Saturday, May 25, 2013

A Boy and His Atom

A stop-motion animation film used by manipulating the position of atoms with a tunneling microscope.  
  This really should blow your mind. 


Thursday, May 16, 2013

Zachary Quinto vs. Leonard Nimoy: The Challenge


A clever, funny little skit involving the two Spocks has been making the rounds.  Enjoy!



Thursday, May 9, 2013

Alien Facehugger Barbie



Well played.  But this isn't generally what you want to show your eight-year-old nieces and nephews.


Tuesday, May 7, 2013

The Printable Gun

Yes, there is a gun now that can be created using a 3-D printer.


It requires a nail for the firing pin, but other than that ...


Some libertarians think that it spells the end of gun control.  A little too hopeful maybe.  There are already hundreds of thousands of guns in America, and that hasn't deterred the gun grabbers.  But the ability to make your own gun from scratch... pretty cool.