Tag: physics
The Big Bang Theory Secrets: What You Don’t Know About This Geeky Show
Amy Farrah-Fowler: I want you to kiss me where I’ve never been kissed before.
Sheldon: Like Salt Lake City?
Do you watch The Big Bang Theory? I didn’t. For a long time. I tend to avoid ‘noisy shows’ – not because ‘they are so loud,’ but more because of all the hype. Which is why I still don’t ...
According To CERN, It Looks Like The Higgs Boson Exists After All
The European Organization for Nuclear Research, more commonly known as CERN, has reached 7 sigma certainty on the fact that it has found the ever elusive Higgs Boson particle, or a particle that is Higgs-like. This observed particle has a mass of 125 GeV (Gigaelectron volts) which is the suspected a ...
Learn Something New Today: The Exact Size Of A Nanosecond
They always say that a great teacher can make even the most boring topics interesting. Learning about electricity and nanoseconds isn't boring at all to me, but if it is to you, naval officer Rear Admiral Grace Hopper will explain it in a way that makes it super fun. If you think old people (and old ...
Quantum Levitation: Hoverboards Are Now A Possibility (Video)
I am such a big fan of new technologies, and I usually sit and watch video after video whenever I stumble over them. It's not that I am interested in the very core of things or even the mechanics, it's more of the way it progresses. Whatever is released to the public and later marketed we tend to ju ...
Is Physics The Next Big Thing For Tablet User Interfaces?
I must say that in the past couple of weeks, I have seen more astonishing things when it comes to mobile devices than the entire beginning of the year. It's fun to know that whatever is around the corner in the future, it is bound to be awesome in every way. We know that Apple has always been a bi ...
Silly Putty 2.0 Has Arrived – It’s Magnetic & It Thinks
I loved playing with silly putty when I was a little girl. Back then, in the prehistoric ages, my parents actually read an old fashioned newspaper. My sisters and I would have fun imprinting the silly putty with the news.
Well, all that has changed. Introducing... the silly putty of the future ...
Newly Commissioned Airship – The Future Of Aviation Is Here!
Ever since the Hindenburg failed catastrophically, designers and aviators have been reluctant to poke around with airships ever again it seems. Despite the fact that it is the one most comfortable and noiseless ways to travel, we have not picked up where everything failed that fatal day. Until now ...
The ISS Reboost | Your Geek Style Physics Lesson
Learning about Space is fascinating because it opens our eyes to the vastness of the Universe. Whenever I see footage from Space, my favorite part is always the magic of weightlessness. Floating around in a no gravity environment is definitely on my top ten list of things that I think would be so ...
This Link Leads You To The Entire Known Universe
If you love studying space and the universe as much as I do, then you are going to think this is the Holy Grail. The only thing better than this would be to actually take a space flight. The six minute film below, which was made by Hayden Planetarium, shows the entire known universe. Trust me; yo ...
The Ultimate Geek Clock
I know I write a lot about being creative, but in reality, I have an undergraduate degree in math and accounting. Secretly, I still love math, physics in particular. Don’t hate me, okay?
Although the right side of my brain has taken over the past couple years, I still enjoy a challenging math e ...
Take A Ride In A Hot Air Balloon
Everyone has a bucket list, right? If you are unfamiliar with that term, a bucket list is a list (usually hand written) of things you want to do before you die.
What is on your bucket list? Sure, mine has things on it that are wild and crazy, but I noticed today when I was updating my list that ...
Travel To The Future | The First Time Machine
Like almost all great inventions, this one stems from the dream of a child. This is the story of a ten year old boy who watched his beloved father die suddenly and his life long quest to find a way to reunite with him.
Ronald Mallet has devoted his entire life to the study of time travel. After ...
The Force Is Strong With This One!
It's not everyday that someone stops you dead in your tracks and opens your eyes to what has always been there. Often thought as a crazy or part of some cult that initiates their members with Kool Aid and brainwashing (by the way, people who follow me on Twitter, meetings are on Tuesdays and make su ...
Ragdoll Cannon
Hand drawn stuff is great, with games like Crayon physics and lots of websites now getting this look there is just something fun about it.
Now this game bases its self in a blueprint style world, where you have to "help" your little rag doll people to their goal of a small marked target. The in ...
Tower of Goo
Tower of Goo is the game the birthed World of Goo. If you have no idea what I have just said, its a game where you have to get your "goo's" across the map and save them. World of Goo was released a few months ago on PC and through the Wii Arcade - you can get a great demo though if you want to c ...