A dozen centuries-old shipwrecks – some of them unusually well-preserved – have been found in the Baltic Sea by a gas company building an underwater pipeline between Russia and Germany.
The oldest wreck probably dates back to medieval times and could be up to 800 years old, while the others are likely from the 17th to 19th centuries, said Peter Norman of Sweden’s National Heritage Board.
“They could be interesting, but we have only seen pictures of their exterior. Many of them are considered to be fully intact. They look very well-preserved,” said Mr Norman. Continue reading »
They are the emperors of the sky – watching over us with some of the deadliest arsenal tucked right under their bellies. Their awesome power never fails to make us wonder if they weren’t unreal. They can soar up there much faster than the roars of their engines. They are some of the ultimate man-made machines, and heck, they sure can fly !!!
Lets have a look at some of mankind’s most incredible innovations – The 10 fastest aircrafts that grace the sky!!
10. General Dynamics F-111 “Aardvark”
F111 Aircraft Worlds 10 Fastest Aircraft Skys No Limit For ThemDeveloped in the 1960’s, this all American tactical strike aircraft was built with one thing in mind; incredible speed with an agility to match. It was designed for multiple roles, but mainly as a naval fighter-bomber foraircraft carriers. Now discontinued by the US Air Force, the latest Aardvark, the F-111C is still part of the Royal Australian Air Force fleet. The F-111 pioneered many technologies like variable sweep wings, after burning turbofanengines and automated terrain tracking radar for low-level, high-speed flight. The wing sweep has a range of 16 to 75 degrees to allow more maneuverability at slow flight speeds (Thanks to Dugg – see comments). The fighter is powered by two Pratt & Whitney TF30-P-100 turbofans which generate 17,900 lbf of dry thrust each! The afterburner increases this figure by a nifty 7000 lbf which brings us to the most interesting part, its speed. The Aardvark flies at a maximum speed of 2.5 Mach or 2.5 times the speed of sound. This amounts to a whopping velocity of 1,650 mph and makes it the tenth fastestaircraft of all time.
vertical prison by chow khoon toong, ong tien yee and beh ssi cze
evolvo magazine today announced the winners of the 2010 skyscraper competition.
first place went to malaysian architectural students chow khoon toong, ong tien yee
and beh ssi cze. Continue reading »
During World War II the Army Corps of Engineers needed to hide the Lockheed Burbank Aircraft Plant to protect it from a Japanese air attack. They covered it with camouflage netting to create an optical illusion resembling a rural subdivision from the air. Continue reading »
If you were wondering how gaming could be like on the upcoming Windows Phone 7 Series, you’ll want to check out the video of Microsoft’s Eric Rudder, speaking at TechEd Middle East. A game that was developed in Visual Studio was showed off, and it could be played in Windows, Xbox 360, and a Windows Phone 7 Series prototype device. While the cross platform nature of the game is cool, the more interesting part is that you can save your place in one platform, and resume your game from another platform; so you could be playing the game on your Xbox 360, then get ready for work, and continue playing while you’re commuting to work in the train, pretty neat! Check out the video of it in action after the jump..
A study found that increasing the oxygen content in alcohol enabled people to process alcohol more rapidly and therefore avoid some of its negative effects.
Oxygen is used to process alcohol in the body and turn it into water and carbon dioxide.
By increasing dissolved oxygen concentrations in alcoholic drinks it is possible to help the body do the job, the study found.
Researchers carried out a series of tests with volunteers drinking beverages enriched with different amounts of oxygen.
Their blood-alcohol levels were then tested and it was found that alcohol was processed significantly quicker with drinks that had a higher oxygen content.
Professor Kwang-il Kwon, author of the study, said: “The oxygen-enriched alcohol beverage reduces plasma alcohol concentrations faster than a normal dissolved-oxygen alcohol beverage does.
“This could provide both clinical and real-life significance. The oxygen-enriched alcohol beverage would allow individuals to become sober faster, and reduce the side effects without a significant difference in alcohol’s effects.
“Furthermore, the reduced time to a lower blood alcohol concentration may reduce alcohol-related accidents.”
The scientists are based at Chungnam National University in Korea.
The study is published in the May 2010 issue of Alcoholism: Clinical and Experimental Research.
Some space buffs reckon it is after seeing this picture sent back by a robot vehicle probing the rocky Red Planet for signs of life.
Enthusiast Nigel Cooper – who has studied thousands of photos taken by Nasa rovers and posted online – said: “It’s definitely a creature of some sort.”
Mr Cooper, 43, of Grimsby, Lincs, added: “I’m convinced there is life out there.”
