Motherboard's Space Composer: Turning Solar Activity into Sound
MOTHERBOARD today premieres the latest in its Spaced Out series, The Space Composer, investigating the art of turning data from the sun into sound. Sonification specialist Robert Alexander takes us through the solar cycle as it rises and falls, using the solar data to create some of the most interesting and unique music to have ever graced the planet.
Classic 1960's Star Trek Meets 21st Century Infographics
StarTrek original series intro -- animated and revamped - infographic-style - with STNG Okudagrams. via Kuriositas
Astronaut Don Pettit Recreates the Stargate Sequence From "2001"
Below is a frame from the "Stargate Sequence" from the iconic film "2001: A Space Odyssey".

These three images below are a composite of a series of images photographed from a mounted camera on the Earth-orbiting International Space Station. Expedition 31 Flight Engineer Don Pettit is the photographer. It would seem that he has managed to recreate the stargate sequence - in space.

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Photos: Cylon Uses Tricorder on the International Space Station



