Here’s an awesome little device that doesn’t simply tell you what the weather is going to be like, it shows you. It’s called the Tempescope and it downloads weather forecast information from the internet and simulates upcoming weather conditions inside a translucent box. Designed by Japanese software engineer and inventor Ken Kawamoto, the Tempescope can replicate sunshine, clouds, rain, and lightning.
Kawamoto has released the code and schematics for his ingenious device as an open-source project called OpenTempescope so that other makers can build their own Tempescope. For those of us who’d rather just purchase one, he’s planning to launch a Kickstarter campaign later this year.
[via Colossal and Laughing Squid]
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Solar Eclipse as Seen from Earth’s Orbit
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The magma from the Bárðarbunga volcano eruption in 2015 reflecting onto the clouds in the distance. Up above, an aurora resulting from a solar storm
A new island is currently being created by volcanic activity in Nishinoshima, Japan.
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No. 5 Mine, Baia Sprie (Felsöbánya), Maramures Co., Romania
The Leidenfrost effect occurs when a liquid is exposed to a surface so hot that it instantly vaporizes part of the liquid. It’s typically seen with a drop of water on a very hot pan; the drop will slide around, nearly frictionless, upon a cushion of its own vapor. You can see the effect when plunging a hot object into a bath of liquid, too. This is what happens when you quickly dunk a hand in liquid nitrogen (not recommended, incidentally) or when you drop a red hot steel ball into water like above. In this case, the object is so hot that it gets encased in a layer of water vapor. If you could maintain the temperature difference necessary to keep the vapor layer intact, you could move underwater at high speeds with low drag, similar to the effects of supercavitation. (Image credit: Paul Pyro, source)
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The appearance of a shock wave in slow motion.