Norway to grow food crops in space
A new EU-funded research
project is set to 'take-off' researching how food plants grow in space and how the horticulture could supply space travellers with oxygen and food.
project is set to 'take-off' researching how food plants grow in space and how the horticulture could supply space travellers with oxygen and food.
The 10-year project called TIME SCALE will be led by Ann-Iren Kittang Jost, research chief at the Centre for Interdisciplinary Research in Space (CIRiS) at the Norwegian University of Science and Technology (NTNU) in Trondheim.
The research team has not yet decided what plants they will try and grow, but are looking at tomatoes, lettuce and soybeans.
The Trondheim research unit has been trying to grow plants in space since 2006. Under the Norwegian research team's guidance, plant growing experiments were carried out at the International Space Station (ISS). The research focused on the flowering weed, Arabidopsis thaliana.
It is a complex journey of investigation for the scientists who must learn about the interaction of the plants to their new, very different environment.
"One of the big challenges is to administer exactly the right amount of water and nutrients to the plants in such little gravity,” said Kittang Jost to Science Nordic.
Researchers from the MELISSA space program believe a closed ecosystem can be fully functional in space by 2050. With this goal in mind, the Norwegian researchers' work is a critical part of giving space explorers the means to survive and eat in a self-sustaining fashion, many thousands of miles away from Earth.
http://www.thelocal.no/20141121/norway-to-grow-food-crops-in-space
James Bond-inspired LASER WATCH will burn through objects from a distance
The Apple Watch is already obsolete and it isn't even in the shops yet.
The reason is simple – it doesn't contain a laser that can actually burn stuff.
If that's what you're looking for in a smartwatch, forget about Apple and look towards the work of hobbyist Patrick Priebe.
He's knocked together what he describes as the "Bond-inspired laser watch" and it might well consign the Apple Watch to the bin of history.
That's because this isn't just some laser pointer that has been encased into a box and had a wrist strap attached to it.
No – the 1,500-milliwatt laser in this thing is powerful enough to pop a balloon or even light a candle.
Because the laser is so powerful, the battery on the watch will only last between 5 and 10 minutes. But that’s 5 minutes of awesome laser arson.
Which has got to be better than being able to read your emails or check stock reports on a tiny screen. Sorry, Apple.
So far, Patrick's watch is a limited edition of one, which he says took around 40 hours to make.
He reckons that he’d charge at least $300 (about £190) if he was to make any more.
All you'd need would be a wallpaper pasting table and some strong duct tape and you've got yourself a James Bond torture scene. Although we do not condone such behaviour. Mwah, ha, ha!
Priebe makes a habit of creating awesome-but-terrifying weapons. In September he showcased a homemade Iron Man glove that fires real rockets.
He's also made a Spiderman 'web shooter' and DIY Wolverine claws.
His YouTube channel is well worth browsing for more.
http://www.mirror.co.uk/news/technology-science/technology/james-bond-inspired-laser-watch-burn-4666984
(NTNU) in Trondheim.The research team has not yet decided what plants they will try and grow, but are looking at tomatoes, lettuce and soybeans.
The Trondheim research unit has been trying to grow plants in space since 2006. Under the Norwegian research team's guidance, plant growing experiments were carried out at the International Space Station (ISS). The research focused on the flowering weed, Arabidopsis thaliana.
It is a complex journey of investigation for the scientists who must learn about the interaction of the plants to their new, very different environment.
"One of the big challenges is to administer exactly the right amount of water and nutrients to the plants in such little gravity,” said Kittang Jost to Science
Nordic.Researchers from the MELISSA space program believe a closed ecosystem can be fully functional in space by 2050. With this goal in mind, the Norwegian researchers' work is a critical part of giving space explorers the means to survive and eat in a self-sustaining fashion, many thousands of miles away from Earth.
http://www.thelocal.no/20141121/norway-to-grow-food-crops-in-space
James Bond-inspired LASER WATCH will burn through objects from a distance
The Apple Watch is already obsolete and it isn't even in the shops yet.
The reason is simple – it doesn't contain a laser that can actually burn stuff.
If that's what you're looking for in a smartwatch, forget about Apple and look towards the work of hobbyist Patrick Priebe.
He's knocked together what he describes as the "Bond-inspired laser watch" and it might well consign the Apple Watch to the bin of history.
That's because this isn't just some laser pointer that has been encased into a box and had a wrist strap attached to it.
No – the 1,500-milliwatt laser in this thing is powerful enough to pop a balloon or even light a candle.
Because the laser is so powerful, the battery on the watch will only last between 5 and 10 minutes. But that’s 5 minutes of awesome laser arson.
Which has got to be better than being able to read your emails or check stock reports on a tiny screen. Sorry, Apple.
So far, Patrick's watch is a limited edition of one, which he says took around 40 hours to make.
He reckons that he’d charge at least $300 (about £190) if he was to make any more.
All you'd need would be a wallpaper pasting table and some strong duct tape and you've got yourself a James Bond torture scene. Although we do not condone such behaviour. Mwah, ha, ha!
Priebe makes a habit of creating awesome-but-terrifying weapons. In September he showcased a homemade Iron Man glove that fires real rockets.
He's also made a Spiderman 'web shooter' and DIY Wolverine claws.
His YouTube channel is well worth browsing for more.
http://www.mirror.co.uk/news/technology-science/technology/james-bond-inspired-laser-watch-burn-4666984
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