\nRemember that scene in Iron Man or Avengers where someone moves holograms around like they\u2019re real, physical objects? Yeah, we\u2019re not that far away from having that. <\/p>\n
Star Trek Bluetooth Communicator<\/a><\/strong> TWA Terminal in Time Capsule<\/a><\/strong> Super Camper Van<\/a><\/strong> Blade Runner Prop Photos<\/a><\/strong> Underground Drone Video<\/a><\/strong> LEGO Queen Mary<\/a><\/strong> Giant Arrows from a Bi-plane Age<\/a><\/strong> Healing With Ultrasound<\/a><\/strong> Plastic Roads<\/a><\/strong> The Tree That Bears 40 Different Fruits<\/a><\/strong> World\u2019s Largest Vertical Farm<\/a><\/strong> EM Drive May Actually Work<\/a><\/strong> Quietest Rooms in the World<\/a><\/strong> Lamp Runs on Sea Water and Metal<\/a><\/strong> http:\/\/www.upworthy.com\/a-brother-and-sister-in-the-philippines-invented-a-lamp-that-runs-entirely-on-metal-and-salt-water?c=bl3<\/p>\n Geek Credentials:<\/strong> JB Sanders is back with a new “Geek Month in Review”! Click in for the tree of 40 fruits, Star Trek communicators, healing with ultrasound, and more!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[31,11,17,34],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/themagicalbuffet.com\/blog1\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11999"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/themagicalbuffet.com\/blog1\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/themagicalbuffet.com\/blog1\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/themagicalbuffet.com\/blog1\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/themagicalbuffet.com\/blog1\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=11999"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/themagicalbuffet.com\/blog1\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11999\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/themagicalbuffet.com\/blog1\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=11999"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/themagicalbuffet.com\/blog1\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=11999"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/themagicalbuffet.com\/blog1\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=11999"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
\nSo sure, it\u2019s nothing more than a bluetooth headset in a weird form, but it does look freakin\u2019 cool. How odd is it (for those of us above a certain age) to see something like this and think \u201cthat\u2019s retro-future nostalgia tech\u201d. <\/p>\n
\nIt\u2019s a view back to the Jet Age, when the wealthy travelled by jet airliner and smoked in their designer finery. It\u2019s like a posh version of the Jetsons. <\/p>\n
\nPlanning an expedition to the arctic? Or that trackless wilderness that hides a pyramid? Then this \u201ccamper van\u201d is your ideal companion. It\u2019s something the company in the movie \u201cCongo\u201d would have bought. It has everything. <\/p>\n
\nSee the miniatures created for all the effects in Blade Runner. You know, because there was a time before CGI. <\/p>\n
\nNot just for high-level aerial footage anymore \u2014 now drones are flying around the tunnels under London. <\/p>\n
\nYup, an ocean liner model made entirely of LEGOs. It\u2019s 25-feet long, has over 250,000 bricks, and weighs 600 pounds. <\/p>\n
\nObsolete infrastructure can be found all over the place \u2014 just look out the train window in the Easter US and see the telegraph cabling. There used to be arrows all over the US guiding early flyers to the nearest airport. <\/p>\n
\nScientists are working to heal wounds with ultrasound, sci-fi style. Not instantly, mind you, but the technique appears to work on chronic wounds which won\u2019t otherwise heal normally. <\/p>\n
\nLike giant LEGO(tm) bricks, Plastic Roads are being developed in the Netherlands, and are designed to be modular. <\/p>\n
\nYeah, really. It\u2019s not some weird genetic hybrid that might have tentacles if someone slipped a digit somewhere, this is straight-up ancient-as-hell hybridization. Or more specifically, grafting. Some joker grafted 40 different varieties of fruit-bearing tree limbs onto one tree, and then repeated the idea in several dozen locations. The article has a link to a map, if you want to see these trees in person. <\/p>\n
\nKickin\u2019 it scifi-style in New Jersey with the indoor, sunlight-free, aeroponic farm. The facility will be capable of producing 2 million pounds of produce a year when it\u2019s finished, and it doesn\u2019t use nearly the resources of regular farming. <\/p>\n
\nWhen it was originally announced, the EM space drive got a lot of scorn. Thrust from \u201cnothing\u201d (no reaction mass)? Yeah, lots of doubt. However, several independent scientists have now tentatively confirmed that there is something going on there. Space travel, ahoy! <\/p>\n
\nSoundproofed, shielded from electromagnetic noise, and isolated from pretty much any odd earth movement, these rooms in Switzerland are great places to mess with particle physics. <\/p>\n
\nTwo Phillipine geniuses (genii?) have invented a lamp that can run on salt water and electrodes that only need to be replaced once or twice a year. It even has a port to charge cell phones. <\/p>\n![\"\"](\"https:\/\/themagicalbuffet.com\/blog1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/07\/john1.bmp\" "\\"\\"")
<\/a> About John:<\/strong>
\nJohn’s a geek from way back. He’s been floating between various computer-related jobs for years, until he settled into doing tech support in higher ed. Now he rules the Macs on campus with an iron hand (really, it’s on his desk).<\/p>\n
\nRPG:<\/strong> Blue box D&D, lead minis, been to GenCon in Milwaukee.
\nComputer:<\/strong> TRS-80 Color Computer, Amiga 1000, UNIX system w\/reel-to-reel backup tape
\nCard games:<\/strong> bought Magic cards at GenCon in 1993
\nScience:<\/strong> Met Phil Plait, got time on a mainframe for astronomy project in 1983
\nHis Blog:<\/strong>http:\/\/www.glenandtyler.com\/<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"