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No Cockpit goes unnoticed and Daylan Geerlings does not settle for immitation. You won't find a movie replica or kit-build in his shop. But what you'll soon discover is his talent for fabricating his own super realistic sci-fi models. Daylan scratches his imagination! And it is an itch we are proud to spotlight.
"When possible, I like to use real aluminum plate to construct hull and outer body shells," he said. "This allows for ulta-realistic weathering and battle-damage." Each of Daylan's models may take anywhere from 3 to 6 months to complete, and it will be fully detailed even in places one cannot see, such as avionics bays and etc.
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Last Updated ( Thursday, 15 May 2008 )
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Interociter
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 Source: AFP / Yahoo.
Hundreds of rogue black holes may be roaming around the Milky Way waiting to engulf stars and planets that cross their path, US astronomers said Wednesday. These black holes are unlikely to pose a threat to Earth, but may engulf nebulae, stars and planets that stray into their paths, the researchers said.
"Their danger zone, the Schwarzschild radius, (or gravitational radius) is really tiny, only a few hundred kilometers. There are far more dangerous things in our neighbourhood."
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Last Updated ( Thursday, 10 January 2008 )
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 Italian Naval architect Giancarlo Zema's "Trilobis Floating Home" proposes a 4-story semi-submerged live-aboard environment for people who love the sea. Giancarlo's motif in his design allows people to live in a self sufficient, non-polluting living-space that is in unison with their ocean surroundings. The best view of the sea is from its 11ft. topside elevation above the waterline, while its fully submerged first level, is an undersea observation bulb. The propulsion system consists of dual 300 horse-power electric motors powered by hydrogen-fed Ballard fuel cells. Zema also designed a special type of marina that will enable like-minded Trilobis owners to create their own floating villages.
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Last Updated ( Monday, 14 January 2008 )
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 A new species of Ostracod, or a seed shrimp, was discovered 2 miles (2,700 meters) near a submerged mountain ridge beneath the North Atlantic Ocean. Since the light is so sparse that deep, the tiny seed shrimp has enormous eyes (the orange-ish sphere in image).
Also revealed were a new crustacean species and oodles of other life forms, ranging from polka-dotted glass squid resembling beach balls to grim viperfish with teeth like ice-picks.
The discoveries were made by a team of 31 scientists during a five-week expedition to explore life along the Mid-Atlantic Ridge using remotely operated vehicles equipped with digital cameras and other technologies. They also explored distinct habitats with colorful carpets of sponges and corals covering rocky cliffs, starfish, brittle-stars, sea cucumbers and burrowing worms taking residence in the softer sediments. Above the ridge, fishes, crabs, squid and shrimps foraged for food.
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Last Updated ( Wednesday, 09 January 2008 )
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 Charles Walts commissioned me for the construction of a two-foot diameter replica of The Invaders Flying Saucer as seen in the 1967 TV series created by Larry Cohen, staring Roy Thinnes and produced by Quinn-Martin Productions. I'm excited about this project, Charles has a real appreciation for the show, and it was a childhood inspiration.
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Last Updated ( Wednesday, 30 January 2008 )
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 "I still exist!" Thinking back to that dialogue from the classic 1957 film "Incredible Shrinking Man," - Jack Arnold's classic tale adapted from Richard
Matheson's novel about a man who cannot stop shrinking after passing
through a strange mist. Well, that shrinking man would have eventually witnessed acoustic surface plasmon!
Scientists have proved the existence of a new type of electron wave
present on metal surfaces that could assist in the development of
nano-optics and high-temperature superconductors. Known as the
“acoustic surface plasmon”, the phenomenon has previously been
predicted in theory but has been difficult to prove because of the
incredible accuracy required to make measurements on such a minute
scale. “The existence of this wave means that the electrons on the surfaces of
copper, iron, beryllium and other metals behave like water on a lake’s
surface,” says Karsten Pohl, associate professor of physics at University of New Hampshire.
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Last Updated ( Tuesday, 10 July 2007 )
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