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A new kind of memory!

Alexis Wilke — Sun, 18 Jan 2009 21:59:00 +0000

Researchers are always testing new methods to enhance computers. These days, as presented in the Physical Review Letters (Dec 29, 2008), people have been working on phonons. These are heat particules.

Drop the cords!

Alexis Wilke — Sun, 24 Aug 2008 20:38:00 +0000

No more cords for your computers to run? Is that a joke? Not really. All these cords to get electricity to our computers and other gadgets are annoyingly in our way.

July 2008, a new limit reached!

Alexis Wilke — Sun, 03 Aug 2008 00:17:00 +0000

I heard of Voyager 2 and the fact that it was still functional: 30 years after it left Earth! Just that is amazing to me.

The craft went through the termination shock several times now (5 if I’m correct). This is far. Further away from the Sun than Pluto. And Pluto is on average around 39.5 AU from the Sun. It is even further than Eris and Eris lies at about 67 AU on average.