Designed by the engineers at Harbor Wings Technologies, the AUSV unmanned vehicle is a wing-powered ship that was conceived to accomplish long-range surveillance and observation missions. The vehicle features three very special components that allow it to become fully autonomous: the “WingSail”, the Hydrofoils, and the Guidance System. Video after the jump.
By Sterling “Chip” Camden Contributing Writer, [GAS] The ability to become invisible figures as a theme in the magic and mythology of many cultures over the centuries. At least since H.G. Wells’ The Invisible Man, science fiction fans have wondered whether it might be possible to achieve invisibility through the application of science. It appears (har) that this little […]
We all have to admit it, this year’s Olympic opening ceremony was of epic proportions… but there was only one thing that wasn’t so epic. Right at the moment when Chinese gymnast Li Ning was flying to light up the giant Olympic torch, someone took this picture. And if you think that this was Photoshopped, […]
By Mark O’Neill Contributing Writer, [GAS] For those of you who are addicted to Friendfeed (and I’m sure there’s quite a few of you), there’s a hot new Greasemonkey script in town, and once you’ve installed this one, you’ll be living permanently in Friendfeed and refusing to come out. This little baby allows you to […]
Here is a CGI remake of the ultimate fight between Optimus Prime and Megatron as seen in the 1986 animated classic, “The Transformers.” Enjoy the show!
Named after cognitive scientist Roger Shepard, a Shepard scale is an auditory illusion composed out of a series of ascending or descending Shepard tones. To start the Illusion, hit the play button, and be sure to replay the video again and again and again. I can assure you that you’ll be questioning your sanity after […]
By Mark O’Neill Contributing Writer, [GAS] If you thought that the Nintendo Wii was quite good then you haven’t seen anything yet, mostly because you’ll soon be able to experience the next new thing in game realism – smells. Yup, you read that right – smells. Imagine you’re in a battefield and someone fires a […]
In order to prevent military personal from blundering at important press conferences, the United States Pentagon has developed a new robotic spokesdrone that can effectively and rapidly neutralize reporters’ questions when needed. The following video has all the details.
By Mark O’Neill Contributing Writer, [GAS] Google Operating System poses an interesting question, one I’ve asked before as well – what if we temporarily lost Google and had to go without it for a while? What would you miss the most about it? Would you be able to cope? It was back in March that […]