by Ben Oaks | Jan 20, 2016 | Generally Cool Stuff
PITTSBURGH, PA – January 19, 2016 – Avere Systems, a leading provider of enterprise storage for the hybrid cloud, today announced that NASA has selected Avere to help consolidate legacy storage and move many of its datasets to the Amazon Web Services (AWS) Cloud....
by Claire Brevik | Aug 18, 2013 | Generally Cool Stuff
For years, it was thought that the only organized and purely carbon substances that could exist were graphite and diamond. Within the last twenty years, the discovery of buckminsterfullerene molecules lead to the isolation and recognition of carbon nanotubes...
by Ben Oaks | Mar 6, 2013 | Generally Cool Stuff
LONDON – 5 March 2013 – A microwave 3D-printed Moon base could be a sustainable solution for presence on the Lunar South Pole, the SinterHab concept shows. Space architects Tomas Rousek, Katarina Eriksson and Dr. Ondrej Doule have unveiled their vision for a lunar...
by Andy Quayle | Nov 12, 2012 | Generally Cool Stuff
(via PR Newswire) NEW YORK, Nov. 8, 2012 /PRNewswire/ — TED, the nonprofit devoted to Ideas Worth Spreading, today announces the newest class of 21 new TED Fellows and 12 TED Senior Fellows. This diverse group of innovators, representing 18 countries and...
by Admin | May 31, 2011 | Space Tech
On the morning of January 28, 1986 I was standing in my dorm room surrounded by 8 other girls. I had arm-twisted all of them into getting up “early” that day (meaning before noon) to watch the launch of STS-51. I was absolutely astounded that most of them...