The skin tight suit is something I've heard of before. I think a professor at MIT is working on one of those. It's called a biosuit and although it's not finished yet, it was on display at the Nextfest Convention last year. The only problem is, it's easy to rip and you need to have a full body scan just so you can get a suit. It's really promising because of its interchangeable parts though.
This site should have something on that. http://www.eeexperience.com/
At the Wired Nextfest show back in September, IBM showcased some of their nano tech and carbon nano tubes were also on display. They're also looking into ways of producing these things in mass quantities and I think that they're a little ahead of intel in the research aspect right now. IBM can actually create tubes in different shapes and that's a step up on the competition.
Although many may think this new technology is a bad idea, think about the communication unit in Star Trek. I know this is the real world and all, but advances like this can lead to a better understanding of each other. A unifying device like this can make views and beliefs from other cultures more understandable and somehow through this, we'll be able to make this world better in some small way.
I suppose that you're right about the people that work on the ISS, but it would be nice if they could find an alternative to this. And yes, things could be better if I were doing it:)
Why does the ISS need to be boosted by external rockets rather then doing it itself? Shouldn't it have this type of stuff built in? Did they think about what would happen if we were unable to get into space? The simple fact that they had to go through all of this sounds pretty dumb to me
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The skin tight suit is something I've heard of before. I think a professor at MIT is working on one of those. It's called a biosuit and although it's not finished yet, it was on display at the Nextfest Convention last year. The only problem is, it's easy to rip and you need to have a full body scan just so you can get a suit. It's really promising because of its interchangeable parts though. This site should have something on that. http://www.eeexperience.com/
Finally, a way to help fight pollution that doesn't involve plating trees in the city. I wonder if this material can also filter out airborne viruses.
At the Wired Nextfest show back in September, IBM showcased some of their nano tech and carbon nano tubes were also on display. They're also looking into ways of producing these things in mass quantities and I think that they're a little ahead of intel in the research aspect right now. IBM can actually create tubes in different shapes and that's a step up on the competition.
Although many may think this new technology is a bad idea, think about the communication unit in Star Trek. I know this is the real world and all, but advances like this can lead to a better understanding of each other. A unifying device like this can make views and beliefs from other cultures more understandable and somehow through this, we'll be able to make this world better in some small way.
Thanks for that reply. I really didn't know that. But didn't one of those gryoscopes fail awhile back? Or did they replace it?
I suppose that you're right about the people that work on the ISS, but it would be nice if they could find an alternative to this. And yes, things could be better if I were doing it:)
Why does the ISS need to be boosted by external rockets rather then doing it itself? Shouldn't it have this type of stuff built in? Did they think about what would happen if we were unable to get into space? The simple fact that they had to go through all of this sounds pretty dumb to me