{"id":717,"date":"2015-07-16T15:37:00","date_gmt":"2015-07-16T15:37:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/themagicalbuffet.com\/wordpress\/index.php\/2015\/07\/16\/geek-month-in-review-june-2015\/"},"modified":"2015-07-16T15:37:00","modified_gmt":"2015-07-16T15:37:00","slug":"geek-month-in-review-june-2015","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/themagicalbuffet.com\/wordpress\/index.php\/2015\/07\/16\/geek-month-in-review-june-2015\/","title":{"rendered":"Geek Month in Review: June 2015"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>By JB Sanders<\/p>\n<p>Summer! <\/p>\n<p><Strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.iflscience.com\/environment\/20-year-old-launch-world-s-first-ocean-cleaning-system-2016\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">The 20-year-old Cleaning Up the Oceans<\/a><\/strong><br \/>\nThat&#8217;s not hyperbole, either. Boyan Slat has two major projects underway right now to do just that. The first one starting in August will collect more data in three weeks on the plastic floating in our oceans than anyone has in 40 years. In 2016, he&#8217;s deploying a device to collect plastic out of the ocean which will be the longest floating structure around (2,000 meters). I think he&#8217;s giving Elon Musk a run for his money. The guy&#8217;s only 20! <\/p>\n<p><Strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.iflscience.com\/technology\/scientists-have-made-flying-tricycle\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Flying Tricycle in Prototype<\/a><\/strong><br \/>\nTechnically, it&#8217;s a coaxial, Y6-layout tricopter, but if that confounds you ,\u009d no worries. If you&#8217;ve seen Return of the Jedi, you&#8217;ve seen a flying motorcycle much like this. Yes, there&#8217;s video. <\/p>\n<p><Strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.evanshalshaw.com\/more\/bondcars\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">James Bond Cars Through the Years<\/a><\/strong><br \/>\nCool website that shows all the James Bond cars. Nice effects and cool art. Plus hot cars. <\/p>\n<p><Strong>Magic, Light, and Quadracopters<\/strong><br \/>\nArt and science meet, produce a wonderful dance. Done only with lights, lampshades, and some well-programmed quadracopters. <\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"374\" height=\"210\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/6C8OJsHfmpI\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><Strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.huffingtonpost.co.uk\/2015\/06\/15\/amsterdam-3d-printed-steel-bridge-to-be-drawn-by-robots_n_7584316.html?utm_hp_ref=tw\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">3D Printed Bridge<\/a><\/strong><br \/>\nThese crazy Dutch engineers\/programmers\/scientists have created prototype robots that are going to 3D print a bridge in place and kind of mid-air. Scifi in Action folks! <\/p>\n<p><Strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.atlasobscura.com\/places\/gustav-eiffel-s-secret-apartment\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Gustav Eiffel&#8217;s Secret Tower Apartment<\/a><\/strong><br \/>\nBuilt into the 3rd level of the Eiffel Tower is a secret apartment that the builder had put in over 100 years ago. See pictures of (more or less) how it looked back in the day. <\/p>\n<p><Strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.iflscience.com\/technology\/lexus-claims-theyve-created-impressive-hoverboard\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Lexus Makes a Hoverboard ,\u009d For Real!<\/a> <\/strong><br \/>\nIt is 2015 after all, the year Marty McFly DeLoren&#8217;s to in Back to the Future. It had to happen sometime. Even if the hoverboard in question requires a metal surface to work. <\/p>\n<p><Strong><a href=\"http:\/\/inktank.fi\/incredible-3d-colour-images-from-1850s-japan\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">3D Color Images of 1850&#8217;s Japan<\/a><\/strong><br \/>\nNo, it&#8217;s not the result of time travel, it&#8217;s stereoscopic photography during the time it was invented. It&#8217;s been converted for your convenience into animated GIFs. <\/p>\n<p><Strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.ibtimes.co.uk\/blitab-worlds-first-tactile-tablet-ipad-blind-1508042\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Tactile Tablet<\/a><\/strong><br \/>\nIt&#8217;s like an iPad, only it creates a raised surface for braille, contour maps, or whatever. <\/p>\n<p><Strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.chonday.com\/Videos\/the-writer-automaton\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Creepy Writing Doll<\/a><\/strong><br \/>\nWhat is even creepier is that the doll in question is over 240 years old. Nothing quite like 18th century clockwork automatons. <\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/themagicalbuffet.com\/blog1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/07\/john1.bmp\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/themagicalbuffet.com\/blog1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/07\/john1.bmp\" alt=\"\" title=\"\" width=\"272\" height=\"240\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-2629\" \/><\/a> <strong>About John:<\/strong><br \/>\n<em>John&#8217;s a geek from way back. He&#8217;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&#8217;s on his desk).<\/p>\n<p><strong>Geek Credentials:<\/strong><br \/>\n<strong>RPG:<\/strong> Blue box D&#038;D, lead minis, been to GenCon in Milwaukee.<br \/>\n<strong>Computer:<\/strong> TRS-80 Color Computer, Amiga 1000, UNIX system w\/reel-to-reel backup tape<br \/>\n<strong>Card games:<\/strong> bought Magic cards at GenCon in 1993<br \/>\n<strong>Science:<\/strong> Met Phil Plait, got time on a mainframe for astronomy project in 1983<br \/>\n<strong>His Blog:<\/strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.glenandtyler.com\/\"target=\"_blank\">http:\/\/www.glenandtyler.com\/<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Tripods that fly! Skateboards that fly! 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