Looks like finally someone found a good use for the ipad.
Grandpa and his new iPad – Video
| March 13, 2012
Month: March 2012
The Claim: An Ice Bath Can Soothe Sore Muscles
| March 13, 2012
For most people, the only time jumping into ice might sound like a great idea is after a grueling workout. Athletes have used so-called cold therapy for years, saying it reduces inflammation, speeds recovery and prevents muscle soreness.
Baseball stars like C. J. Wilson of the Texas Rangers swear by cold therapy. The San Antonio Spurs, Houston Rockets and other N.B.A. teams provide players with high-tech cryotherapy machines. And Paula Radcliffe, the British runner, said she took a 10-minute ice bath after setting her world-record marathon time in 2003. “It takes the inflammation down in my legs,” she said.
Rain, as seen from a plane.
| March 13, 2012
Kinda looks like a spaceship abducting a city.
Spectacular Snow Patterns
| March 13, 2012
Artist Simon Beck must really love the cold weather! Along the frozen lakes of Savoie, France, he spends days plodding through the snow in raquettes (snowshoes), creating these sensational patterns of snow art. Working for 5-9 hours a day, each final piece is typically the size of three soccer fields! The geometric forms range in mathematical patterns and shapes that create stunning, sometimes 3D, designs when viewed from higher levels.
JK Rowling’s internet version of the Harry Potter universe – Launches April
| March 13, 2012
Pottermore, an interactive version of the Harry Potter universe where users can duel their fellow wizards, cast spells and progress through the storyline of the Potter books, opened to one million beta users last July. Full launch was initially scheduled for October, but the immense popularity of the website among users – 550m page views were made in just two months – meant it was delayed until 2012.
Officials have now announced that pottermore.com will open to everyone in early April. A spokesperson for Rowling confirmed to the Guardian that the long-awaited Harry Potter ebooks, which will be sold from the site, would launch “at around the same time”, but provided no more details. The Potter ebooks and digital audiobooks will be distributed to more than 18,000 school and public libraries worldwide by Overdrive, it was announced last month.
Japan Will Have a Space Elevator by 2050
| March 12, 2012
It might the stuff of science fiction dreams, but a Japanese construction company has announced that it will have built a working space elevator by 2050. Where can I join the queue?
According to the The Daily Yomiuri, construction company Obayashi Corp has announced it will have built a space elevator capable of shuttling passengers 36,000 kilometers above the Earth by 2050.
The company plans to use carbon nanontubes, which are 20 times stronger than steel, to produce the cables required for the elevator. Those cables will be stretched to a counterweight 96,000 kilometers above our planet, about one-fourth of the distance between the Earth and the moon.
