This is what happens when you put 2,000 ping pong balls and 30 teachers inside the vomit comet!
Science Bob and 30 other teachers launched 2,000 ping pong balls in zero gravity as part of Northrop Grumman Foundation’s Weightless Flights of Discovery program. Also joining us was Kerry Sanders of the Today Show. Weightless flight is accomplished by flying in parabolas in reserved airspace aboard a modified 727 aircraft. Each weightless experience lasts about 30 seconds.
Paperman, an Oscar-nominated film in the Best Animated Short category, merges Computer Graphics and hand-drawn animation in telling the story of lonely man in New York City who meets a beautiful woman on his way to work.
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Introducing a groundbreaking technique that seamlessly merges computer-generated and hand-drawn animation techniques, first-time director John Kahrs takes the art of animation in a bold new direction with the Oscar®-nominated short, “Paperman.” Using a minimalist black-and-white style, the short follows the story of a lonely young man in mid-century New York City, whose destiny takes an unexpected turn after a chance meeting with a beautiful woman on his morning commute. Convinced the girl of his dreams is gone forever, he gets a second chance when he spots her in a skyscraper window across the avenue from his office. With only his heart, imagination and a stack of papers to get her attention, his efforts are no match for what the fates have in store for him. Created by a small, innovative team working at Walt Disney Animation Studios, “Paperman” pushes the animation medium in an exciting new direction.
On some air bases the Air Force is on one side of the field and civilian aircraft use the other side of the field, with the control tower in the middle. One day the tower received a call from an aircraft asking, “What time is it?”
The tower responded, “Who is calling?”
The aircraft replied, “What difference does it make?”
The tower replied “It makes a lot of difference. If it is an American Airlines Flight, it is 3 o’clock. If it is an Air Force, it is 1500 hours. If it is a Navy aircraft, it is 6 bells. If it is an Army aircraft, the big hand is on the 12 and the little hand is on the 3. If it is a Marine Corps aircraft, it’s Thursday afternoon.”
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The world’s first flying car will be available to consumers by 2011, the Associated Press reports.
Terrafugia Inc., an American company based in Massachusetts, plans to produce the vehicle called “The Transition” and deliver it by the end of next year.
It will take about one minute for the car-plane’s wings to unfold for flying and fold up for driving. Drivers do not need to leave the car during the process. When the vehicle’s two wings are unfolded, it can be parked in an ordinary garage at home.
When the vehicle is in “car mode,” it will be able to reach a high speed of 145 kilometers per hour. In “flight mode,” it will be able to reach a high speed of 185 kilometers per hour. With a full fuel tank, the vehicle will be able to fly as far as 805 kilometers.