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NASA may have cancelled the Space Shuttle programme, but an enterprising German has demonstrated that there is a future in reusable space vehicles… in Lego.
Via The Register
Last week, a lot of the tech press was full of the news that a pair of enterprising Canadian students had managed to send a Lego minifig into space. Now Captain Barry Wiszniowski, chairman of the Air Canada Pilots Association’s safety division, has whined that launching Legonauts could represent a “concern to aviation”.
Wiszniowski said: “I think in the 25 years that I’ve been flying I’ve seen two weather balloons that passed on one side of the aircraft or the other.”
Not exactly a major threat to air traffic, then…
The students, Mathew Ho and Asad Muhammad, do appear to have been reasonably diligent in ensuring that they weren’t doing anything dangerous or illegal and University of Toronto astrophysics professor Michael Reid said of the achievement: “It shows a tremendous degree of resourcefulness. For two 17-year-olds to accomplish this on their own is pretty impressive.”
Maybe Captain Wiszniowski would be happier if the students had just made some bombs, like they do in Belgium.
Anyway, here’s a video of the Legonaut in action.
It’s not available until June, but this remote control inflatable R2-D2 has awesomeness stamped all over it.
This is the first in a series that will also include Darth Vader, a Stormtrooper and Yoda. I’m not so sure about the other characters, but R2-D2 is perfect.
I have often said that I don’t really see the point of the tablet form factor. Android tablets and iPads alike strike me as being devices that are a collection of compromises – less portable than a phone and less powerful that a laptop – and, as such, not particularly useful. However, here’s one that might make me change my mind.
According to El Reg, Inspiration Works are preparing to unleash a tablet specifically targeted towards kids.
The Kurio is an Android-based slate, spruced up with a kid-friendly UI and behind-the-scenes parental controls. While adults can still use the Kurio as a fully-fledged fondleslab, the tablet is clearly aimed at children and it’s the security measures that really matter here.
It’s due to hit shelves in July and there are three models on the way. I will be keeping an eye on this one.
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