Posts Tagged The Future Soon

The Future: Japanese Scientists Create Spherical Flying Hover Drone, 26 years After REAL GENIUS

Posted by mistergroonk in Only in Japan, Robots, Technology, The Future on November 8, 2011

A few weeks ago Japanâ€™s Ministry of Defense revealed a helicopter hover drone that can fly up to 40 MPH. It can also roll on the ground or up a wall under full control of the operator. This new thing has obvious uses in defense and security. Hell, pick any high technology dystopian future, evil genius base or shady multinational corporate entity in fiction and you’ll see a fleet of these suckers.

But a Google+ user pointed out what should have been obvious from the get go. This hover drone could revolutionize certain aspects of filmmaking. We’re embarrassed the creative idea didn’t come to us before the hard practical uses.

Another thing that struck us about this machine is that the 1980s movie REAL GENIUS prophesied it about 26 years prior.

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Saturday Afternoon Theater: “The Open Road Still Softly Calls” 3 Videos on Space Exploration & Wonder.

Posted by mistergroonk in Movies, Science, Space on January 15, 2011

Gathered here are three videos on the wonders of space exploration. The two below are short films. The video below the jump is the 30 years of the Space Shuttle commemorative film documenting shuttle launches.

Reid Gower’s: NASA – The Frontier Is Everywhere
A man, frustrated with NASA’s poor publicity skills, creates kick-ass video of his own.

With crazy credit to Michael Marantz.

MAVEN Mission to Investigate How Sun Steals Martian Atmosphere

NASA release October 5, 2010

The Mars Atmosphere and Volatile Evolution Mission (MAVEN), set to launch in 2013, will explore the planetâ€™s upper atmosphere, ionosphere and interactions with the sun and solar wind. Bruce Jakosky, MAVEN’s Principal Investigator discusses the mission.

Credit: NASA/Goddard/Chris Smith

Freefall below the cut for the main event:

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Future Concepts: Harvest City. The Floating Future of Haiti?

Posted by mistergroonk in Technology, The Future on January 12, 2011

Yanko Design shared an interesting idea for the future recovery of Haiti.

Tangram 3DS collaborating with Boston Architect / Designer E Kevin Schopfer together creating a floating agricultural / light industrial city right off the shores of Haiti. Whatâ€™s it called? Harvest City. Behold a 2 miles in diameter complex of tethered floating modules.

Video of this under the cut.
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