“Space Oddity” from the International Space Station

May 13th, 2013 | Space

Colonel Chris Hadfield returns from the International Space Station this evening, and he decided to sing one last song before takeoff. This couldn’t be a more perfect end to an amazing 5 months of science communication from Hadfield. ‘Space Oddity’, a David Bowie cover, was mixed with the help of staff at the Canadian Space Agency and features a somber piano intro and modified lyrics that reference the Soyuz capsule that will return Hadfield to Earth. It’s a beautiful video which features a floating guitar, incredible time-lapse shots of Earth, and Hadfield darting around the space station.

The song takes on a new level of meaning when it’s sung in space. The lyrics just match the situation perfectly!

I hope Commander Hadfield continues to share the beauty of space after his return home.
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“We will go to the Moon and we will go to Mars, we will go and see what asteroids and comets are made of,” he told BBC News.

“But we’re not going to do it tomorrow and we’re not going to do it because it titillates the nerve endings we’re going to do it because it’s a natural human progression”.
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-RSB

16th Century Prosthetics from Ambroise Paré

May 12th, 2013 | Robot

And here are a few other illustrations from Dix livres de la chirurgie:

The images above are mechanical prosthetics as designed by Ambroise Paré in his book Dix livres de la chirurgie (Ten books of Surgery). Paré was a French barber surgeon and is considered to be one of the fathers of surgery and modern forensic pathology. Interesting fact: the barber pole is a vestige of an era when barbers were the primary surgeons and NOT physicians.
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Paré was the official royal surgeon for kings Henry II, Francis II, Charles IX and Henry III. He designed a range of surgical instruments and was a leader in surgical techniques and battlefield medicine, especially the treatment of wounds. He amputated countless limbs during his career as thousands of French cavalrymen were being killed and wounded by enemy arquebuses. The prosthetics above appear quite advanced for the 16th century. The hand has complex finger movements which modern prosthetics often fail to include.
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He also made original artificial eyes from enameled gold, silver, porcelain and glass.

-RSB

[via The Public Domain Review]

Man vs Nature – Photography from Ruben Brulat

May 9th, 2013 | Space

Gobi, Mongolia

Bromo, Indonesia

Tilicho, Nepal

Gobi, Mongolia

Lumle, Nepal

Kurodake, Japan

Ruben Brulat discovered the most striking landscapes in the world for his two photography series, Paths & Primates. The images feature abandoned people in countries such as Mongolia, Iraq, the Phillipines, Nepal, and Indonesia. By inserting human strife, the scenes evolve from beautiful terrain into compelling drama, and the scale of the people in the photographs emphasizes the power of nature against us.

This personal project was conducted over the last two years, and incredibly, Brulat only traveled by land! He apparently picked up locals along the way to help find the scenes and take the photographs.

Amazing…

-RSB

What The Internet Is Doing to Your Brain

May 8th, 2013 | Brain

Internet Brain

Ever since I started a full-time job working at a computer, I feel like my brain has gone a bit haywire. My attention span seems shorter every day, I check a myriad of iPhone apps every 20 minutes (without much reason), and I can hardly get through a task from start to finish. I believe this is all directly attributed to my perpetual online status.

The “3 minutes on the Internet” highlighted at the beginning of this video perfectly describes the scatter brain feeling I get with endless connection to information. Of course, I’m happy to learn everything there is to know about the violent behavior of panda bears or toilet paper orientation (DON’T CLICK THAT!), and this breadth of knowledge is great at cocktail or dinner parties, but the depth of knowledge is often sacrificed.

So what do can do about this problem?

Well, I think one good solution is to disconnect from time to time. Print off a long article you plan to read and get away from the computer for an hour or so. This will help with the next step…

Commit your attention. Resist any and all urges to check email, facebook, reddit, or RobotSpaceBrain until a task is completed. In time, this should get easier as your brain adjusts to a new level of focus.

Exercise & Practice Meditation. Clearing your mind from the hustle of daily life is essential for well-being. Exercise has been linked to increased attention in several studies. I have never practiced meditation, but I’ve heard it can do the same.

The whole point isn’t that there’s something inherently wrong with the Internet, but I would recommend taking a moment to reflect on how it’s affecting you. Maybe you can adjust your usage to find a little more zen in your life. I sure hope I can.

-RSB

[via Gizmodo]

Guillotine Simulator using Virtual Reality

May 7th, 2013 | Brain, Robot

In case you didn’t know, a guillotine is a French execution device consisting of an angled metal blade that falls on your neck and chops your head off. For the first time, you can experience what this might be like using the most state-of-the-art virtual reality headset called Oculus Rift. The Guillotine Simulator is appropriately named Disunion.

The idea is that you can look around at the blade, the crowd of onlookers cheering on your death, and then when the executioner gives the signal, the blade is dropped, and your head rolls to the floor. The experience is enhanced by having a friend briskly chop your neck at the moment of impact.

I would love to give this a try.

Interesting note:

“During the span of its usage, the French guillotine has gone by many names, some of which include these:

La Monte-à-regret (The Regretful Climb)
Le Rasoir National (The National Razor)
Le Vasistas or La Lucarne (The Fanlight)
La Veuve (The Widow)
Le Moulin à Silence (The Silent Mill)
Louisette or Louison (from the name of prototype designer Antoine Louis)
Madame La Guillotine
Mirabelle (from the name of Mirabeau)
La Bécane (The Machine)
Le Massicot (The Cutter)
La Cravate à Capet (The Necktie of Capet, Capet being Louis XVI)
La Raccourcisseuse Patriotique (The Patriotic Shortener)
La demi-lune (The Half-Moon)
Les Bois de Justice (Wooden Justice)
La Bascule à Charlot (Charlot’s Rocking-chair)
Le Prix Goncourt des Assassins (The Goncourt Prize for Murderers)

In other countries, it was called by other names:

the Halifax Gibbet (England)
the Scottish Maiden (Scotland)
Fallbeil (Germany)”

“The Machine” and “Wooden Justice” are pretty good.

-RSB

The World’s First 3D-Printed Gun

May 6th, 2013 | Robot

Shots have been fired from the world’s first 3D-Printed Gun. The new weapon was created by a group out of Austin, TX (a city known more for its peace-loving activists than hardcore gun enthusiasts). The pistol is called “The Liberator,” an homage to the cheap pistols handed out to the Allied troops in France during World War II. It was printed on a Stratasys Dimension SST printer and consists of 16 parts, 15 of which are 3D-printed.
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The only component not to come from the printer is a simple nail which is used as the firing pin for the gun.
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The news outlets have been all over this, and they have gathered many quotes from anti-gun activists proclaiming that there should be an immediate ban on this sort of 3D-printing application. However, it should be pointed out that a dedicated person can make this sort of zip gun out of all sorts of household materials — tubes, rubber bands, nails, etc. All you need to do is put a cartridge in a pipe and pull back a nail attached to a rubber band and the bullet will fire.
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At this stage, it is still A LOT easier to just buy a gun if you want to go out and kill somone. And, these plastic 3D-printed guns have trouble firing more than a few rounds at a time.

-RSB

[via Mashable]

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