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NASA Test Robots for Return The Moon The NASA engineers test the Crew Mobility Chassis Prototype for return the moon in the future. The Crew Mobility Chassis Prototype is NASA's new concept for a lunar truck. Researchers are trying it out at Moses Lake, Wash., this week as part of a series of tests of lunar surface concepts. One feature is its high mobility. Each set of wheels can pivot individually in any direction, giving the vehicle the ability to drive sideways, forward, backward and any direction in between -- important if the truck becomes mired in lunar dust, needs to zigzag down a steep crater wall or parallel park at its docking station. NASA currently is building the spacecraft and systems to return to the moon by 2020. [ link ] Share it

Frenchman Attempts to Cross Channel in Pedal-powered A 39-year-old Frenchman is to attempt a world first by crossing the English Channel on board a pedal-powered airship. Weather permitting, Stephane Rousson will leave Dungeness Beach in south-east England later today and hopes to reach northern France, 55 kilometres away, five hours later. Gliding 30 metres above water, he intends to make the crossing in a semi-reclining position under the 16-metre long airship, steering it with two propellers on either side of the pedals. Check out see video of this Pedal-powered airship. [ link ] + More >> Share it

The i-LIMB Hand i-LIMB, the world's first commercial available bionic hand, has bagged the 2008 Royal Academy of Engineering MacRobert award. (See the pic, it looks like a real and full function hand). The i-LIMB a prosthetic device with five individually powered digits. Each finger can function independently without depending upon others. The i-LIMB designed and produced by Scottish company Touch Bionics. The technology has been fitted to more than 200 people, including US soldiers who lost limbs during the war in Iraq. [ Link ] Share it

The Ultrasound of The Future You can see your baby of the pregnancy in the future. It looks amazing and impressive. "A 4-D time-lapse ultrasound image like this may elicit warm emotions as parents distinguish their unborn baby's facial features and fingers for the first time, but the same cannot usually be said about the clinical environment in which such images are created. Last year, Philips researchers began modeling ultrasound visits after a spa-like experience, complete with ambient lighting and new technologies intended to reduce stress. Images are streamed onto a big, bubble-like screen. With large, clearer images, Rettenbacher says, doctors may be able to "diagnose abnormalities a lot earlier than [they can] today." by Washington Post." [ Link ] Share it

iPhone 3G starts at $199, available July 11th Today iPhone 3G is finally official, starts at $199, available July 11th. This new iPhone 3G features with thinner edges, full plastic back, flush headphone jack, and the iPhone 2.0 firmware, with 300 hours of standby, 8-10 hours of 2G talk, 5 hours of 3G talk, 7 hours of video and 24 hours of audio, 8GB is available for $199, 16GB for $299, 16GB comes in white. Pre-orders are available now at the Apple Store. iPhone 3G delivers UMTS, HSDPA, GSM, Wi-Fi, EDGE, GPS, and Bluetooth 2.0 + EDR in one compact device - using only two antennas. iPhone 3G finds your location via GPS or by triangulating your position using Wi-Fi and cellular towers. It also finds points of interest by keyword: Search for "coffee" and iPhone shows you every cafe nearby. + More >> Share it

Patching Ancient Walls With Legos Many people seem interesting this story. At Bocchignano, Italy, a village close to Rome. A group project 20 Eventi. Jan Vormann went around town and filled in all the cracks and in the walls with Legos. Share it

BIGGEST DRAWING IN THE WORLD - GPS Self Portrait The site BIGGEST DRAWING IN THE WORLD details a GPS-briefcase trip throughout the world. Artist Erik Nordenankar places a gps tracker inside a case and send this briefcase by DHL to create a biggest gps track map - Self Portrait. Update : Gizmodo said that GPS-Tracked Biggest Drawing in the World is Complete Fake. The artist has added a line to the bottom of his webpage stating "This is fictional work. DHL did not transport the GPS at any time." And DHL confirmed that Nordenenkar never went any further than a warehouse the company allowed him to film in. Many pointed out that DHL delivery planes would have been highly unlikely to make the tight loops in the North Atlantic that form the hair of the self-portrait. (Thanks, Curtis) Share it

Samsung New 256GB SSD Today Samsung announced world's fastest and largest capacity 2.5-inch, MLC-based (256GB) SSD with SATA II Interface. With a sequential read speed of 200MB/s and sequential write speed of 160MB/s. Available in Sept, with a 1.8-inch version due in Q4. There is no price info from Samsung. Share it

Phoenix Lands on Mars NASA's Phoenix spacecraft landed in the northern polar region of Mars today to begin three months of examining a site chosen for its likelihood of having frozen water within reach of the lander's robotic arm. [ Link, Phoenix mission, Video Gallery ] Share it

64 Year Old Frenchman Will Jump from 25 Miles Sky On Sunday, Frenchman Michel Fournier is a 64-year-old retired French army officer, will attempt what he is calling Le Grand Saut (The Great Leap) from the plains of northern Saskatchewan. He will fly almost 25 miles with a helium balloon, then he plans to step out of the capsule, wearing only a special space suit and a parachute, and plunge in a mere 15 minutes, experiencing weightlessness along the way. If successful, Fournier will fall longer, farther and faster than anyone in history. Fournier's jump can set four records: fastest free fall, longest free fall, highest altitude for a human balloon flight and highest parachute jump. [ Via, News, Link ] Share it

Telescope Links London and NYC Today telectroscope to London unveiled at Fulton Ferry Landing in brooklyn bridge(to celebrate the 125th birthday of the Brooklyn Bridge). The installation's creator Paul St George claims to have just completed a forgotten tunnel connecting New York to London and, using giant parabolic mirrors, has reconstructed a Victorian-era optical device enabling people on either end of the tube to wave at each other. It installed the webcams and broadband internet sending live video in both directions. You can also at the Tower Bridge in London see a same electroscope. [ Via Pic, News, Link ] Share it

Oscar Pistorious Qualify For Olympic Competition It is a good news for the cyborgs in the crowd. The sprinter Oscar Pistorious qualify for the Beijing Games on prosthetics. He uses carbon-fiber Cheetah Flex-Foot prosthetic feet when he runs. Detractors says Oscar could be using as little as 25% of the energy of other sprinters and It further quantified Pistorius's prostheses as 30% more efficient than a human ankle. Unfortunately for Pistorius, his toughest challenge might still be ahead. He'll need to cut 1.01 seconds of his personal best of 46.56 to qualify for the 400-meter race in Beijing. Should he not hit that mark, South Africa could select him to the relay squad or as an alternate. [ Pic from Popsci and flexfoot ] Share it

Benjamin Verdonck Belgians Benjamin Verdonck lives in a nest in Rotterdam, it may will be here untill May 22(I translated from German). How you look this project? Share it

BlackBerry Bold 9000 Gear | News RIM announced the BlackBerry 9000 / Bold, it would be called the Bold. It features half-VGA (480x320 pixel resolution), 65,000-color display, 625MHz CPU, 1GB internal memory, Wi-Fi, Bluetooth 2.0, 2MP camera(5X zoom) with flash. It inclued HSDPA and EV-DO versions, plus T-Mo's 1700MHz band. It expected will be available in this summer, no accurate price info now. Share it

A balloon dog at the Metropolitan Museum A balloon dog. A chocolate heart wrapped in shiny red. A silhouette of Piglet from a "Winnie the Pooh" coloring book. Three wonderful, previously unexhibited works by the celebrated Pop artist Jeff Koons. Now on view in the Cantor Roof Garden of the Metropolitan Museum of Art. The shiny metallic Balloon Dog made of twisted-together balloons which rises to 10 feet at its highest point.(I love this) "Jeff Koons on the Roof" is on view through Oct. 26 at the Metropolitan Museum of Art; (212) 535-7710 or metmuseum.org. Share it