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Thursday 27 April 2017
FOUND AFTER TWO YEARS: LOST WEATHER BALLOON GOPRO WITH ASTOUNDING FOOTAGE FROM SPACE
In June 2013 five friends decided to go out into Arizona and take some footage of space when they attached their GoPro recorder to a weather balloon and sent it up into the sky. This was the last they saw of it for two years and when it returned it was worth the wait as it gave them some amazing shots of Earth it had taken from space.
College students and friends Bryan Chan, Ashish Goel, Ved Chirayath, Paul Tarantino and Tyler Reid decided to build a device and calculated the trajectory of it then registered it with the FAA so that it wouldn’t interfere with any aircraft that might be passing. The balloon carried a GoPro Hero3, Sony camcorder and Samsung Galaxy Note II smartphone, with the two camera recording footage and the smartphone taking the photos. They finally decided to launch the balloon out in the desert just a few miles from Tuba City.
The group wanted to track the progress of their balloon via GPS that was on a smartphone; however, they lost contact with the location once the device and balloon went out of range of the cell phone tower. This left them wondering for many months, if they would ever see the balloon ever again or if
they would get their cameras back from the balloon. HIKER FOUND BALLOON AND EQUIPMENT TWO YEARS LATER The group waited and waited and then gave up on the idea of ever seeing it again. However, two years later they did get to see the results from their project when they received a call from a hiker. The hiker had been out in Arizona and had come across a box with the names of the group on it, around 50 miles from where they originally launched the balloon.
Monday 24 April 2017
MISSING? ANCIENT MANUSCRIPT DEPICTS A BLACK PYRAMID AT THE GIZA PLATEAU
One of the most famous sightings of pyramids is the three main ones at Giza plateau. However, ancient texts have revealed that instead of three pyramids at the site, there should be four. FOUR BLACK STONE PYRAMIDS NOT THREE The Giza pyramid that is said to be missing was made of black stone, with the summit of the pyramid being made of a single stone, which is believed to have been a pedestal and this was made from a yellowish stone.
It was an explorer and naval captain who said there was a fourth pyramid at Giza. Frederic Norden made notes, drawings, and observations in the 1700s, including maps of pharaonic monuments. He then published them in a tome entitled Voyage d1Egypte et de Nubie.
The text was published after Norden had passed away and in it, he shared drawings of the expedition that he had taken to Egypt. Data in the text has been a fascination to researchers at it tells of a glorious black pyramid at Giza. In the book, he describes the pyramid as being of a black stone that was much harder than granite. Sceptics have said that perhaps he confused the satellite pyramids, which are around the main three, as being a fourth. However, this doesn’t make sense as the satellite pyramids were constructed of sandstone. MAP REVEALS FOUR DISTINCT PYRAMIDS The maps that Norden made during his journey seem to contradict what we know as it does clearly show that there are four main pyramids instead of three. Experts have looked for the fourth black one but haven’t found any sign of it. This doesn’t mean that it was never there to start with. Some people suggested that it might have been destroyed during the late 18th century and perhaps the stones of the pyramid might have been used when Cairo was being built.
BIZARRE! IF YOU COOL DOWN LIQUID HELIUM IT BEHAVES LIKE A BLACK HOLE
BIZARRE! IF YOU COOL DOWN LIQUID HELIUM IT BEHAVES LIKE A BLACK HOLE
Black holes have proven a difficult area of research for scientists, but they believe they have made a breakthrough by working out the forces involved in superfluid helium. Superfluid helium is a frictionless liquid, so allows scientists to conduct experiments that can be compared to black holes. If correct, this could help to finally generate a tangible answer to the questions about the quantum theory that have existed in physics for so long.
The theory, called entanglement area law, applies to both black holes and the helium, and scientists such as Adrian Del Maestro, from the University of Vermont, believe they are finally gaining a good understanding. The principle of entropy means that time can never travel backward and many believe that since the big bang, this has been leading humanity towards another disastrous event. Stephen Hawking in the 70s was able to identify the behavior of black holes that is the most well known in popular culture, that material passing too close to the event horizon of a black hole will be sucked in, its information to be added to the black hole in the form of entropy. The super fluid helium solution that has been used in the experiments is a marvel in itself, made from helium that is only two degrees higher than absolute zero. This makes it into a gas with no viscosity, if it begins spinning, then it will spin forever, as friction cannot slow it down.
Super computers were used to simulate the way that the atoms in the helium changed as it reached the extremely low temperature. This is believed to be a good comparison of what would happen to the atoms in an object if it were sucked into a black hole. These findings may challenge some of the core theories of physics, such as gravity, which rely on known quantities
Black holes have proven a difficult area of research for scientists, but they believe they have made a breakthrough by working out the forces involved in superfluid helium. Superfluid helium is a frictionless liquid, so allows scientists to conduct experiments that can be compared to black holes. If correct, this could help to finally generate a tangible answer to the questions about the quantum theory that have existed in physics for so long.
The theory, called entanglement area law, applies to both black holes and the helium, and scientists such as Adrian Del Maestro, from the University of Vermont, believe they are finally gaining a good understanding. The principle of entropy means that time can never travel backward and many believe that since the big bang, this has been leading humanity towards another disastrous event. Stephen Hawking in the 70s was able to identify the behavior of black holes that is the most well known in popular culture, that material passing too close to the event horizon of a black hole will be sucked in, its information to be added to the black hole in the form of entropy. The super fluid helium solution that has been used in the experiments is a marvel in itself, made from helium that is only two degrees higher than absolute zero. This makes it into a gas with no viscosity, if it begins spinning, then it will spin forever, as friction cannot slow it down.
Super computers were used to simulate the way that the atoms in the helium changed as it reached the extremely low temperature. This is believed to be a good comparison of what would happen to the atoms in an object if it were sucked into a black hole. These findings may challenge some of the core theories of physics, such as gravity, which rely on known quantities
SATELLITE DETECTS GIANT CIRCULAR OBJECT MOVING ON THE OCEAN FLOOR
ITs SEENs LIKE A SATELLITE DETECTS GIANT CIRCULAR OBJECT MOVING ON THE OCEAN FLOOR....
Google Maps has done it again! This time satellite imagery shows a massive circular object moving on the Pacific floor. People have found the most varied objects and anomalies on Google Maps, both on the surface of the Earth, and on the seabed. I really do not know where people find the time to look for these things, but I'm not complaining because sometimes what they find helps in our research on anomalous phenomena. And that's exactly what happened in this case.
Apparently, a spherical object has been rolling on the seabed, leaving its trail behind. The finding has been released for some time, but it is something interesting, especially considering that the video already has more than 3 million views. According to ufo researchers, the object is 4.5 km in diameter and the trail left behind measures 74 km, being at a depth of 900 meters below the surface. What do you think it is?
Friday 21 April 2017
This Russian Gun-Slinging Robot Is Definitely Not A Terminator, Russia Insists
This Russian Gun-Slinging Robot Is Definitely Not A Terminator, Russia Insists
Meet FEDOR. He’s a humanoid robot from Russia that can screw in lightbulbs, drive a car, fire two handguns at once. But he’s absolutely *not* a Terminator — at least, according to Russian officials.
FEDOR, actually an acronym for Final Experimental Demonstration Object Research, is a bipedal robot originally developed by Android Technics and the Advanced Research Fund to take on search and rescue missions. But thanks to his extreme versatility and durability the Russian government reportedly plans to send him to space. FEDOR will likely become the sole passenger on Russian spacecraft Federatsiya, set to launch in 2021, or he serve on the country’s moon missions slated for 2031.
So why teach him to shoot guns? His creators say practicing marksmanship helps FEDOR develop his decision-making and motor skills, according to Independent. Although the military applications are clear, Russian deputy Prime Minister Dmitry Rogozin even shared a short video of FEDOR inaction last week.
“Decision-making and motor skills’ sure sounds a lot like “robot murder skills” to us, but FEDOR’s makers and the Russian government insist that this skeletal robot was in no way inspired by the ghoulish genocidal robots of the “Terminator” franchise.
“We are not creating a Terminator, but artificial intelligence that will be of great practical significance in various fields,” Rogozin explained in a tweet.
THIS 94-YEAR-OLD SCIENTIST COULD SAVE THE ENTIRE PLANET
Goodenough along with a group of scientists and researchers at the University of Texas at Austin created a battery that could make all other types of batteries obsolete. This battery is made out of glass; this one could save up to three times more energy than any battery now in use. Another goal of this new type of battery technology is to start to revolutionize the electronic automobile. This will enable cars to function without the use of oil and gasoline, the two leading cause of carbon monoxide gas in the air we breathed. This could be years if not decades down the road but if the new type of battery works as Goodenough and his team claim it could be fact in the future that fuels such as oil and gas are no longer needed to operate a vehicle.
This certainly isn't the first time that Goodenough has revolutionized the battery market. He also created the lithium-ion battery while working for Sony. The battery was rechargeable and of course took high-tech devices to the next level. We now use this type of battery in our laptops, our smartphones, and other devices. However, despite its universal use, there were drawbacks to the lithium-ion battery as well. There have been reported cases of the device causing the devices bursting into flames. So, there is drawback to the lithium-ion battery, and the question is will there be with this one. So far, Goodenough has been testing the new battery technology to ensure that all safety protocols are met. The problem though is Goodenough's age. Despite being a brilliant man with much accomplishments to his credit, there are those who don't wish to listen to an elderly inventor. Unfortunately, it is those who have most of the money for financial backing in the Silicon Valley where many leading tech companies are. But this won't stop Goodenough from fulfilling his goal. He wanted for decades to get America out of being dependent on oil and this new battery technology takes him one step closer to that dream. In the mean time maybe it's time for the rest of us to think about the way we perceive those who are considered beyond their prime. Perhaps they have a whole lot more to teach us than we thought. They could have a whole lot more valuable information to share with the world.
ZERO POINT ENERGY: THE ALIEN TECHNOLOGY THAT WILL CHANGE EVERYTHING
Zero Point Energy could help us reach interstellar space in no time. According to a batch of recently published emails between John Podesta and Former NASA astronaut Edgar Mitchell, This ALIEN technology could be at our fingertips. But are we ready for it? What is "Zero Point Energy"? It is the energy of the vacuum, which in quantum field theory is defined not as empty space but as the ground state of the fields. In cosmology, the vacuum energy is one possible explanation for the cosmological constant. A related term is zero-point field, which is the lowest energy state of a particular field. Nikola Tesla was the first to propose that the vacuum energy, or æther, might be harnessed for useful work, ever since then many people have claimed to exploit zero-point energy with a large amount of pseudoscientific literature causing ridicule around the subject. Watch video below and please share your comments.
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