at 4,268px × 5,690px it’s a huge starship guide featuring hundreds of spacecraft to scale.
Size Comparison – Science Fiction Spaceships by DirkLoechel on deviantART.
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Daily Archives: September 18, 2014
Lockheed Martin Conducts Flight Tests Of Aircraft Laser Turret
Lockheed Martin [NYSE: LMT], in partnership with the Air Force Research Laboratory (AFRL) and the University of Notre Dame, has demonstrated the airworthiness of a new beam control turret being developed for the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) and AFRL to give 360-degree coverage for high-energy laser weapons operating on military aircraft. A research aircraft equipped with the Aero-adaptive Aero-optic Beam Control (ABC) turret conducted eight flights in Michigan.
The big thing here is that they’ve mounted it on a small business jet instead of the previous incarnation, which was a Boeing 747. What isn’t mentioned though, is the power of the laser – can it knock out ICBMs and aircraft? Smaller missles? What is the recharge time between firings and how long can the laser fire? Are we at the point where dogfighting is truly becoming obsolete?
Open-Source Syringe Pump Library
A syringe pump was designed using freely available open-source computer aided design (CAD) software and manufactured using an open-source RepRap 3-D printer and readily available parts. The design, bill of materials and assembly instructions are globally available to anyone wishing to use them. Details are provided covering the use of the CAD software and the RepRap 3-D printer.
via PLOS ONE: Open-Source Syringe Pump Library.
These will save doctors loads of money over commercially available equipment.
OWASP Web app Testing Guide v4 released
This project’s goal is to create a "best practices" web application penetration testing framework which users can implement in their own organizations and a "low level" web application penetration testing guide that describes how to find certain issues.
via OWASP Testing Project – OWASP.
3D print your own Smartphone Microscope for $1,-
Using inexpensive glass beads traditionally used for reflective pavement markings at airports, the PNNL team has demonstrated 1000x magnification, which is necessary to see tiny anthrax spores and plague cells. They have also made a 350x version, which is adequate to identify parasites in blood samples or protozoa in drinking water. A 100x version enables children to investigate common items like salt grains and flower petals in much greater detail.
via PNNL Smartphone Microscope – Available Technologies – PNNL.
The 3d printer files and links to materials are at the bottom of the page.