Category: Measure
RediRipe.
Sticker that lets you know when fruit has ripened. (via)
Post date: Friday, July 28th, 2006.
10 million bits per second.
Researchers calculate that the human retina transmits data at roughly the same speed as an Ethernet connection.
Post date: Thursday, July 27th, 2006.
10 to the 23rd power.
Scientists calculate the energy in joules required for nature to produce a new species. (via)
Post date: Wednesday, May 31st, 2006.
Atomic scale.
Scientists have created a technique that can clock the movements of atoms in nanoseconds. (via)
Post date: Monday, May 22nd, 2006.
Ostfriesland Hotel.
German hotel is charging guests by how much they weigh.
Post date: Tuesday, March 21st, 2006.
Sonic Detection and Ranging.
Meteorological technique that measures sound waves to predict earthquakes.
Post date: Thursday, March 16th, 2006.
Sky Disc of Nebra.
Bronze Age disc was used 3,600 years ago to calculate a thirteenth month. (via)
Post date: Thursday, March 2nd, 2006.
Electric-dipole moment.
Phenomenon that is helping scientists answer why there is more matter in the universe than anti-matter. (via)
Post date: Thursday, February 23rd, 2006.
Liquidation.
Florida town is mysteriously losing 1 to 2 million gallons of water a month.
Post date: Tuesday, February 21st, 2006.
Fluid turbulence.
Scientists have solved the last great unsolved problem of classical physics.
Post date: Tuesday, January 31st, 2006.
Park Mate.
Driver assistance device that detects a parking space and then parks the car. (via)
Post date: Wednesday, January 25th, 2006.
Paedocypris.
Scientists discover world’s smallest fish. (via)
Post date: Wednesday, January 25th, 2006.
Vote with Your Throat.
Ontario brewery is counting sales of beers renamed for running political parties as votes, and it is proving to be a startlingly accurate barometer for poll measurement.
Post date: Thursday, January 19th, 2006.
CH5+.
Scientists have finally calculated the atomic structure of a highly caustic, “super acid” molecule. (via)
Post date: Monday, January 9th, 2006.
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