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Everything You Need to Know About the Madness of Nikola Tesla
When you hear the name Nikola Tesla, chances are you think of the Tesla coil or the 80s metal hair band. Tesla was the first real mad scientist of the twentieth century: Not only did he invent that coil and alternating-current electricity (which you're probably using right now to read this), but he also researched death rays, time-travel, and peering at memories stored inside the human brain. Studio 360 explored the history of Tesla over the weekend, and we've got the highlights, along with some other tidbits about the madman who ate only foods whose volume he could measure precisely, and who tried to build an electrical superweapon. More »
sci fashion
Dress Like the Inside of a Philip K. Dick Character's Mind
MAKE: points to a new electro-fashion item: shirts that display randomly-generated I-Ching Hexagrams from the Book of Changes. Those who've read Philip K. Dick's classic alternate-history novel The Man in the High Castle know that the I-Ching makes many appearances there: it takes place partly in California after the States lost World War II, and the West Coast has become a colony of Japan. Many of the characters are obsessed with trying to see the future by interpreting hexagrams they've thrown. The inventors of the Hexagram shirt say they're directly inspired by Dick. More »
shocker
Wes Craven Getting A Shocker, Again
Wes Craven's 1989 filmShocker, also known as "The Boss From X-Files as A Serial Killer With Electrical Powers" and not the hand gesture with an entirely different meaning, is gearing up for a sequel at some point this year. This is one of those "why the hell would they?" cases where the original was so bad, it just has no business getting a sequel. Find out all about it after the jump. More »
Miniature Military Spyplanes Know How to Recharge Themselves
The U.S. military is working on a series of miniature spyplanes that will perch on power lines and suck down juice when their batteries get low. Just be prepared when the sentient battlecruisers start rolling down your streets at night and sipping from your gas tanks while you sleep.
The U.S. military is working on a series of miniature spyplanes that will perch on power lines and suck down juice when their batteries get low. Just be prepared when the sentient battlecruisers start rolling down your streets at night and sipping from your gas tanks while you sleep.
mad ecology
That trellis you see in this picture is made of electrical cables, and it's covered in thriving coral. Apparently low-wattage energy emissions attract limestone, which is the basis for coral growth. Now countries like Bali (where this picture was taken on Wednesday) are setting up electrical grids to regrow their dying reefs. [Seattle Times]
Electrified Coral Reef in Bali
That trellis you see in this picture is made of electrical cables, and it's covered in thriving coral. Apparently low-wattage energy emissions attract limestone, which is the basis for coral growth. Now countries like Bali (where this picture was taken on Wednesday) are setting up electrical grids to regrow their dying reefs. [Seattle Times]
