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The Little Robots That Could.

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May 8, 2009
The Little Robots That Could.

Nothing Earth shattering here. Just neat that these two little robots are still truckin’. They were built, launched 27 millionmiles, and landed on Mars for about $820 million. One shuttle mission on the other hand will set you back $450 mil. Originally designed to last for 90 martian days (24 hours, 39 minutes), Spirit...
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Watch The Floating Bubbles Burst

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May 6, 2009

Hans Rosling is a professor of Health Statistics in Stockholm, Sweeden. Last year he helped develop a fascinating bit of informatics software called, Gapminder. Be warned though, clicking on that last link will take you to a fascinating, time-sucking world of really cool information visualizations that will utterly challenge a many of your core...
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