Psychologists Study Intense Awe Astronauts Feel Viewing Earth From Space

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The acoustic mirror or acoustic locator. It was used to detect the approach of aircraft

Physicists find a way to probe the quantum realm without wrecking everything

Finally...!

In 1930, German theoretical physicist Werner Heisenberg came up with a thought experiment, now known as Heisenberg’s microscope, to try to show why it’s impossible to measure an atom’s location with unlimited precision. He imagined trying to measure the position of something like an atom by shooting light at it.

Light travels as a wave, and Heisenberg knew that different wavelengths could give you different degrees of confidence when used to measure where something is in space. Short wavelengths can give a more precise measurement than long ones, so you’d want to use light with a tiny wavelength to measure where an atom is, since atoms are really small. But there’s a problem: light also carries momentum, and short wavelengths carry more momentum than long ones.

That means if you use light with a short wavelength to find the atom, you’ll hit the atom with all of that momentum, and that kicks it around and risks completely changing its location (and other properties) in the process. Use longer wavelengths, and you’ll move the atom less, but you’ll also be more uncertain about your measurement.

A list of all the gadgets, devices and platforms used by President Obama to carry out his day-to-day presidential duties. via /r/gadgets http://ift.tt/1Qiorz0

when you can’t find the x button…

This $99 accessory turns your smartphone into a 3D printer

Team Fortress 60min drawing

というわけで、久々に洋ゲーワンドロ深夜のお絵かき一発勝負やってみました＼(^o^)／

お題は「ヒーロー／ヒロイン」でした。

火炎放射器や背中にしょってる何かが相変わらずうろ覚えクオリティですが許してね！

さりげなくデジ絵を描くのに抵抗がついたので、これからは心置きなくパソコンでもお絵かきしようと思います。

でもパソコンで線画はまだ遠そうだな…

Playing some of that BETA. 

Ford’s police edition of the F-150 takes the chase off road

The 2016 Ford F-150 Special Service Vehicle is a police version of the F-150 pickup truck that augments Ford's existing lineup of police vehicles.

You’ve seen police cars, but what about a police truck? They’re not very well suited to high-speed chases, but pickup trucks can still be useful to law enforcement agencies. They can carry plenty of gear, and go where traditional sedans can’t.

Stunning Aurora Borealis from Space in Ultra-High Definition