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Roscosmos cosmonaut Alexey Ovchinin working in the ISS's Russian Zvezda module, Expedition 72.
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Mike 96 (1996) by Eiichiro Morinaga. Mike 96 came seventh in the 17th All Japan Micromouse Competition in 1996 witjh a time of 22.46 seconds.
"This mouse was born in 1996. Its body is 150cm, weighs just 165g, and its total length is 80cm. It can run at a speed of 250m/s. … Once the general idea is finalized, I make it in 3D using balsa wood or foamed steel then look at it from various angles while drinking a large beer to firm up the design. From this point, I use drawing software to arrange libraries of motors, batteries, etc. .. and start checking whether there are any inconsistencies with the design. If you do this for 3 or 4 months from morning to night, of course, your wife will be angry –[final image] drawn in the corner of my rough sketch notebook. But you can't stop." – Eiichiro Morinaga.
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'This HAZMAT container contains radioactive material with activity of one becquerel.' 'So, like, a single banana slice?'
Farads [Explained]
Transcript Under the Cut
[Cueball holds a stick while talking with Megan and White Hat.] Cueball: This stick is one meter long. Megan: Cool. White Hat: That's a nice stick.
[Cueball holds a smallish rock.] Cueball: This rock weighs one pound. Megan: I'd believe it. White Hat: Looks like a normal rock.
[Cueball holds a small battery.] Cueball: This battery is one volt. Megan: Seems fine. White Hat: Might need a recharge.
[Cueball holds a capacitor while Megan and White Hat panic.] Cueball: This capacitor is one farad. Megan: Aaaaa! Be careful!! White Hat: Put it down!!
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pictures from an old SA thread. someone's basement zone tour...
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specifications of the biohazard and ionizing radiation warning symbols from the 1974 federal register
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ANALOG Computing April/May 1983
Months made it back on to the table of contents for this issue even if they didn't show up on the cover. "Adventure in the Fifth Dimension" was bylined by Brian Moriarty; he promised it would run on a 16K Atari 400, even as Jon Bell's editorial lamented how the possibility to upgrade that computer up to 48K kept being soft-pedaled, thus letting competitors dismiss it in their ads.
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