011-04-21T16:36:00.001-07:002012-04-06T12:14:46.971-07:00SFPark iPhone app shows Real-Time Parking Availability in San Francisco<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjpP7pEUaaEHu8cvGTtNJVZYcKPeFc4Crz4GyzyViFiIAbqkC_Yu116sQH0Y_lsJ2PYUH-hLEGZkoX9SmPI7HpJp6OMMHJjlAgtR8UDvWCeliJUkgT31VV2QUWT3PPnyLeeSuR1Cp_eIddM/s1600/SFPark+1.PNG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjpP7pEUaaEHu8cvGTtNJVZYcKPeFc4Crz4GyzyViFiIAbqkC_Yu116sQH0Y_lsJ2PYUH-hLEGZkoX9SmPI7HpJp6OMMHJjlAgtR8UDvWCeliJUkgT31VV2QUWT3PPnyLeeSuR1Cp_eIddM/s400/SFPark+1.PNG" width="266"></a></div><br>
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As you may or may not know, San Francisco's <i><b>SFPark</b></i> Project has been installing state-of-the-art park-meters and sensors on the ground that can tell if a car is parked in the spot. This information is transmitted wirelessly to their central server. Now this information is available to everybody on-line on the <a href="http://sfpark.org/"><i><b>sfpark.org</b></i></a> website, or with the <i>SFPark </i>iPhone app. It displays a map showing each street block color-coded depending on the approximate number of spots available.<br>
<a href="http://jmpalmier.blogspot.com/2011/04/sfpark-iphone-app-shows-real-time.html#more">Read more »</a>Jean-Marc Palmierhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15204951972766478322noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2099699619225653553.post-5965107993940223902011-03-31T15:47:00.000-07:002012-04-06T11:32:26.010-07:00The Saga of NASA's Heavy Lift Launcher<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhNl7fuL_Fk_3dJVcY3Ogcfw7SUBFcqqMoTVp-gwpZBR1yjbF-isXPpk5MvwlCusymeuTb6hXFfO9pwa8TcmH8RNmmHzQjGaa_YHUmec_GJrxfihL16KPDgfSYeYMCc7glU-23yANXBUEPu/s1600/Jupiter+130.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhNl7fuL_Fk_3dJVcY3Ogcfw7SUBFcqqMoTVp-gwpZBR1yjbF-isXPpk5MvwlCusymeuTb6hXFfO9pwa8TcmH8RNmmHzQjGaa_YHUmec_GJrxfihL16KPDgfSYeYMCc7glU-23yANXBUEPu/s1600/Jupiter+130.jpg"></a></div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: collapse; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;"><br>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: collapse; font-family: arial, sans-serif;">Last week, after years of studies and negotiations, NASA finally released a </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: collapse; font-family: arial, sans-serif;"><a href="http://www.nasaspaceflight.com/2011/03/sls-studies-focusing-sd-hlv-versus-rp-1-f-1-engines/">preliminary design</a></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: collapse; font-family: arial, sans-serif;"> for the new rocket that will replace the space shuttle. The new rocket will be a </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: collapse; font-family: arial, sans-serif;"><b>Shuttle-Derived Heavy Lift Vehicle</b></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: collapse; font-family: arial, sans-serif;">, meaning that it will make maximum use of existing Space Shuttle components. Basically they will keep the Space Shuttle External tank and two Solid Rocket Boosters unchanged, remove the space shuttle, take the shuttle's three main engines and put them and the bottom of the External Tank, and put the cargo on top of the External Tank. This design is pretty much the solution proposed by the </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: collapse; font-family: arial, sans-serif;"><a href="http://www.directlauncher.com/">DIRECT </a></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: collapse; font-family: arial, sans-serif;">team last year, called the Jupiter launch vehicle.</span><br>
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<a href="http://jmpalmier.blogspot.com/2011/03/saga-of-nasas-heavy-lift-launcher.html#more">Read more »</a>Jean-Marc Palmierhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15204951972766478322noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2099699619225653553.post-56629506074557704382011-03-04T19:33:00.001-08:002012-04-06T12:13:20.945-07:00Giant 'straddling bus' rides above traffic<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjg1BtFIZw_mpV4-QVlSN4T1PCWkyu3Zz4pM-6ulk9sFTg0PJmjuvZmIes0tmH07xLr8oj5COBli8GADCt9x6Wia9QfjoF3ovhC3gctLJ7zVpa58lwUsF1A-M8MQErEqw72cve54IU6YkBq/s1600/Straddling+Bus.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="331" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjg1BtFIZw_mpV4-QVlSN4T1PCWkyu3Zz4pM-6ulk9sFTg0PJmjuvZmIes0tmH07xLr8oj5COBli8GADCt9x6Wia9QfjoF3ovhC3gctLJ7zVpa58lwUsF1A-M8MQErEqw72cve54IU6YkBq/s640/Straddling+Bus.jpg" width="640"></a></div><br>
The Chinese are building a giant tramway that rides on stilts high enough so that it can ride <i>over </i>cars on busy streets, avoiding traffic jams. Cars will also be able to drive under them so as not to be stuck behind them when they are stopped at a bus stop.<br>
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<b>Virgin Galactic </b>is proceeding with tests of its first <b><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Scaled_Composites_SpaceShipTwo">SpaceShipTwo</a></b> sub-orbital spacecraft, the <i>VSS Enterprise</i>, that will carry private, paying passengers on a short, 6 minutes flight to space. On October 10, 2010, it successfully completed its first glide flight dropped from the WhiteNightTwo mother ship, and company officials say that they are on schedule to start commercial operations in 2011.<br>
<a href="http://jmpalmier.blogspot.com/2011/03/captain-kirk-doesnt-trust-vss.html#more">Read more »</a>Jean-Marc Palmierhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15204951972766478322noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2099699619225653553.post-2585316562215906712011-02-22T13:16:00.000-08:002012-04-06T11:32:12.321-07:00Farewell, Discovery<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgydHa1Sz_bBZStDHLW63fYk9n1g0yOqcvUme_P3C3vO7hCLVWr3dvccIbuv6PILVDjId9r05jzu5ASpVanj0ai0sH-ut6oG5pzQ8uakE6JzuAUzvG4fRRCScQQt0LCJU7dBdvzscNz_nZk/s1600/Space_Shuttle_Discovery.png" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="452" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgydHa1Sz_bBZStDHLW63fYk9n1g0yOqcvUme_P3C3vO7hCLVWr3dvccIbuv6PILVDjId9r05jzu5ASpVanj0ai0sH-ut6oG5pzQ8uakE6JzuAUzvG4fRRCScQQt0LCJU7dBdvzscNz_nZk/s640/Space_Shuttle_Discovery.png" width="640" /></a></div><br />
The <b><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Space_Shuttle_Discovery">Space Shuttle Discovery</a></b> will be launching for the last time on February 24th at 1:50pm PST. Mission <a href="http://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/shuttle/shuttlemissions/sts133/discovery_final_flight.html">STS-133</a> will be the 39th flight of the 27 year-old spacecraft, and will be bringing the Permanent Multipurpose Module <i>Leonardo </i>to the International Space Station, as well as the <i><a href="http://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/station/main/robonaut.html">Robonaut 2</a> </i>robotic astronaut helper.<br />
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With only two more Space Shuttle flights scheduled (<i>Endeavour </i>in April and <i>Atlantis </i>in June), this represents the end of an era of ambitious human space exploration, as after that the US will be left with no means of sending astronauts into space and will rely on Russian <i>Soyuz </i>spacecraft to reach the ISS.<br />
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With the cancellation of the <i>Constellation</i> moon program in October 2010, the only serious prospect for US manned space flights is the privately funded and operated <b><i>Dragon </i></b>capsule from SpaceX, which, although a remarkable achievement for a private company, is a return to 1970's designs, and is nowhere as advanced and capable as the Space Shuttle. And Dragon will not be operational before 2013 at the earliest.<br />
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Watch the historic flight <a href="http://www.ustream.tv/spacevidcast">live in HD on ustream TV</a>.<br />
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<i><u>Update</u></i>: For those who missed it, here is the <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UpVClvUzhPA">video of the launch</a>.</div>Jean-Marc Palmierhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15204951972766478322noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2099699619225653553.post-5042254904025544082011-02-20T13:39:00.000-08:002012-04-06T12:17:47.532-07:00Apollo 18 movie: Cloverfield meets the Space Program<iframe allowfullscreen="" frameborder="0" height="390" src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/jGFNJdTpkMU" title="YouTube video player" width="640"></iframe><br>
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We finally have a trailer for the upcoming movie <a href="http://apollo-18.movie-trailer.com/">'Apollo 18'</a>, a horror science fiction movie about a hypothetical 18th Apollo moon landing. As most of you know, in real life the last Apollo mission was Apollo17th. The premise of the movie is that an 18th mission actually took place, but it was kept a total secret. The movie shows raw footage from portable cameras brought aboard by the crew, just like in the movie <a href="http://www.cloverfieldmovie.com/">Cloverfield</a>.<br>
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