While wandering the interwebs, I came across Unsicht-Bar: Germany’s first dark restaurant. The idea is simple, the execution not so much. The entire dining experience is done in pitch black. You can’t even see your hand in front of your face. The wait staff are all blind or visually impaired so they get along just [...]
Archive for 3 October 2007
Sulu gets an asteroid
Posted: 3 October 2007 in UncategorizedTags: asteroids, george takei, heroes, sci-fi, space, star trek, sulu, television, tv
George Takei, better known as Sulu to the world of non-hardcore Trek fans, now has an asteroid named after him. I say non-hardcore Trek fans because hardcore Trek fans know his real name. Or maybe it’s semi-hardcore. Super hardcore probably have lost all touch with reality and believe he really is Sulu. In any case, [...]
Clinton vs. Obama
Posted: 3 October 2007 in UncategorizedTags: big corporations, bundling, clinton, democrats, edwards, fundraising, kucinich, obama, politics, presidential election
I keep feeling the need to write about the battle of the media-darling corporate stooge warhawks. Everyday I see something about fundraising by this candidate or that (and by this I mean Clinton and by that I mean Obama). And everyday I am troubled. When I start to write about it, my thoughts on the [...]
Invisibility Cloak a reality… sorta
Posted: 3 October 2007 in UncategorizedTags: boffins, invisibility, invisibility cloak, physics, research, science
There has been work done over the past year or so by the Department of Mysteries at St. Andrews College. They also are working on levitation, which I talked about before. They created an invisibility cloak that worked in the microwave region. A group in the US has just produced an invisibility cloak that works [...]
