Science & Technology
For the first time in seven months, the Mars rover moved.
NASA's Spirit rover has been stuck in a slanting sand trap nicknamed "Troy" since April. The problem started when golf cart-sized robot broke through a crust of soil and slipped into softer stuff beneath. Ever since then, the rover team has been trying to figure out how to get it out.
The crucial commands telling Spirit to spin its wheels were sent up this week — and before-and-after photos sent back down to Earth on Thursday...
continue reading »
From Santa Claus' sleigh to Chitty Chitty Bang Bang, flying contraptions with the convenience of the personal automobile have long filled our fantasies, according John Brown, editor of RoadableTimes.com, a Web database of flying cars. That fantasy, he predicted, will become a reality in the form of an "everyday practical flying car" within the next five years.
To date, nearly 1,500 flying car designs have at one point or another been worked on and 152 cars have actually flown, Brown said....
continue reading »
Science & Technology Archives  |
