What if you took 3.1 million pixels, per iPad, and then crammed 100 (or so) of them on a table at WWDC? You'd have a pretty insane, super-connected Retina table. Also, it'd cost at least $ 50,000 to replicate what you're seeing. You know -- just in case the thought crossed your mind. Gallery: Visualized: 100 Retina display iPads sit down at the … [Read more...]
Visualized: futuristic AMELIA aircraft (theoretically) soars through NASA wind tunnel
January 31, 2012 by
It's the Advanced Model for Extreme Lift and Improved Aeroacoustics, and it's the brainchild of many, many intelligent beings planted at California Polytechnic State University. The aircraft has been in design courtesy of a grant from NASA, touting engines above the wings and the ability to achieve shockingly short takeoffs and landings. And did we … [Read more...]
Visualized: International Year of Chemistry, in posters
November 26, 2011 by
Whatever Simon C Page sees in chemistry, we wish our high school teachers did as well. The aforesaid graphic artist has whipped up a smattering of eye-pleasing, mind-bending posters to commemorate the International Year of Chemistry 2011, and even if you can't tell your Hs from your 2s and Os, you owe it to yourself to give that source link a look. … [Read more...]
Visualized: this gel-filled Sprint head is testing all sorts of futurephones
July 22, 2011 by
Chamber testing is most certainly nothing new for your average carrier -- every one of the big boys here in the States already does something similar to this -- but it's not often that we're given an inside look at what exactly happens within those elusive doors. During a recent Sprint campus walkthrough, we peeked into the carrier's network … [Read more...]
