“Spirograph 2.0” or something…
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The ‘Teslonda’ is a Honda Accord with a Tesla motor
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Meet the ‘Teslonda’ — the Honda Accord with a Tesla motor.
250m radius Settlement Cam 09-time-lapse (2010−2018)
When starting a project, I like to set up some specific camera locations that I use to review the state of design at different stages. This allows me to look back at the progress and decisions that were made along the way. To me, this enhances the process to the point where the final design becomes secondary to how I got there. Although I usually enjoy the final product, I always love the process.
This Is What It’s Like to Be a Space Rocket Launcher in Alaska
After a massive explosion puts everything at risk, workers at Kodiak Island’s spaceport prepare to launch a new rocket into orbit.
Google’s Selfish Ledger is an unsettling vision of Silicon Valley social engineering
Google has built a multibillion-dollar business out of knowing everything about its users. Now, a video produced within Google and obtained by The Verge offers a stunningly ambitious and unsettling look at how some at the company envision using that information in the future.
What are plus codes?
Are short codes for locations, for places that don’t have their own street address.
‘Explosive’ eruption at Hawaii volcano’s summit shoots ash more than five miles high
The effects of the short-lived explosion were limited, but scientists warned there may be more to come.
China launches first rocket designed by a private company
BEIJING (Reuters) — China launched its first privately developed rocket from a launchpad in northwestern China on Thursday, state media said, the latest milestone in the country’s ambitious space exploration program.
“Chongqing Liangjiang Star” rocket, developed by Chinese private firm OneSpace Technology, takes off from a launchpad in an undisclosed location in northwestern China May 17, 2018. Wan Nan/Chongqing Ribao via REUTERS.
Warning and Aviation Code Red Alert Issued For Hawaii
Red is the highest level of alert to aviation, meaning that either an eruption is forecast to be imminent with significant emission of ash into the atmosphere likely — as is the case currently in Hawaii — or an eruption is underway with significant emission of ash into the atmosphere. Either way, this could mean disruptions are possible in aviation around the big island of Hawaii for the foreseeable future, depending on what happens.
Ash clouds from volcanoes can clog the engines of airplanes and cause them to malfunction — or stop working altogether. According to this article from the World Organization of Volcano Observatories: