http://reckon.vox.com/library/posts/tags/science/page/1/ The Whole World's a Stage en Vox Fri, 28 Nov 2008 02:13:01 -0600 Copyright 2008 http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss science http://reckon.vox.com/library/post/robot-cook.html?_c=feed-rss nobody@vox.com(Reckon) http://reckon.vox.com/library/post/robot-cook.html?_c=feed-rss http://reckon.vox.com/library/post/robot-cook.html?_c=feed-rss Fri, 28 Nov 2008 02:13:01 -0600 <p class="enclosed-assets" style="margin-bottom: 10px;"> <a href="http://reckon.vox.com/library/photo/6a00ccff8b449e673101098110d558000c.html?_c=feed-rss" style="float:left; margin-right:6px;"><img src="http://a0.vox.com/6a00ccff8b449e673101098110d558000c-50si" alt="Motoman_1" /></a> <a href="http://reckon.vox.com/library/video/6a00ccff8b449e67310109d06ed2e5000e.html?_c=feed-rss" style="float:left; margin-right:6px;"><img src="http://a5.vox.com/6a00ccff8b449e67310109d06ed2e5000e-50si" alt="Motoman assembles camera" /></a> <a href="http://reckon.vox.com/library/photo/6a00ccff8b449e673101098110d576000c.html?_c=feed-rss" style="float:left; margin-right:6px;"><img src="http://a6.vox.com/6a00ccff8b449e673101098110d576000c-50si" alt="Motoman_2" /></a> <br style="clear:both;" /> </p> The multi-talented Motoman SDA10, a dexterous dual-arm industrial robot manufactured by Yaskawa Electric, is demonstrating its ability to cook okonomiyaki at the International Next-Generation Robot Fair now underway in Osaka. Designed to operate... <p style="clear:both;"> <a href="http://reckon.vox.com/library/post/robot-cook.html?_c=feed-rss#comments">Read and post comments</a> | <a href="http://www.vox.com/share/6a00ccff8b449e6731010980bbb331000b?_c=feed-rss">Send to a friend</a> </p> robotics science food technology cooking http://reckon.vox.com/library/post/large-hadron-collider-public-chooses-halo-as-its-new-name.html?_c=feed-rss nobody@vox.com(Reckon) http://reckon.vox.com/library/post/large-hadron-collider-public-chooses-halo-as-its-new-name.html?_c=feed-rss http://reckon.vox.com/library/post/large-hadron-collider-public-chooses-halo-as-its-new-name.html?_c=feed-rss Mon, 29 Sep 2008 18:03:57 -0500 <p class="enclosed-assets" style="margin-bottom: 10px;"> <a href="http://reckon.vox.com/library/link/6a00ccff8b449e673100fae8e2cfb7000b.html?_c=feed-rss" style="float:left; margin-right:6px;"><img src="http://a7.vox.com/6a00ccff8b449e673100fae8e2cfb7000b-50si" alt="Large Hadron Collider: Public chooses &#39;Halo&#39; as its new name " /></a> <br style="clear:both;" /> </p> <p style="clear:both;"> <a href="http://reckon.vox.com/library/post/large-hadron-collider-public-chooses-halo-as-its-new-name.html?_c=feed-rss#comments">Read and post comments</a> | <a href="http://www.vox.com/share/6a00ccff8b449e673100fa969e39670002?_c=feed-rss">Send to a friend</a> </p> science religion technology word http://reckon.vox.com/library/post/flying-saucer-power-source-discovered-ionized-air.html?_c=feed-rss nobody@vox.com(Reckon) http://reckon.vox.com/library/post/flying-saucer-power-source-discovered-ionized-air.html?_c=feed-rss http://reckon.vox.com/library/post/flying-saucer-power-source-discovered-ionized-air.html?_c=feed-rss Tue, 15 Jul 2008 17:31:28 -0500 <p class="enclosed-assets" style="margin-bottom: 10px;"> <a href="http://reckon.vox.com/library/link/6a00ccff8b449e673100fa9687cb810002.html?_c=feed-rss" style="float:left; margin-right:6px;"><img src="http://a1.vox.com/6a00ccff8b449e673100fa9687cb810002-50si" alt="Flying Saucer Power Source Discovered: Ionized Air" /></a> <br style="clear:both;" /> </p> <p style="clear:both;"> <a href="http://reckon.vox.com/library/post/flying-saucer-power-source-discovered-ionized-air.html?_c=feed-rss#comments">Read and post comments</a> | <a href="http://www.vox.com/share/6a00ccff8b449e673100fa96886e550003?_c=feed-rss">Send to a friend</a> </p> science space ufo http://reckon.vox.com/library/post/thought-experiments-on-the-soul.html?_c=feed-rss nobody@vox.com(Reckon) http://reckon.vox.com/library/post/thought-experiments-on-the-soul.html?_c=feed-rss http://reckon.vox.com/library/post/thought-experiments-on-the-soul.html?_c=feed-rss Thu, 27 Mar 2008 22:13:46 -0500 <p class="enclosed-assets" style="margin-bottom: 10px;"> <a href="http://reckon.vox.com/library/photo/6a00ccff8b449e673100e398ea5eba0004.html?_c=feed-rss" style="float:left; margin-right:6px;"><img src="http://a2.vox.com/6a00ccff8b449e673100e398ea5eba0004-50si" alt="Contagion by Eva Eun-Sil Han" /></a> <br style="clear:both;" /> </p> Thought Experiments on the Soul Could I be replaced with such a complete duplicate-every atom, not just genetically identical -- it would think that it was me. But clearly it would not be me, especially if I were not destroyed in the replacemen... <p style="clear:both;"> <a href="http://reckon.vox.com/library/post/thought-experiments-on-the-soul.html?_c=feed-rss#comments">Read and post comments</a> | <a href="http://www.vox.com/share/6a00ccff8b449e673100f48ce8c74d0002?_c=feed-rss">Send to a friend</a> </p> science art philosophy collage consciousness awareness http://reckon.vox.com/library/post/art-on-the-moon.html?_c=feed-rss nobody@vox.com(Reckon) http://reckon.vox.com/library/post/art-on-the-moon.html?_c=feed-rss http://reckon.vox.com/library/post/art-on-the-moon.html?_c=feed-rss Sun, 02 Mar 2008 13:44:20 -0600 <p class="enclosed-assets" style="margin-bottom: 10px;"> <a href="http://reckon.vox.com/library/photo/6a00ccff8b449e673100f48ce073bb0002.html?_c=feed-rss" style="float:left; margin-right:6px;"><img src="http://a3.vox.com/6a00ccff8b449e673100f48ce073bb0002-50si" alt="Kalpakjian_moonworks-3" /></a> <a href="http://reckon.vox.com/library/photo/6a00ccff8b449e673100e398e20db90004.html?_c=feed-rss" style="float:left; margin-right:6px;"><img src="http://a1.vox.com/6a00ccff8b449e673100e398e20db90004-50si" alt="Moon_museum_nyt" /></a> <a href="http://reckon.vox.com/library/photo/6a00ccff8b449e673100f48ce0828e0003.html?_c=feed-rss" style="float:left; margin-right:6px;"><img src="http://a6.vox.com/6a00ccff8b449e673100f48ce0828e0003-50si" alt="MoonMuseum" /></a> <br style="clear:both;" /> </p> In 2003, Craig Kalpakjian proposed a series of Earthworks-style drawings that would be executed on the surface of the moon, like the Nazca Lines or 60's bad boys Michael Heizer and Dennis Oppenheim's desert drawings. He called them Moonworks. N... <p style="clear:both;"> <a href="http://reckon.vox.com/library/post/art-on-the-moon.html?_c=feed-rss#comments">Read and post comments</a> | <a href="http://www.vox.com/share/6a00ccff8b449e673100e398e211960004?_c=feed-rss">Send to a friend</a> </p> science history art space sculpture moon land art earth art http://reckon.vox.com/library/post/total-eclipse-time-lapse-and-leap.html?_c=feed-rss nobody@vox.com(Reckon) http://reckon.vox.com/library/post/total-eclipse-time-lapse-and-leap.html?_c=feed-rss http://reckon.vox.com/library/post/total-eclipse-time-lapse-and-leap.html?_c=feed-rss Sat, 01 Mar 2008 17:30:13 -0600 <p class="enclosed-assets" style="margin-bottom: 10px;"> <a href="http://reckon.vox.com/library/video/6a00ccff8b449e673100f48ce03e750003.html?_c=feed-rss" style="float:left; margin-right:6px;"><img src="http://a5.vox.com/6a00ccff8b449e673100f48ce03e750003-50si" alt="Total Lunar Eclipse - February 20, 2008" /></a> <br style="clear:both;" /> </p> <p style="clear:both;"> <a href="http://reckon.vox.com/library/post/total-eclipse-time-lapse-and-leap.html?_c=feed-rss#comments">Read and post comments</a> | <a href="http://www.vox.com/share/6a00ccff8b449e673100e398e1d2f50005?_c=feed-rss">Send to a friend</a> </p> eclipse science video space total eclipse http://reckon.vox.com/library/post/vote-for-google-who-promises-the-moon.html?_c=feed-rss nobody@vox.com(Reckon) http://reckon.vox.com/library/post/vote-for-google-who-promises-the-moon.html?_c=feed-rss http://reckon.vox.com/library/post/vote-for-google-who-promises-the-moon.html?_c=feed-rss Wed, 27 Feb 2008 03:04:29 -0600 <p class="enclosed-assets" style="margin-bottom: 10px;"> <a href="http://reckon.vox.com/library/photo/6a00ccff8b449e673100e398e0bb090005.html?_c=feed-rss" style="float:left; margin-right:6px;"><img src="http://a1.vox.com/6a00ccff8b449e673100e398e0bb090005-50si" alt="Google Space Time (holiday party 07)" /></a> <br style="clear:both;" /> </p> Google Shoots for the Moon by Wendy Tanaka First it conquered cyberspace. Now, Google is setting its sights on outer space. The company on Thursday announced the first 10 teams of competitors in its $30 million contest to send a spacecraft back t... <p style="clear:both;"> <a href="http://reckon.vox.com/library/post/vote-for-google-who-promises-the-moon.html?_c=feed-rss#comments">Read and post comments</a> | <a href="http://www.vox.com/share/6a00ccff8b449e673100f48cdf25580003?_c=feed-rss">Send to a friend</a> </p> science google technology space http://reckon.vox.com/library/post/inverted-commas-cp-snow.html?_c=feed-rss nobody@vox.com(Reckon) http://reckon.vox.com/library/post/inverted-commas-cp-snow.html?_c=feed-rss http://reckon.vox.com/library/post/inverted-commas-cp-snow.html?_c=feed-rss Tue, 26 Feb 2008 02:21:39 -0600 <p class="enclosed-assets" style="margin-bottom: 10px;"> <a href="http://reckon.vox.com/library/photo/6a00ccff8b449e673100f48cfd7e210001.html?_c=feed-rss" style="float:left; margin-right:6px;"><img src="http://a1.vox.com/6a00ccff8b449e673100f48cfd7e210001-50si" alt="Snow" /></a> <br style="clear:both;" /> </p> "When you think of the long and gloomy history of man, you will find more hideous crimes have been committed in the name of obedience than have ever been committed in the name of rebellion." * C.P. Snow Charles Percy Snow, Baron Snow, of the Ci... <p style="clear:both;"> <a href="http://reckon.vox.com/library/post/inverted-commas-cp-snow.html?_c=feed-rss#comments">Read and post comments</a> | <a href="http://www.vox.com/share/6a00ccff8b449e673100e398e0662d0005?_c=feed-rss">Send to a friend</a> </p> quotes science literature inverted commas http://reckon.vox.com/library/post/electron-caught-on-film-for-the-first-time.html?_c=feed-rss nobody@vox.com(Reckon) http://reckon.vox.com/library/post/electron-caught-on-film-for-the-first-time.html?_c=feed-rss http://reckon.vox.com/library/post/electron-caught-on-film-for-the-first-time.html?_c=feed-rss Sun, 24 Feb 2008 15:44:37 -0600 <p class="enclosed-assets" style="margin-bottom: 10px;"> <a href="http://reckon.vox.com/library/photo/6a00ccff8b449e673100e398dfebca0005.html?_c=feed-rss" style="float:left; margin-right:6px;"><img src="http://a2.vox.com/6a00ccff8b449e673100e398dfebca0005-50si" alt="Electron film first time" /></a> <br style="clear:both;" /> </p> It has always been impossible to clearly photograph electrons since their extremely high velocities have produced blurry pictures. In order to capture these rapid events, extremely short flashes of light are necessary, but such flashes were not p... <p style="clear:both;"> <a href="http://reckon.vox.com/library/post/electron-caught-on-film-for-the-first-time.html?_c=feed-rss#comments">Read and post comments</a> | <a href="http://www.vox.com/share/6a00ccff8b449e673100f48cde55f50003?_c=feed-rss">Send to a friend</a> </p> science video http://reckon.vox.com/library/post/hidden-art-could-be-revealed-by-new-terahertz-device.html?_c=feed-rss nobody@vox.com(Reckon) http://reckon.vox.com/library/post/hidden-art-could-be-revealed-by-new-terahertz-device.html?_c=feed-rss http://reckon.vox.com/library/post/hidden-art-could-be-revealed-by-new-terahertz-device.html?_c=feed-rss Thu, 07 Feb 2008 22:50:55 -0600 <p class="enclosed-assets" style="margin-bottom: 10px;"> <a href="http://reckon.vox.com/library/link/6a00ccff8b449e673100e398da7c3c0003.html?_c=feed-rss" style="float:left; margin-right:6px;"><img src="http://a4.vox.com/6a00ccff8b449e673100e398da7c3c0003-50si" alt="Hidden art could be revealed by new terahertz device" /></a> <br style="clear:both;" /> </p> <p style="clear:both;"> <a href="http://reckon.vox.com/library/post/hidden-art-could-be-revealed-by-new-terahertz-device.html?_c=feed-rss#comments">Read and post comments</a> | <a href="http://www.vox.com/share/6a00ccff8b449e673100f30f59b5920001?_c=feed-rss">Send to a friend</a> </p> science technology art