Tag: Science
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Interview: Seattle girls launch a balloon spacecraft to the edge of space, and NASA takes note
Rebecca and Kimberly Yeung at GeekWire this week. Our guests on the GeekWire radio show this week are Rebecca Yeung, 10, and Kimberly Yeung, 8 — two sisters from Seattle who built a spacecraft out of wood, broken arrow shafts and a high-altitude balloon, sending it to the edge of space this past weekend. Their project — and…
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Superzoom camera can literally shoot the Moon, but will it have a creepy dark side?
The zoom ability of the P900 is other-worldy. Three frames taken from the same spot. (NikonUSA.com) The latest techno-sensation is about a camera with, quite literally, other-wordly capabilities. The newly released Nikon P900 is a point-and-shoot that might as well be a telescope. The first consumers to get their hands on the thing are posting…