A little shocking, since he was just assuring us a few weeks ago that the Android Marketplace would get better, among other upcoming Android hotness, but Android Senior Product Manager Erick Tseng is leaving Google for Facebook "to help innovate at the intersect of mobile and social." Which makes us slightly more excited for new Facebook stuff for phones—like being built into the iPhone OS—and a little sad about Android. More »
Today’s Frazz comic is a good one. Of course, we all know that science isn’t faith-based, right? Right?
Also, the adult in the comic isn’t precisely right anyway. Sure, in flat Euclidean space geometry he has a point…
Tip o’ the frustum to Sara Davis.
In the past, the only way to make YouTube videos semi-private was to limit them to being viewed by 25 people. Now you can mark your clips as "unlisted" and have a "secret" link instead. Here's how it works: More »
Given surging popular sentiment-that-will-not-amount-to-anything, this might make you feel ickier, rather than happier, but the rumor is that deep Facebook integration with the iPhone is actually happening. More »
What are the advantages of Cu strip over stranded conductor for secondary earthing?
Frog Design envisions what your Value Meal will look like in 2020—ignoring my disappointment that the drink isn't the size of a large movie theater popcorn bucket, I can appreciate seeing my heart attack in real time. More »
Greetings all. I'm baffled and in need of some help. I have an eyewash station that is attached to a wash basin. The eyewash is feed thru two stainers (one hot, one cold) and then into a mixing valve to set the temperature, all below the basin. The pipe comes up and is split; one pipe feeds the eyew
Steam for Mac is officially available, along with a sizeable trove of games—including Portal, which is now free for everybody. More »
If there's anything that could make me forgive the general dorkiness of Comcast's "Xfinity" rebranding, it's this incredibly awesome demo of a prototype web app for controlling Xfinity cable and On Demand. Guys, release this and we'll call it even. More »
Every week, you diligently jump through Shooting Challenge hoops, strengthening your creative muscles in isolation. This week, it pays off. Use your skills to photograph anything you'd like any way you'd like. More »
From Emily at The Planetary Society blog comes word that one of Jupiter’s belts has disappeared… again.
This image, by the accomplished amateur astronomer Anthony Wesley, shows what’s up. Usually, the Great Red Spot is accompanied by a dark reddish belt that goes all the way around the planet, like the one in the northern hemisphere you can see in the picture. However, the Southern Equatorial Belt, as it’s called, is gone!
This has happened before, in fact. It’s not clear exactly why this sort of thing occurs, though. The belts (and their lighter-colored cousins, called zones) are weather patterns that stretch around the planet, a bit like the jet stream on Earth. They can be affected by temperature, chemical composition, and other factors. It’s possible that a belt can sink lower in the Jovian atmosphere if it cools slightly. Clouds then pour in on top of it, hiding it from view. It’s still there, just hidden; if the temperature rises it can float back up like nothing ever happened.
Jupiter is a weird place. Remember, we only see the very tops of the clouds. They go all the way down, tens of thousands of kilometers deep, where the pressure gets so great the gas just sorta gradually turns into a liquid. So having a belt sink a little bit and disappearing is perhaps less unlikely with such a freaky planet than it would be on Earth.
But there is a very cool thing about this: you can see it for yourself! It only takes a small telescope to see Jupiter, and with a modest ’scope the belts are visible. Well, usually visible; not this one so much right now, but you get my drift. If you want to see this for your very own self, you’ll have to get up early: Jupiter doesn’t rise until very early morning. Get up an hour or so before dawn and you should be able to get a good look. It’ll be the very bright starlike object in the East, brighter than anything else in the sky except the Moon, so it’s easy to spot.
But if you prefer your astronomy to be virtual, you can check out other pictures at Wesley’s site, as well as Astro Bob’s blog.
I wonder how long the belt will be gone? It could be months, or it might pop back up sooner. Either way, it’s a good reminder that we still have a lot of stuff to figure out when it comes to the Universe around us.
How do you get 480VAC from only phases.
See schematic below.
In the schematic they take two phases of the 480VAC to a control power transformer for control voltage.
Don't you need to pull a neutral?
Phase to phase would be 208 correct not 480?
Please help me understand.
What type of oil is it used in a Transformer?
Oh yes. Not only does Adam have gripes about electric cars and 3DTVs, he goes after a subject that's been on our own minds lately: Apple. More »
This graphic isn't just beautiful; it charts out every major browser's compatibility with elements of HTML5 and CSS3. In a nutshell, things look pretty good. For the fully interactive version (the one that makes sense), look here: [html5readiness via infosthetics] More »
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Any one who assist me to change the channel frequency spacing from 2.5mhz to 5mhz on Agilis RFT AAV880 VSAT C-BAND single package out door unit. Thank you in advance.
Does the "Tyranny of Depth" really matter if you take humans out of the equation?
If you take equipment normally used at the surface, enclose it in a chamber with an atmosphere just slightly higher than the outside ocean pressure, what are the depth limitations?
Equipment that you wouldn't
Microsoft had told us that the Kin and Windows Phone 7 platforms would grow closer in the future, and under heat for the Kin's lack of, well, features, they've said it again. Microsoft's phone strategy is weird. More »
What is a Reactor transformer? Why is it used?
