They promised us flying cars!
Wednesday, April 30th, 2008
I really thought they’d be here by now but alas, flying cars are still a future dream.
Here are a few nifty examples of the flying car as it has been imagined by various different people…
See what Glen Hiemstra from futurist.com has to say about the current status of the flying car. If memory serves me correctly, my brother actually […]
Yesterday’s Highway of Tomorrow
Tuesday, April 29th, 2008Here is a sampling of Walt Disney’s vision of what transportation in the future might look like. This clip is excerpted from a 1958 “Disneyland” TV Show episode entitled “Magic Highway USA”.
Although most of the innovations imagined here have not come to pass, it’s interesting to see that some have! Note the navigation system and rear […]
Dubai is Tomorrowland!
Monday, April 28th, 2008I believe that if Walt Disney had lived to see the amazing land development projects currently taking form in Dubai, he would have declared that his vision of tomorrowland had come to pass.
Take a look at some of these concept drawings of actual buildings and projects. Some have already been completed. Others are still in […]
Who Wants to be a Millionaire?
Friday, April 25th, 2008To play the “scientific who wants to be a millionaire” game CLICK HERE
To see what one million looks like CLICK HERE
Deceptive Practices
Thursday, April 24th, 2008The following are just a few examples of how animals use mimicry as a survival strategy.
Mimicry of Other Species
Why bother evolving your own venom when you can capitalize on the reputation of another species to protect you?
A Sinaloan milk snake (right) closely mimics the color pattern of the venomous coral snake on the left. The strategy […]
Science Word Games
Wednesday, April 23rd, 2008NT Science is a UK based web site with free printable science word searches, puzzles, Powerpoint presentations, homework suggestions and more to help you with your science teaching and learning.
To check it out CLICK HERE
A Bad Day at the Lab
Tuesday, April 22nd, 2008
A Bad Day at the Lab
A poem by Science Junkies
Today will live in infamy!
I messed up in the lab you see
I unlocked just one monkey cage
Then had to run and check a gauge
When I returned I was quite shocked
Ten monkey cages were unlocked!
Two monkeys swung from ceiling fans
High-fiving with their feet and hands
Three more had […]
Shake Rattle & Roll
Monday, April 21st, 2008In the predawn hours of this last Friday Morning (4/18/08) I awoke in confusion. At first I thought I had overloaded the washing machine and imagined that the unbalanced spin cycle was causing the house to vibrate. As I began to shake off sleep I remembered that I hadn’t turned on the washing machine - […]
Fuel Cells - The Basics
Sunday, April 20th, 2008I’m getting rather tired of saying it but the price of oil has again reached a new record high. This week’s “Science Word of the Week” looks at another up-and-coming alternative fuel source; Fuel Cells.
What is a Fuel Cell?
Fuel cells are devices that produce electrical power by converting chemical energy directly to electrical current rather […]
Super-size Me!
Saturday, April 19th, 2008All creatures are designed in a scale that allows their particular muscle and skeletal structure to properly support their mass. If you had the ability to supersize living things as has been the plot of many a science fiction movie, some unexpected consequences would arise.
If a scientist could really super-size a 5 foot tall, 100 pound woman to 10 […]
