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Turning a problem into a solution: aquatic clean energy from vortex-induced vibration?
Review of a paper on extracting energy from ocean currents, over at Skulls in the Stars
What is vortex induced vibration? In short, it is an effect by which little ‘whirlpools’ of fluid form in the wake of an obstructing object and regularly detach [...]
Slap-a-Guy
It’s supposed to be about educating people about counterfeit MINI Coopers. But don’t let that stop you.
Disney goes to war
“Nose art” and the equivalent of heraldic icons, courtesy of Walt Disney.
According to the late WW II aviation enthusiast and author Jeffrey Ethell, “the Disney industry was pervasive in American culture and it influenced nose art in a number of different ways. Combat crews copied Disney cartoon characters because they were suitable [...]
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More bubbles in microgravity
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I find it interesting that, contrary to terrestrial experience with drops on a surface, the colliding drops tend to scatter rather than coelesce. In microgravity the drops are spherical, which is the minimum-energy configuration, so I expect this presents an [...]
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