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Countless Sci-Fi fans vividly remember the famous scene in Star Warsin which the Death Star obliterates the planet Alderaan.Mirroring many late night caffeine-fueled arguments among Sci-Fi fans, a University of Leicester researcher asks the question:
Could a small moon-sized battle station generate enough energy to destroy an Earth-sized planet? A paper by David Boulderston (University of Leicester) sets out to answer that very question. First, for the uninitiated, just what the heck is a Death Star?
According to Star Wars lore, the DS-1 Orbital Battle Station, or Death Star, is a moon-sized battle station designed to spread fear throughout the galaxy. The image above shows the Death Star as it appeared in Star Wars Episode IV: A New Hope (1977). The Death Star’s main weapon is depicted as a superlaser capable of destroying planets with a single blast.
Boulderston claims that it is possible to estimate how much energy the Death Star would need in order to destroy a planet with its superlaser. There are a number of assumptions made, however, in order to come up with the energy requirement.
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A canine chorus barks a familiar tune. Keep an eye out for our 2012 Game Day commercial—it will all make sense...
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No, actually MEGO’s Daisy Duke action figure is worse => http://www.actionfigureinsider.com/blog/cantinadan/why-toy-companies-hate-female-action-figures/
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If you attend a Sci-Fi convention, you're going to see about a squadron of Stormtrooper costumes. But only one Stormtrooper is a moist dessert that goes great with milk.
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Fifty of the most iconic James Bond vehicles will go on display at the Beaulieu Motor Museum in South England on January 17.
Bond in Motion will run until December and celebrate 50 years of 007 movies – the largest of its kind staged anywhere in the world.
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This unique timepiece is fitted with turbine blades that rotate when in direct sunlight. Winding the watch and providing it with power.
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Here’s a neat little keyboard from Matias. It will control both your computer and your iPad or iPhone, swapping between them at the press of a key. I have often confused myself by having an extra Apple wireless keyboard on my desk for the iPad, so I can totally see the appeal of this device.
Or four devices. There are three version for iOS and one for the BlackBerry (which nobody will buy as the BlackBerrys have such awesome keyboards already, right?) Starting with the Apple-a-like Slim model ($80) and going up to the $200 Tactile, all the keyboards are wired, and the USB bus also provides power for the Bluetooth connection to the mobile....
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