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Time-Lapse Footage Shows Monstrous Storm Cloud Forming
June 7, 2014
Supercell storms are among the rarest and most beautiful weather events on Earth. Filming one with the amazing detail of this time-lapse—taken yesterday by the storm-chasing group Basehunters in eastern Wyoming—is a spectacular feat. A supercell is essentially a rotating thunderstorm. Strong updrafts spin in a spiral, pulling the clouds into a gigantic saucer-like shape. Because they require very specific conditions to form, supercells do not happen very often.
June 7, 2014
Supercell storms are among the rarest and most beautiful weather events on Earth. Filming one with the amazing detail of this time-lapse—taken yesterday by the storm-chasing group Basehunters in eastern Wyoming—is a spectacular feat. A supercell is essentially a rotating thunderstorm. Strong updrafts spin in a spiral, pulling the clouds into a gigantic saucer-like shape. Because they require very specific conditions to form, supercells do not happen very often.
Epic 22,000 Domino Chain Reaction
June 7, 2014
This setup contains 22,000 dominoes. It took 25+ hours to build (spread over 5 days) and it fell perfectly without stopping! No planning except the subscribe button domino field.
June 7, 2014
This setup contains 22,000 dominoes. It took 25+ hours to build (spread over 5 days) and it fell perfectly without stopping! No planning except the subscribe button domino field.
Incredible 3-D Map Shows 300,000 Molecules in a Single Synapse
June 7, 2014
Synapses are the key to communication inside the brain. These microscopic gaps are where signals jump from one neuron to another....
June 7, 2014
Synapses are the key to communication inside the brain. These microscopic gaps are where signals jump from one neuron to another....
Samsung Unveils The Tricorder
June 7, 2014
Samsung unveils the Simband, but you can't buy it - GadgeTell | TechnologyTell. SimbandIf you thought that the Tricorder was science fiction, watch out. Because science fiction is rapidly becoming science fact. The Simband isn't available yet; but, I can see all sorts of uses for this thing in hospitals and on patients' wrists. No more huge panels connected to a hospital bed and wires. Just strap on a Simband, and your vitals are tracked automatically with a constant readout. As the technology becomes...
June 7, 2014
Samsung unveils the Simband, but you can't buy it - GadgeTell | TechnologyTell. SimbandIf you thought that the Tricorder was science fiction, watch out. Because science fiction is rapidly becoming science fact. The Simband isn't available yet; but, I can see all sorts of uses for this thing in hospitals and on patients' wrists. No more huge panels connected to a hospital bed and wires. Just strap on a Simband, and your vitals are tracked automatically with a constant readout. As the technology becomes...
Biologists Find New Rules for Life at the Edge of Chaos
June 6, 2014
In the space between order and chaos, a zone usually described with the mathematics of impending avalanches and crystallizing...
June 6, 2014
In the space between order and chaos, a zone usually described with the mathematics of impending avalanches and crystallizing...
Here’s How People 100 Years Ago Thought We’d Be Living Today
June 5, 2014
In 100 years, there will be flying taxis and people will travel to the moon routinely. Knowledge will be instilled into students through wires attached to their heads. These may sound like the predictions of modern-day futurists, but they’re how people a century ago saw the future–otherwise known to you and me as the present. These vintage European postcards illustrate a view of the 21st century that is remarkably prescient in some ways and hilariously wrong in others, says Ed Fries, who selected...
June 5, 2014
In 100 years, there will be flying taxis and people will travel to the moon routinely. Knowledge will be instilled into students through wires attached to their heads. These may sound like the predictions of modern-day futurists, but they’re how people a century ago saw the future–otherwise known to you and me as the present. These vintage European postcards illustrate a view of the 21st century that is remarkably prescient in some ways and hilariously wrong in others, says Ed Fries, who selected...
An Incomplete Inventory of NewLaw
June 4, 2014
So I was asked to give a presentation about “NewLaw.” No problem at all — aside from the minor, niggling detail of...
June 4, 2014
So I was asked to give a presentation about “NewLaw.” No problem at all — aside from the minor, niggling detail of...
The Failure of Legal Innovation
June 3, 2014
Okay, I admit: that was a pure linkbait headline. Not quite as bad as 17 Heartwarming Photos That Will Restore Your Faith...
June 3, 2014
Okay, I admit: that was a pure linkbait headline. Not quite as bad as 17 Heartwarming Photos That Will Restore Your Faith...
TechnoLawyer Survey Reveals 68% of Lawyers Use iPhone, 63% Use iPad
June 1, 2014
I'm always interested in data that reveals the number of lawyers using iPhones and iPads, and there is new, interesting data from TechnoLawyer. TechnoLawyer was created by New York attorney Neil Squillante, and the company publishes a number of free newsletters distributed by email to lawyers and other legal professionals such as LitigationWorld, BigLaw,SmallLaw, BlawgWorld and Fat Friday. I've written lots of articles for various TechnoLawyer publications over the years, and if you don't...
June 1, 2014
I'm always interested in data that reveals the number of lawyers using iPhones and iPads, and there is new, interesting data from TechnoLawyer. TechnoLawyer was created by New York attorney Neil Squillante, and the company publishes a number of free newsletters distributed by email to lawyers and other legal professionals such as LitigationWorld, BigLaw,SmallLaw, BlawgWorld and Fat Friday. I've written lots of articles for various TechnoLawyer publications over the years, and if you don't...
New Blackphone Could Help Lawyers Safeguard Client Information
June 1, 2014
While covering this year's ABA Techshow, I reported on a session that focused on tools and services available to lawyers concerned about maintaining client confidentiality in the face of increased governmental surveillance, particularly from the National Security Agency. One of the most interesting things that I learned (and there were many) was that there's a phone coming out that promises to be "NSA-resistant." In June, SGP Technologies, a joint venture of Silent Circle and Geeksphone,...
June 1, 2014
While covering this year's ABA Techshow, I reported on a session that focused on tools and services available to lawyers concerned about maintaining client confidentiality in the face of increased governmental surveillance, particularly from the National Security Agency. One of the most interesting things that I learned (and there were many) was that there's a phone coming out that promises to be "NSA-resistant." In June, SGP Technologies, a joint venture of Silent Circle and Geeksphone,...
