Ricky Hatton vs. Manny Pacquiao

May 2, 2009 - 9pm - MGM Grand Hotel's Garden Arena - Las Vegas

Second round K.O. courtesy of Manny Pacquiao. Round one, the Pac-Man clearly dominates as he puts Hatton on the canvas twice in the first round.

Pacquiao(right) scores a hook to Hatton's(left) face in the first round.

Ricky "The Hitman" Hatton comes out strong the despite clearly losing the first round with a score 10-8. Almost immediately Pacquaio answers by accurately landing punches. With a quick left, Hatton is flat on the matt.

Manny Pacquiao(left) at the age of 30 clearly takes down opponent Ricky Hatton (right)

Floyd Mayweather Jr. has decided to come out of retirement and fight the winner of this bout. After the clear victory by Manny Pacquiao, we (boxing Fans) anxiously await the battle between Pacquiao and Mayweather for the informal title of best pound for pound boxer in the world.
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pictures, round by round

mini robots in our blood??!?!?!?!

This tiny .14 inch motor is the future of miniature robotics. Imagine tiny robots capable of navigating your blood stream and destroying virus's or clearing up clotted arteries that may lead to a stroke or heart attack...

(Caution Science Zone)

The motor to the right of the tip of a ball point pin works uses reverse piezoelectricity. Piezoelectricity is what allows barbecue grill lighters to work. The little red button that shoots a spark is made up of a little hammer that hits a small piece of crystal, usually quartz. This creates a very high voltage and sparks your grill burners.

Anyway by adding electricity, a small ceramic piston is made to oscillate, eventually turning the ball on the top. This of course can be used to propel the robot forward inside your blood stream.

The hope is to make these even smaller, attach them to robots and begin testing in model blood vessels. The research team of Monash University is confident they can produce even smaller motors, but as Brett Watson, a lead scientist on the team, said, "It's really hard to put the darn thing together."

How do you feel about motor driven robots in your blood stream? Is this a genius invention or a scientific catastrophe?

o yeah here's the original article and image source.

Frozen baby Mammoth!

Well this is quite possibly the coolest thing I have ever seen. A nearly perfectly preserved baby mammoth was discovered in Siberia... A local reindeer herder named Yuri Khudi and his three sons found the oddly well preserved corpse...


The only question that remains now is... will Mammoths walk again? It seems with increasing technologies and research in stem cells perhaps this is a possibility. Either way its an amazing discovering...


The article will be featured in the May 2009 National Geographic Magazine. Here's a link to see the full story and more pictures at the National Geographic site. That's the Scoop.

Superheroes in cincinnati! Shadow Hare?

This is a gem. These guys and gal dressed in costumes that are laughable for even Halloween, patrol the streets of Cincinnati in hopes of fighting crime. Shadow Hare is not alone. He rolls with his gang of superheroes who call themselves the Allegiance of Heroes. Fast forward to a minute for pure comedic joy.


And its not just Cincinnati... There is a World Superhero Registry website, where heroes across the globe can register online. Here is a quote from the hero Master Legend (one shown in the video clip) that is posted with his picture on the World Superhero Registry or what I like to call the WSR for short... "I am a real life super hero born with powers of the veil and voodoo teachings. I have studied psychology all my life and use my abilities to defend the helpless and help the desperate as a specially trained fighter in many forms that I have developed my own . It is the secret of the diamond spirit. It is my duty and my life." This sort of thing, besides scaring me, raises some important questions. Questions like, what is the Justice Force that he is a member of... or more importantly, what is the diamond spirit...? Questions, I am sure no one knows the answers too.
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for even more superhero fun check out Shadow Hare's myspace page, no login necessary!

Largest Model Rocket Ever

This is a fun one. I had stumbled upon this story recently and am excited to see the results. Steve Eves launched his model rocket, a 1:10 scaled version of the Saturn V rocket on Saturday.

The original Saturn V (five) was the the engine used to take us to the moon in 1969, and several following lunar missions including the infamous Apollo 13 lunar mission which was made famous by the film Apollo 13.

The Saturn V engine was hailed for its incredible payload capacity and is still the most powerful launch vehicle ever brought into operation with respect to its size weight and payload. Upon its first flight, the rocket propelled astronauts 45 miles into the atmosphere in just two and a half minutes reaching a velocity of 6,164 miles per hour and burning approximately 4,400,000 pounds of fuel. All that in just its first stage!

Eventually it would take the ship well above the earths escape velocity as Buzz Aldrin would note that they were cruising at a comfortable velocity 35,579 feet per second! Well anyway, Steve Eves decided to pay homage to this incredible feat of human ingenuity...

Beginning is all rocket information, height, weight, thrust... luanch is at a minute.

Standing 36 feet tall, this giant model rocket set a record for the largest model rocket ever launched... Congrats Steve Eves...

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p.s. thanks wikipedia and some nasa page for the statistics.