Archive for April, 2011

New Night Vision Goggles Offer High-Res and Double the Field of View And they’re ultra-stylish, to boot

Like Night vision goggles are, according to SA Photonics (a manufacturer of night vision goggles, naturally), a “key enabling technology” that has allowed the U.S. military to “own the night”. SA Photonics has cleared some of the existing technological hurdles with their new High Resolution Night Vision System (or HRNVS–looks like someone could use some [...]

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Below are some signs that change your current relationship:

Likeunbreak my heart Breaking up is never easy (especially if it’s not your decision), but oftentimes it is necessary. Perhaps it’s a matter of growing apart or falling out of love. Perhaps one or both of you just aren’t into each other anymore. In extreme cases, perhaps the relationship has become emotionally and/or physically abusive, [...]

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Japanese officials challenged his statement, denying that the pool was dry and said the situation at the Unit 4 of the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant was stable.

LikeThere is a possibility of a widespread nuclear fallout as a pool cooling spent fuel rods at the crippled Japanese nuclear complex has lost most of its water, a top US atomic expert has warned. Saying that a “potentially catastrophic situation” could be round the corner, the chief of the US Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) [...]

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This is a true story about a man named Rashed.

LikeTHE STORY ABOUT A MAN NAMED RASHED: He tells his story as follows… I was not more than thirty years old when my wife gave birth to my first child. I still remember that night. I had stayed out all night long with my friends, as was my habit. It was a night filled with [...]

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Zbigniew Brzezinski served as national security adviser to President Jimmy Carter from 1977-1981.

LikeZbigniew Brzezinski served as national security adviser to President Jimmy Carter from 1977-1981. In this role, he was intimately involved in brokering the Camp David Accords and wrestling with Iran’s transition from a U.S. ally to an anti-Western Islamic republic. Brzezinski is currently a professor of American foreign policy at the Johns Hopkins School of [...]

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