Mar 25 2010

Rocket scientist shares light painting of Xombie

Ben Brockert (@wikkit) used a laser and a flashlight to create this light painting of an rocket called Xombie. You see, Brockert is a rocket scientist who builds vehicles for Masten Space Systems in the Mojave Desert. He was part of a team that last year won $150,000 prize in a contest funded by NASA when Xombie took off from one pad, hovered for 91 seconds and then landed on another pad. You really need to subscribe to the videos on Brockert’s YouTube channel to fully appreciate his work.

Here is a video of the flight that qualified them for the $150,000 prize.


Nov 16 2009

Few Droid pictures on Twitter so far

Verizon Wireless released its Droid phone a few weeks ago. Here are some Droid-related pictures shared on Twitter since then. San Diego’s Markus Nigrin posted this picture. “Symbolic picture of my new #droid Interesting times :)

LONG BEACH, CA.
@solman13: wonders what to do w/ 3.2MP SCH-A990 (Flipshot), 2.0MP VX10000 (Voyager), & 3.2MP VX9700 (Dare) cuz 5.0MP Droid. (Nov 9, 1:01pm)

SHERMAN OAKS
@fedhat: Trying my friend Josh's Droid / Probando el Droid de mi amigo Josh. (Nov 9, 8:23pm)

SAN FRANCISCO
@iamkyle: Playing with my bro-in-laws new droid. Definitely not an iPhone... (Nov 9, 9:09pm)

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Nov 5 2009

Microsoft Store, one week later

The first Microsoft Store in California opened last week in Mission Viejo. Now that it’s a whole 7 days old, let’s see what Twitter users are saying. On October 30, @uberTof of Carlsbad shared this image and tweeted, “At the Microshaft Store in Mission Viejo: What other store does this remind me of? Hmm… #microsoft #copycats

MISSION VIEJO, CA
@volvoshine: Best costume I saw all day at The Microsoft Store :p (Oct 31, 7:51pm)

ORANGE COUNTY, CA
@jeremyminer: Wow. A lot of people at Mission Viejo mall for the grand opening of the Microsoft store. (Oct 29, 8:33am)

LAGUNA BEACH
@jusgra98: drinkin the #Microsoft Kool-Aid, oh ya. (Oct 29, 2:14pm)

ORANGE COUNTY, CA
@jeremyminer: Mission Viejo city council member Trish Kelly being interviewed by a Microsoft person. #microsoftstore (Oct 29, 8:59am)

EL TORO
@sergekuznetsov: Microsoft's second US store opened today in Mission Viejo. Strange new logo, awesome video wall. (Oct 29, 9:06pm)

IRVINE, CALIFORNIA
@outRAJous: Touch-screen technology @ The Microsoft Store @ The Shops @ Mission Viejo (Oct 29, 7:28pm)

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