Your last chance to see Venus for the next few weeks | Bad Astronomy

Source: Discover Magazine

As I usually do when I go outside at twilight, I glanced over to the west to look for Venus… and it was much lower toward the horizon than I was expecting. I shouldn’t have been surprised; in two weeks it’s due for a close encounter wit ...
Full article at: Discover Magazine  More like this  11 hours ago, 8:15am CDT

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As the Transit approaches…

Source: Cumbrian Sky

We’re now just a couple of weeks away from the long-awaited “Venus Transit”, during which the planet Venus will move across the face of the Sun in a kind of “mini eclipse”. The last time this happened the event was widely observed roght across the UK bec ...
Full article at: Cumbrian Sky  More like this  13 hours ago, 6:15am CDT

Google Project Glass spills more prototype secrets

Source: Slashgear

Another public outing for Google’s Project Glass has spilled even more details about the wearable augmented reality headset, including some of the first indications of just what’s visible through that single display. New glimpses of the p ...
Full article at: Slashgear  More like this  1 day ago, 8:32am CDT

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The Canon G1 X: Big Sensor, Major Disappointments

Source: The New York Times

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Exclusive: A Closer Look at the Magnifi iPhone Optical Adapter

Source: Med Gadget

To learn more about the evolution of the Magnifi, we spoke with newlyweds Xianne and Isaac Penny who came up with the rough idea for the device while in grad school at Stanford University. They began the development of the product after ...
Full article at: Med Gadget  More like this  3 days ago, 1:59pm CDT

Google glasses receive more patents

Source: Ubergizmo

When you have a spanking new invention, there is one thing that you definitely need to make sure you do – file a patent for it. After all, you can never quite tell just when your invention is going to be lusted after by millions of people worldwide, t ...
Full article at: Ubergizmo  More like this  4 days ago, 1:19pm CDT

Google glasses gets raft of new patents, sniffs lawsuits coming from miles away

Source: Engadget

Google will find four more granted patents for Project Glass sitting on its over-sized doorstep this morning. The company can now claim rights over the design of the right half of the device, where the camera hangs over the eye and where the innar ...
Full article at: Engadget  More like this  4 days ago, 9:08am CDT

J. Kelly Beatty: The Annular Eclipse: Seen Sideways

Source: The Huffington Post

Here's a perfect mix: watching the Sun and Moon meet overhead while sipping a fine vintage at an idyllic California winery. This was my sixth "ring" eclipse of the Sun. Past ones had taken me to sunny Spain and soggy Scotlan ...
Full article at: The Huffington Post  More like this  5 days ago, 3:32pm CDT

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Source: Daily Nation

Last week we looked at how a magnifying glass converges rays of light and consequently makes an object appear larger than it actually is. The focus point of a typical magnifying glass is about 25 cm from the lens, this yields ...
Full article at: Daily Nation  More like this  5 days ago, 10:23am CDT