Picture of the day: map of a galaxy cluster, 2.4 billion light years away

http://m.theatlantic.com/technology/archive/2012/03/picture-of-the-day-a-map-of-a-galaxy-cluster-24-billion-light-years-away/253958/

The Internet of the future will be powered by optical RAM

http://www.gizmodo.com.au/2012/02/the-internet-of-the-future-will-be-powered-by-optical-ram/

Not so fast, neutrinos – faster-than-light neutrinos defy Einstein?

http://www.popularmechanics.com/technology/engineering/extreme-machines/not-so-fast-neutrinos-6863900

Perhaps the most striking photo taken in North Korea last year

Photograph of Kim II-sung, hangs on a building in the capital, Pyongyang, North Korea
Credit: crainium.net

If a picture is worth a thousand words, what are the words for this picture?

Poverty, insufficient electricity, wrong priorities ...

http://www.gizmodo.com.au/2012/02/perhaps-the-most-striking-photo-taken-in-north-korea-last-year/#more-514196 / Kim Il-sung Jong-il communist North Korea failed state poverty hunger starvation electricity power shortage famine dictator military regime saddest photograph of the year /

How the zebra got its stripes

http://jeb.biologists.org/content/215/5/iii

/ zebra stripes blood-sucking insects horseflies bite horizontally polarized /

Nokia reveals polarizing secrets of ClearBlack display

http://www.engadget.com/2012/02/06/nokia-how-clearblack-display-works/

/ polarized renders /

Scientists just discovered the speed limit for quantum particles

http://gizmodo.com/5879549/scientists-just-discovered-the-speed-limit-for-quantum-particles

/ particles /

Physicists discover quantum speed limit

http://www.wired.com/wiredscience/2012/01/quantum-information-speed/

/ relativistic /

Astronomers map largest ever zone of dark matter

http://www.theregister.co.uk/2012/01/10/astronomers_largest_map_dark_matter/

Pentagon Scientists use "time hole’ to make events disappear

 http://www.wired.com/dangerroom/2012/01/time-hole/?utm_source=Contextly&utm_medium=RelatedLinks&utm_campaign=Interesting

Glowing scorpion exoskeletons may be giant eyes

http://www.wired.com/wiredscience/2011/12/scorpion-fluorescence/

Damn it Google, where are my magic Android lightbulbs?

http://m.techcrunch.com/2011/12/30/damn-it-google-where-are-my-magic-android-lightbulbs/?icid=tc_home_art&

Ultrabooks hit the shelves: Acer Aspire S3 vs. Asus Zenbook UX31

http://www.computerworld.com/s/article/9222329/Ultrabooks_hit_the_shelves_Acer_Aspire_S3_vs._Asus_Zenbook_UX31

Photonic chips – using light beams instead of electrons to carry out computational tasks

http://www.engadget.com/2011/11/25/mit-slinks-into-a-cafe-orders-a-side-of-photonic-chips-on-silic/

How many neutrinos does it take to screw up Einstein?

In September, an international group of scientists, known as the OPERA collaboration, detected some sub-atomic particles called neutrinos apparently moving faster than the speed of light.  As is their habit, other scientists around the world raised questions about the experiment.  Now, OPERA has repeated the experiment, addressing the objections, & finding that those neutrinos are still going too fast!

Eternally cautious, the international scientific community wants this surprising result repeated by another group (more the better).

http://m.wired.com/wiredscience/2011/11/neutrinos-screw-einstein/

Makoto Hirahara Bright Blind

http://the-gadgeteer.com/2011/11/10/makoto-hirahara-bright-blind/

Light-coloured cars are up to 2 percent more fuel efficient than dark-coloured ones

No surprise* that a light coloured car will be cooler than a dark coloured one.  Interesting, though, to see it quantified in terms of air conditioning & fuel consumption.

* No surprise to anyone other than Chevrolet – the roof of every Volt is black!!??  In Europe the principle seems to have been understood – the roof of the Ampera (European version of the Volt) is the same colour as the rest of the body.

http://green.autoblog.com/2011/11/01/cooler-colored-cars-are-up-to-2-percent-more-fuel-efficient-than/

More details on MIT’s “artificial leaf” (video)

http://techcrunch.com/2011/09/30/more-details-on-mits-artificial-leaf-and-video/

Google antitrust probe to shed light on search, experts say

http://m.computerworld.com/s/article/9220104/Google_antitrust_probe_to_shed_light_on_search_experts_say

Incandescent light bulbs — a problem solved

Incandescent light bulbs waste huge amounts of energy as heat. LEDs solve all the problems of incandescents, but one: some people find the colour of the light they give unacceptable. Until now:

http://www.gizmodo.com.au/2011/07/is-this-the-led-bulb-that-will-conquer-incandescent-light/

Also see previous item at:

http://hhg2tech.blogspot.com/2011/06/cp932qnowthatsamsungismakingledlightbul.html