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if you liked the stratos jump you will like this one :-) (apparently it costed them 1100€ to realise)

There can only be one answer to that... http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YGGxHs02zSs&feature=related [Edit] P.S. No info on how much the production costed...

an experiment at the University of Pennsylvania. It might be a bit far-fetched but I thought it might be useful when exploring new planets. Combined with AI the robot would able to assess the terrain and deploy another robot the shape of which would be chosen to best suit its environment. I was thinking of this in the context of exploring places on other planets which are inaccessible by regular rovers (e.g. caves on Mars).

And thats why we do what we do :) Enjoy!!

and to poison the waters of an amazing performance, here's the relevant(?) copyright law: http://www.economist.com/blogs/economist-explains/2013/05/economist-explains-12?fsrc=scn/tw_ec/how_does_copyright_work_in_space_

And in case you wonder, this is *not* the most expensive music video ever made. Also, launching his guitar to the orbit was still far cheaper than the cost of some guitars sold on earth. Where else can this info come from if not http://what-if.xkcd.com/45/

I've seen those before! http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AWjj8EKTkWE

The weight support system seems to me interesting for space and astronauts...plus lets hire an asimo!

Come on guys, Asimo sucks! Get an iCub: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Dmj5TP7XIFE&feature=related

ARCA is the romanian google X prize competitor.

I like the 4 stage system. But how did they solve the plume issue ?

The plume issue is not that difficult. I think they used something similar on Apollo LES. The problem is stabilizing the entire system, which is extremely difficult. The entire system will most likely plummet down after the solar balloon phase (which is the only phase they tested before). At least they are not using government money :).

enjoy

excalibur style

perfect gift for ACT children ?

Apparently it's becoming a more and more popular hobby in US... Wonder when we'll start seeing airplanes going down because of some wannabe meteorologists...

in memoriam ....

summary overview video to GDP development from OECD ... up to 2060 ...

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very impressive!

Very cool - I like also like the little tumble that the copter does after it launches the pole. It look like it is happy of what it just did :-D

http://youtu.be/hbPXXpaW5ws Andrés: I am sure you remember Tiago's project for the Azores ... cheers Leopold

Another Star Trek technology :) Might have an positive psychological effect if astronauts on long term missions could virtually escape their confinement - walking through a labyrinth with the blue sky above them. Ok, ISS does not provide enough space, but on Moon or Mars...

Is there not a risk that while walking in circles this way the cable I keep dragging behind will eventually strangle me?

Quite ambitious russian version of the future. Immortality is quite on the edge in the next 15 years! Don't miss the superheroic Youtube-video on that page! :)

An intermediate level discussion of those results by Scott Manley (Physicist, Kerbal Space Program YouTuber): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JGcvxg7jJTs