The Daily Croissant

The Gravity of Illusion : Dyson’s Mysterious Garden Fountain
- 22 Apr 2012
- 0 Responses
- views
- April 22 2012 Fountain Gravity Illusion Water
- Edit
- Delete
- Tags
- Autopost
"A simple water feature can take an ordinary deck and turn it into something magnificent. But a water feature fashioned by celebrated industrial designer James Dyson (of Dyson vacuums fame) is bound to be the most unforgettable water feature ever. This fountain, part of an overall garden design dubbed “The Wrong Garden,” was created by Dyson for the Royal Horticultural Society’s 2003 Chelsea Flower Show. Like everything else designed by Dyson, it accomplishes a seemingly impossible task with highly astonishing style: in this case, it makes water flow uphill."

via dornob.com
Gravitas
- 11 Jan 2012
- 0 Responses
- views
- Games Gravity January 11 2012 Physics
- Edit
- Delete
- Tags
- Autopost
"Gravitas is a relaxing, physics based puzzle game where you rotate pieces in order to free Red Squares. Complete the game once to unlock Hard Mode where all the pieces are invisible !"

via random-good-stuff.com
Searching For Gravitational Waves
- 23 Aug 2011
- 0 Responses
- views
- 22August11 Astrophysics Detection Gravity Phenomena Waves
- Edit
- Delete
- Tags
- Autopost
Two-dimensional representation of gravitational waves generated by two neutron stars surrounding each other. Credit: NASA

"Colliding neutron stars and black holes, supernova events, rotating neutron stars and other cataclysmic cosmic events… Einstein predicted they would all have something in common – oscillations in the fabric of space-time. This summer European scientists have joined forces to prove Einstein was right and capture evidence of the existence of gravitational waves."

via universetoday.com
If Gravity was Visible...the Earth would look like a rotating potato.
- 1 Apr 2011
- 0 Responses
- views
- 01Apr11 Earth Gravity Satellites
- Edit
- Delete
- Tags
- Autopost
In this GOCE image, gravity is strongest in yellow areas; it is weakest in blue ones. Credit: ESA

via universetoday.com

via youtube.com

"Although they aren’t particularly fond of the comparison, scientists from the GOCE satellite team had to admit that new data showing Earth’s gravity field – or geoid — makes our planet look like a rotating potato. After just two years in orbit, ESA’s sleek and sexy GOCE satellite (Gravity Field and Steady-State Ocean Circulation Explorer) has gathered sufficient data to map Earth’s gravity with unrivalled precision. While our world certainly doesn’t look like a spinning tuber, this exaggerated view shows the most accurate model of how gravity varies across the planet."

The Gravity of Illusion : Dyson’s Mysterious Garden Fountain

Gravitas

Searching For Gravitational Waves

If Gravity was Visible...the Earth would look like a rotating potato.

About

Archive

Get Updates