Tech photos for 19-July-2008

[dracodraconis]

Another set of tech-related images from this week's feeds. Click on the image to visit the source.

Dig out those 3D glasses. This is a colorglyph (Red-blue stereo image) of the surface of Mars as seen from the Phoenix lander.

The SnoMote is a 2-foot long robotic snowmobile for exploring Arctic and Antarctic terrain.

For those who are feeling "knotty", Yosef has posted a link to Grog's Animated Knots. The site features animated knots that tie and untie at different speeds to help you learn how to do them.

The blog site Cephalopod Centerfold provides instructions on how to wrap hotdogs in pastry to look life squid.

Now that you've had a chance to look at the knot site, a word of warning from XKCD...

Evil Inc. comic writer Brad Guigar asks how you can have "naturally flavored" raspberry juice that contains no raspberry juice.

Architect Antoni Gaudi's Casa Batlio.

A celestial triple-play of fireworks, lightning, and the Comet McNaught, posted on Blog Around the Clock. Clicking on the picture gives you a MUCH larger version.

IEEE Spectrum presents The Art of Failure: ten shots of chip defects that look kind of cool.

Coming soon to a field near you... backpacking cows. Actually, these cows are collecting methane as part of a study to determine their methane emission levels. A 550-pound caw generates between 800 and 1000 litres of methane each day. Maybe the cow backpack idea isn't so bad after all.

Comments

[randomposting.livejournal.com]

I know I don't comment as often as I should, but your links are always SO awesome. Thank you for compiling them like you do. =)

[dracodraconis.livejournal.com]

Thank you. These occasional notes do help.