Both lunar and solar eclipses can only occur when the Earth, Sun and Moon are directly aligned.This is again about to happen just four days before Christmas.Starting at 1:33 a.m. on Tuesday, Dec. 21, the moon will pass through Earth’s shadow, creating a 72-minute window where the moon will be glowing red on the longest night of the year.
NASA’s SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket successfully launches the first private spaceship in orbit and brings it home safe.Video of SpaceX Falcon 9 Dragon Capsule launch is uploaded in NASA and Youtube and NASA to hold a complete post-flight press conference at 3:30pm EST……
On December 3, US Air Force’s X-37B has successfully landed on Vandenberg Air Force Base, California at around 1:16am PT-a successful end to the project’s first orbital mission.The US Air Force’s first unmanned space plane successfully glided to a landing after nearly 225 days in space.The Air Force is preparing to launch another X-37B in Spring 2011 aboard an Atlas V booster.
A Japanese company has come up with a stick on plastic nubs that you can apply to your touch screen device to “replicate” the feel of the buttons on a game pad.The idea is to recreate the feel of a controller or game pad by slapping these bumpy stickers onto your iPhone or iPod touch.Priced only at around $7, these Tactile+ Stickers can be ordered online.
Fortune Hanebrink is all-terain electric bike.This electric bike looks like Batman’s Batpod.You can handle all types of terrains with Hanebrink bicycles with super wide tires…..
SlothMedia, LLC has announced KosmicMath-Family 1.3 for iPhone and iPod touch. KosmicMath-Family captivates children to master their math tables. Along with many enhancements, this release expands the Kosmic Math product suite to include 5 new single player, single grade offerings. Improved game flow allows users to directly access all modalities of the entire program, jumping between grade levels and challenging themselves to any one of over 25 levels of play.
September 18, 2010 is the first annual International Observe the Moon Night.The iOS device user can observe the nearest neighbours around the Moon.Some free application like Moon Globe is also available which allow you to explore the lunar service in detail tonight, or any night.
Many people on the East Coast are worried about Hurricane Earl, and this Labor Day the strong winds are sure to wreak havoc on large areas. So you will want to keep track of the hurricane’s progress.