Here is an interesting experiment recently performed in Scotland using dolphins. It seems that dolphins might actually respond to unique whistles like we would our own name. Additionally, they suspect that we are underestimating the complexity of dolphin interactions. This is way better than the experiments they use to do with dolphins.
I have no words to describe this, just laughter.
NASA’s Cassini spacecraft was able to take a rare, long distance shot of Earth. This feat is rare because it turns out the earth is usually to close to the sun to take a picture, at least from Cassini’s perspective.
I understand Cassini cost $3.27 billion, but that’s a fantastic picture, especially from 900 million miles away. I can’t get my camera to take pictures that clear from 9 ft away.
In preparation for future production of Google Glass, Google has purchased a stake in a Taiwanese firm which manufactures some of the most necessary components for the tech device. They are preparing for an expected 2 million units in annual production. That’s crazy!
These glasses are really cool, but I’m still on the fence about them. As companies spend the next few years attempting to give us the next big thing, commercialism is going to get very interesting.
Therefore I Geek 