…focusing on video games? Really? Yep. Games and Culture’s scope will include the socio-cultural, political, and economic dimensions of gaming from a wide variety of perspectives, including textual analysis, political economy, cultural studies, ethnography, critical race studies, gender studies, media studies, public policy, international relations, and communication studies. Does this mean I can finally finish …
It would be a “second skin” instead of a “bulky gas bag,” and thereby improve comfort and mobility. Although it’s still no great shakes in the looks department, as you can see. (Via Physics Org.)
According to the Salt Lake Tribune, a compound called CSA-54, under investigation by a Brigham Young University professor, shows promise as an HIV killer–and may help us fight many other deadly diseases, as well. (Via digg.) Sounds promising, although I’m not sure why it’s in the Business section. I think I’ll dig around a little …
One of the oddest things about the Super Bowl is that the TV ads that run during the game get almost as much attention as the game itself.. This year, the ads even got scientific attention at the University of California in Los Angeles. There, just after the game on Sunday, five volunteers had their …
This press release from Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory begins: If the world continues to burn greenhouse gases, California may have an increased risk of winter floods and summer water shortages, even within the same year. Um…we don’t burn greenhouse gases. We burn hydrocarbons. The carbon combines with oxygen in the atmosphere to create carbon dioxide, …
Desparate for a title for your fantasy epic? You need the Fantasy Novel Title Generator. Here are the 10 I got: Crown of DoomNight’s GloryRhyson’s MageSecretِ Sunsetِ and NightSun and LegendSun of the Sea ApprenticeThe Citadel and the StormThird Storm of DoriWinterِ Rubyِ and DreamWrandon’s Apprentice OK, they’re not all winners, but they’re no worse …
Apparently, as we age, we grow more vulnerable to distraction. The process begins in middle age and…oh, look, you can play Solitaire on the computer!
English company GFS Projects Limited has just what you’re looking for. Yeah, yeah, military uses, police uses, etc., etc., but how about, “Wow, what a cool toy!” (Via Out of the Cradle.)
Winds of Change has posted its regular New Energy Currents round-up of alternative energy news. One item that particularly caught my eye was this: A new thermal depolymerization plant in Carthage, MO that converts turkey waste into oil products smells really BAD. So bad, in fact, that the plant is being shut down by the …
Ron Fedkiw is an assistant professor in Stanford’s computer science department. “My research is focused on the design of new computational algorithms for a variety of applications including computational fluid dynamics and solid mechanics, computer graphics, computer vision and computational biomechanics,” he says. Don’t know what that means? Doesn’t matter. Just check out these amazing …
…literally. Twenty pigeons will take to the skies above San Jose, California, this summer and send data back from tiny backpacks about the levels of air pollution they encounter to a blog–along with aerial photographs taken from tiny cameras around their necks. The scary thing is, it sounds more interesting than 90 percent of the …
I love airships. I loved Kenneth Oppel’s Airborn, and his sequel Skybreaker. I’m currently reading Karl Schroeder’s Sun of Suns in Analog, which features very airship-like vehicles (with the difference they operate in a weightless environment inside a vast atmosphere-filled sphere). And so I was very interested to read Joe Katzman’s round-up of the blimps …
