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more about #gravity more comments → N-Bomb: So space is a series of tubes now too? more » Jrsy Devil's Advocate®: You know how this will end. You'll be on trip through the tube to Jupiter while your luggage gets routed to the tube to Uranus.. more » magoocas: Gravity Rules! Why is that you ask? Well let me tell you. Gravity is not only a unique in that it is extraordinarily weak force in comparison to its b... more » Jimes: "At least it proves that some sci-fi writers weren't complete nutters." Arthur C. Clarke invented satellite communications. That's...that's about al... more » met2art: Not to get all sciencey, but it seems like both the math and time-scales involved in finding the libration points for a non-circular three-body proble... more » frigg: Gravity is such a weak force (after all, any 2 year old can easily overcome the gravity of the entire Earth with a single jump), it's hard to see how ... more » .357: I'm the first Cowboy/Pillownaut/Lawyer. I only lie at one job. more » OMG! Ponies!: I'd want to be a Pillownaut if only for the wicked awesome job title. I'm picturing how it would look on my resume. more » Hello Mister Walrus: I will buy this watch and rotate myself at all times specifically to counteract the rotating cage. Take that! more » Kaiser-Machead: Now, just undo the wrist strap, turn your wrist around, and see how far that marketing speak gets it. Defy that, you geary bastard. more » -
#space
Scientists Looking to Reduce Cost of Space Travel by Using Tubes
It's not a new idea—the concept was used with the Genesis spacecraft mission—but scientists are now attempting to actually map out the tube-like gravitational currents in space. Didn't someone think of this in a TV show or two? More » -
#nasa
NASA Pays "Pillownauts" Well To Lie In Bed For Weeks On End
In order to study the long-term effects of micro-gravity on the human body, NASA is looking for a fewgoodlazy people to lie in bed all day sleeping, watching TV and playing video games. More » -
#watches
QuantumGravity Watch Defies Laws of Physics, Logic
To be honest, I'm not sure what I'm looking at here. But, the manufacturer assures us that it is a watch—a watch that can defy "all laws, including that of logic and most of all, of gravity." More » -
#concepts
Silbervogel Gravity Car Has No Muscle, Still Makes the Mark
The Silbervogel Gravity Car concept, by Jakob Hirzel from the Pforzheim University Of Applied Sciences in Germany, has no engine, but still wants to grow up and be a real racing vehicle. The racer relies solely on, you guessed it, gravity to pick up speed. We're thinking the whole exempt engine thing is going to give the Gravity Car a little handicap in conventional races, but as a play thing, it would be pretty great. [Jakob Hirzel via Tuvie] More »
