Smartphones are pretty amazing when you think about it. Besides letting you watch Star Wars whenever you want, answer any question instantly, and play Super Mario Run during staff meetings, ...
This year's winter American Association of Physics Teachers meeting was right around the corner from me in New Orleans at the Hyatt Regency Hotel. Probably the best thing about the hotel are the ...
How many times have you stood in a lobby waiting for an elevator to arrive wondering to yourself, Should I just take the stairs? New research published in in the Journal of Statistical Mechanics from ...
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Designing a space elevator: Physics meets imagination
Learn the fundamentals behind space elevator design in this exploratory guide to futuristic transportation. The video discusses geostationary orbit, tether materials, and the immense forces involved ...
SEATTLE—“I think building an elevator to space is maybe the best thing I could do in the world,” Michael Laine says. His company, Liftport, has just raised over $62,000 on Kickstarter to build robot ...
Nicholas Constantine Christofilos is a rumpled, somewhat obstreperous lone wolf in the ordered ranks of modern physicists. He has no degrees in physics, little formal training. But time and again, he ...
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