by Captain Skellett | Jun 19, 2013 | Recent Research
A battery the size of a grain of sand has been built using 3D printers, scientists announced yesterday. It’s the century of smalls, where tiny devices are top dog. Computers shrink into tablets, phones are limited only by screen size, and mini-microphones can...
by Captain Skellett | May 19, 2013 | Just for Fun
How cool is this? Astronaut Chris Hadfield sings Space Oddity from the International Space Station. He is floating in a most peculiar way, as the guitar spins in front of him. In another video he talks about having to re-learn guitar in zero gravity, as his brain had...
by Captain Skellett | May 10, 2013 | Science Communication
I was so pleased to see on The Oatmeal this morning that the Tesla Science Centre will be going ahead – they’ve purchased the land where Nikola Tesla’s old laboratory stood and still have $800,000 in the bank to start cleaning it up and building the...
by Captain Skellett | Apr 29, 2013 | Recent Research
I’ve always wanted a computer that would fold up like a newspaper. I could sit on a bench and open it to read, then close it up and cram into a bag. It wouldn’t be backlit like a computer screen, just a soothing paper-like display. There’s something...
by Captain Skellett | Apr 22, 2013 | Jibber Jabber
Sorry for the unscheduled downtime last week, all the issues have been sorted now (I think) and we’re back! Just in time for… A Schooner of Science’s fourth birthday! Hooray! If you want to help me celebrate, why not buy me a beer? To date, the...
