I just figured out where midlife crises come from.
(photo taken in the hall of a middle school)
Self-Guided Bullet Spots, Steers and Nails Its Target.
“They’ve successfully tested a prototype of the bullet at distances up to 2,000 meters — more than a mile. The photo above is an actual image taken during one of those tests. A light-emitting diode was attached to the bullet, showing the amazing pathway that the munition made through the night sky.
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Each self-guided bullet is around 4 inches in length. At the tip is an optical sensor, that can detect a laser beam being shone on a far-off target. Actuators inside the bullet get intel from the bullet’s sensor, and then “steer tiny fins that guide the bullet to the target.” The bullet can self-correct its navigational path 30 times a second, all while flying more than twice the speed of sound.”
/via Wired.com
http://www.wired.com/dangerroom/2012/01/self-guided-bulle
Sunset last night.
NASA has released a new high-resolution image of the earth. It’s spectacular.
Two Mig-29 [on the background] intercepted by F-15 Eagles [the two trails flying away and crossing] of the 21st Composite Fighter Wing. The 43rd and 54th Tactical Fighter Squadrons, part of the 21st CFW, patrolled 580,000 square miles from the North Pole to the tip of the Aleutian Islands.
Source: images.military.com
A father and son watch the shuttle launches, first and last.
Source: Flickr / arockalypse
A protester charges at a police officer in Athens on the first day of a 48-hour general strike. The walkout is in protest at austerity measures demanded by international lenders in return for more financial aid to the debt-ridden nation Photographer: Aris Messinis/ AFP/Getty Images




![Two Mig-29 [on the background] intercepted by F-15 Eagles [the two trails flying away and crossing] of the 21st Composite Fighter Wing. The 43rd and 54th Tactical Fighter Squadrons, part of the 21st CFW, patrolled 580,000 square miles from the North Pole to the tip of the Aleutian Islands.](http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lxy9h4mLWG1qz9my7o1_1280.jpg)


