http://geeksofdoom.com Stuff by geeks, about geeks, for geeks. Sat, 21 Nov 2009 19:00:32 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.5 en hourly 1 http://geeksofdoom.com/2009/11/04/robopocalypse-looks-to-offer-a-realistic-look-at-machines-takeover-of-man/ http://geeksofdoom.com/2009/11/04/robopocalypse-looks-to-offer-a-realistic-look-at-machines-takeover-of-man/#comments Wed, 04 Nov 2009 20:04:01 +0000 The Movie God apocalypseBattlestar GalacticaDaniel H. WilsonDreamWorksHow to Survive a Robot UprisingRobopocalypserobotsTerminator http://geeksofdoom.com/?p=32415 Battlestar Galactica, the Terminator franchise, or a movie like I, Robot, people love being scared by the thought of man-made machines turning on us and killing us all. If this trend is kept up, the robot apocalypse could become a genre in itself like zombies, but that isn't stopping DreamWorks, who are on the verge of acquiring the rights to an unpublished manuscript entitled Robopocalypse by Daniel H. Wilson.

So what makes this project so attractive? What makes Robopocalypse different from the other movies that we've seen? Well, it's realism. Wilson is an actual Ph.D. in robotics, and he has injected a massive level of realism into his tale of man vs. machine, which is what immediately grabbed DreamWorks' attention. Over the past few years, there have been some terrifying videos of actual man-made robots that are so freaky-realistic, you almost expect them to evolve and slaughter mankind. [...]]]> http://geeksofdoom.com/2009/11/04/robopocalypse-looks-to-offer-a-realistic-look-at-machines-takeover-of-man/feed/ 0 http://geeksofdoom.com/2009/08/30/are-we-closer-to-a-real-life-jurassic-park-than-we-think/ http://geeksofdoom.com/2009/08/30/are-we-closer-to-a-real-life-jurassic-park-than-we-think/#comments Mon, 31 Aug 2009 01:24:36 +0000 The Movie God BirdsDinosaursEvolutionHans LarssonJurassic Park http://geeksofdoom.com/?p=28338 Jurassic Park (I assume). The method to the madness of bringing living, breathing dinosaurs back to life in that movie, was to find prehistoric pieces of amber with bugs perfectly preserved inside and extract their blood -- assuming that they've fed on dinosaurs and contain their DNA. Though it's likely that scientists have attempted to try this, it's not something that many expect to actually work. Now comes word that a scientist in Canada has a whole new plan to possibly bring dinosaurs back to life.

Canada Research Chair in Macro Evolution at Montreal's McGill University, Hans Larsson, believes the fact that dinosaurs are ancestors of birds may just hold the key. He believes that while a chicken is its embryonic stages, he can literally go in and alter this, change that, and replicate what once was, hundreds of millions of years ago.

Larsson has been studying the evolution of birds for a decade now, and truly believes that in time, he could find a way to do the unthinkable: hatch a live prehistoric creature. [...]]]> http://geeksofdoom.com/2009/08/30/are-we-closer-to-a-real-life-jurassic-park-than-we-think/feed/ 8 http://geeksofdoom.com/2009/06/05/ladies-gentlemen-boys-girls-we-have-a-real-star-wars-death-star/ http://geeksofdoom.com/2009/06/05/ladies-gentlemen-boys-girls-we-have-a-real-star-wars-death-star/#comments Fri, 05 Jun 2009 05:58:41 +0000 The Movie God Death StarStar WarsThe Colbert Report http://geeksofdoom.com/?p=22327 The Colbert Report, as I so often do, they let loose one of their great movie references as it relates to a real news story. This particular news story is from The Raw Story, who reported the announcement that a United States weapons laboratory has officially created a "super laser" which was capable of creating temperatures and pressure equal to that of a star or a large planet's core. Naturally, this got people to thinking: do we have our very own Star Wars Death Star!?

While the exact damage this little baby would cause isn't really known, it is expected to keep nuclear weapons in check, as well as offer a possible answer to safe fusion power. I wonder if this is how we would take out Texas-sized meteor that were threatening to hit Earth, instead of the standard oil drilling crew. Asteroids style.

Click over to the dark side to see the great video from The Colbert Report!

Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger spoke at a dedication ceremony for the weapons and energy breakthrough achievement, saying: [...]]]> http://geeksofdoom.com/2009/06/05/ladies-gentlemen-boys-girls-we-have-a-real-star-wars-death-star/feed/ 0 http://geeksofdoom.com/2009/05/17/new-star-trek-shown-at-the-white-house-beamed-aboard-iss/ http://geeksofdoom.com/2009/05/17/new-star-trek-shown-at-the-white-house-beamed-aboard-iss/#comments Sun, 17 May 2009 22:06:36 +0000 Empress Eve Barack ObamaInternational Space StationNASASpockStar Trek http://geeksofdoom.com/?p=20953 Star Trek has arrived at the White House and all the way up to the International Space Station.

Paramount transferred Star Trek, which opened in theaters last weekend, earlier this week to NASA's Mission Control in Houston, which then uplinked the film to the space station where NASA astronaut Michael Barratt can then watch the movie on a laptop computer inside the Unity module, 220 miles above Earth.

"I remember watching the original 'Star Trek' series and, like many of my NASA coworkers, was inspired by the idea of people from all nations coming together to explore space," said Barratt. "'Star Trek' blended adventure, discovery, intelligence and story telling that assumes a positive future for humanity. The International Space Station is a real step in that direction, with many nations sharing in an adventure the world can be proud of."

President Obama watched the new Star Trek movie at the White House's movie theater and he told Newsweek that he thought the film was good. In a Q&A with the magazine, the President acknowledged how the media has been saying that he is like the logical Vulcan Spock and he even gave the Vulcan salute [...]]]> http://geeksofdoom.com/2009/05/17/new-star-trek-shown-at-the-white-house-beamed-aboard-iss/feed/ 3 http://geeksofdoom.com/2009/05/16/size-comparison-of-the-international-space-station-to-fictional-space-crafts/ http://geeksofdoom.com/2009/05/16/size-comparison-of-the-international-space-station-to-fictional-space-crafts/#comments Sat, 16 May 2009 23:57:39 +0000 The Movie God Battlestar GalacticaInternational Space StationStar TrekStar WarsUSS Enterprise http://geeksofdoom.com/?p=20894 Gizmodo had the brilliant idea to find the actual size specs of fictional space crafts and create a chart comparing their size to our own very real International Space Station. Now with the the release of Star Trek and the presentation of a new, much larger USS Enterprise, they've decided to do the same thing. Click the image to go bigger, but click the link above to go to the site and see the full-size jumbo version!

Size Comparisons Of The Space Crafts Of 'Star Trek,' 'Star Wars,' 'Battlestar Galactica,' & Real Life!

As it turns out, the old Battlestar Galactica's ship is the one being used for the chart. It was found out later that the new Galactica measures 1,438.64 meters -- almost 1,000 meters longer than the new Enterprise, and very close to the 1,600 (about a mile) meter Imperial Star Destroyer from Star Wars.

I hope Gizmodo soon has a chart that includes the new Galactica and the Star Destroyer. It would be very interesting to see how they dwarf these other, very massive ships. It's also cool to see just how big the International Space Station is. You could go even further and add man-made cities and worlds like the Death Star and the Citadel from Mass Effect [...]]]> http://geeksofdoom.com/2009/05/16/size-comparison-of-the-international-space-station-to-fictional-space-crafts/feed/ 2 http://geeksofdoom.com/2008/06/17/video-buzz-lightyears-space-mission-continues/ http://geeksofdoom.com/2008/06/17/video-buzz-lightyears-space-mission-continues/#comments Wed, 18 Jun 2008 00:37:04 +0000 Geek Beat Buzz LightyearNASAToy Story http://geeksofdoom.com/2008/06/17/video-buzz-lightyears-space-mission-continues/ http://geeksofdoom.com/2008/06/17/video-buzz-lightyears-space-mission-continues/feed/ 0 http://geeksofdoom.com/2008/05/31/video-preview-nasa-to-send-buzz-lightyear-to-infinity-and-beyond/ http://geeksofdoom.com/2008/05/31/video-preview-nasa-to-send-buzz-lightyear-to-infinity-and-beyond/#comments Sat, 31 May 2008 15:57:49 +0000 Geek Beat Buzz LightyearDisneyNASA http://geeksofdoom.com/2008/05/31/video-preview-nasa-to-send-buzz-lightyear-to-infinity-and-beyond/ http://geeksofdoom.com/2008/05/31/video-preview-nasa-to-send-buzz-lightyear-to-infinity-and-beyond/feed/ 1 http://geeksofdoom.com/2007/11/18/tv-review-the-universe-mars-the-red-planet/ http://geeksofdoom.com/2007/11/18/tv-review-the-universe-mars-the-red-planet/#comments Sun, 18 Nov 2007 17:25:18 +0000 Bad Monkey AstronomyHistory ChannelMars: The Red PlanetThe Universe http://geeksofdoom.com/2007/11/18/tv-review-the-universe-%e2%80%94-mars-the-red-planet/ The Universe, Mars is explored. ]]> http://geeksofdoom.com/2007/11/18/tv-review-the-universe-mars-the-red-planet/feed/ 2 http://geeksofdoom.com/2007/08/30/tv-review-%e2%80%98the-universe%e2%80%99-%e2%80%94-mercury-venus-the-inner-planets/ http://geeksofdoom.com/2007/08/30/tv-review-%e2%80%98the-universe%e2%80%99-%e2%80%94-mercury-venus-the-inner-planets/#comments Thu, 30 Aug 2007 15:28:40 +0000 Movies At Midnight History ChannelThe Universe http://geeksofdoom.com/2007/08/30/tv-review-%e2%80%98the-universe%e2%80%99-%e2%80%94-mercury-venus-the-inner-planets/ The Universe.]]> http://geeksofdoom.com/2007/08/30/tv-review-%e2%80%98the-universe%e2%80%99-%e2%80%94-mercury-venus-the-inner-planets/feed/ 0 http://geeksofdoom.com/2007/08/23/tv-review-the-universe-life-and-death-of-a-star/ http://geeksofdoom.com/2007/08/23/tv-review-the-universe-life-and-death-of-a-star/#comments Thu, 23 Aug 2007 10:51:33 +0000 Dr. Geek, Ph.D. History ChannelThe Universe http://geeksofdoom.com/2007/08/23/tv-review-the-universe-life-and-death-of-a-star/ The Universe we learn about the biology of stars -- how they are born, live, and die.]]> http://geeksofdoom.com/2007/08/23/tv-review-the-universe-life-and-death-of-a-star/feed/ 0 http://geeksofdoom.com/2007/08/17/tv-review-the-universe-saturn-lord-of-the-rings/ http://geeksofdoom.com/2007/08/17/tv-review-the-universe-saturn-lord-of-the-rings/#comments Fri, 17 Aug 2007 16:21:54 +0000 Empress Eve History ChannelThe Universe http://geeksofdoom.com/2007/08/17/tv-review-the-universe-saturn-lord-of-the-rings/ The Universe.]]> http://geeksofdoom.com/2007/08/17/tv-review-the-universe-saturn-lord-of-the-rings/feed/ 2 http://geeksofdoom.com/2007/08/12/tv-review-%e2%80%98the-universe%e2%80%99-%e2%80%94-spaceship-earth/ http://geeksofdoom.com/2007/08/12/tv-review-%e2%80%98the-universe%e2%80%99-%e2%80%94-spaceship-earth/#comments Sun, 12 Aug 2007 17:28:17 +0000 Movies At Midnight History ChannelThe Universe http://geeksofdoom.com/2007/08/12/tv-review-%e2%80%98the-universe%e2%80%99-%e2%80%94-spaceship-earth/ http://geeksofdoom.com/2007/08/12/tv-review-%e2%80%98the-universe%e2%80%99-%e2%80%94-spaceship-earth/feed/ 0 http://geeksofdoom.com/2007/08/07/tv-review-the-universe-alien-galaxies/ http://geeksofdoom.com/2007/08/07/tv-review-the-universe-alien-galaxies/#comments Tue, 07 Aug 2007 13:19:20 +0000 Movies At Midnight History ChannelThe Universe http://geeksofdoom.com/2007/08/07/tv-review-the-universe-alien-galaxies/ The Universe, telescopes are pointed outside of our solar system to explore and contemplate the absolutely daunting massiveness of the universe. ]]> http://geeksofdoom.com/2007/08/07/tv-review-the-universe-alien-galaxies/feed/ 0 http://geeksofdoom.com/2007/04/23/the-sun-like-youve-never-seen-it/ http://geeksofdoom.com/2007/04/23/the-sun-like-youve-never-seen-it/#comments Mon, 23 Apr 2007 21:08:21 +0000 Dave3 AstronomyGoddard Space Flight CenterJet Propulsion LabNASASolar Terrestrial Relations ObservatorySpacecraftSTEREOSun http://geeksofdoom.com/2007/04/23/the-sun-like-youve-never-seen-it/ http://geeksofdoom.com/2007/04/23/the-sun-like-youve-never-seen-it/feed/ 0 http://geeksofdoom.com/2007/04/13/now-we-know-where-we-are-star-stuff-really-came-from/ http://geeksofdoom.com/2007/04/13/now-we-know-where-we-are-star-stuff-really-came-from/#comments Fri, 13 Apr 2007 05:18:26 +0000 Dr. Geek, Ph.D. Carl SaganKristen DunstScientist http://geeksofdoom.com/2007/04/13/now-we-know-where-we-are-star-stuff-really-came-from/ http://geeksofdoom.com/2007/04/13/now-we-know-where-we-are-star-stuff-really-came-from/feed/ 0 http://geeksofdoom.com/2007/03/30/from-book-of-geek-33007/ http://geeksofdoom.com/2007/03/30/from-book-of-geek-33007/#comments Sat, 31 Mar 2007 02:18:38 +0000 The Geeks of Doom Albert EinsteinAndy SerkisBoston MarathonComplete My AlbumDr. Crawford LongEtherFlying Spaghetti MonsteriTunesJean-Pierre HoudinKaren NybergNASAPastafarianSpaceSuni WilliamsText MessagingVincent van Gogh http://geeksofdoom.com/2007/03/30/from-book-of-geek-33007/ http://geeksofdoom.com/2007/03/30/from-book-of-geek-33007/feed/ 0 http://geeksofdoom.com/2006/04/10/superman-series-kal-el-vs-temporal-mechanics/ http://geeksofdoom.com/2006/04/10/superman-series-kal-el-vs-temporal-mechanics/#comments Mon, 10 Apr 2006 09:55:48 +0000 Dave3 Atomic ClockEinsteinJ.C. HafeleMario PuzoPhysicsR.E. KeatingRelativitySupermanSuperman: The MovieTemporal MechanicsTheory of RelativityTimeTime Travel http://thegeekzine.com/?p=214 http://geeksofdoom.com/2006/04/10/superman-series-kal-el-vs-temporal-mechanics/feed/ 10 http://geeksofdoom.com/2006/03/21/marvel-super-heroes-make-science-fun/ http://geeksofdoom.com/2006/03/21/marvel-super-heroes-make-science-fun/#comments Wed, 22 Mar 2006 03:36:10 +0000 Empress Eve California Science CenterLos AngelesMarvel Super HeroesMarvel Super Heroes Science Exhibition http://thegeekzine.com/?p=178 http://geeksofdoom.com/2006/03/21/marvel-super-heroes-make-science-fun/feed/ 4