The FAA just approved this car… ahem, this flying car:
The wings fold up and the car, while ugly, still isn’t as ugly as a PT Cruiser. Not bad:
The cost is $194,000. Only 20 hours of flying to get your license. This means Lance Bass can totally get one if he wants it! Ever since he couldn’t afford to go to space, I’ve felt bad for the guy. I hope he rocks one of these.
P.S. We all feel like watching this right now, so I’ve gone ahead and included it in this post:
It’s not the big one we were promised. But it’s a start.
As previously mentioned, IndieScreen, a new movie theater at 285 Kent Avenue (at S 2nd Street) in Williamsburg (on the same block as Glasslands), is expected to open for business officially by the end of June. Before then, the theater will be hosting films for the Brooklyn International Film Festival which runs until June 13th. Check out the schedule at their site. Tonight, Monday June 7th, you can see THE “FLESH CHAPTER 1, ANGLE OF TRAJECTORY”, “DISPOSABLE”, and “HIGGS, INTO THE HEART OF IMAGINATION”. Trailers for all three of those below.
The theater will also be screening films as part of Northside Festival, happening June 24-27.
The 12-rows, 93-seat theater (which has a 17-feet by 8-feet screen) will be accompanied by a restaurant and a full bar, AND will be hosting live music. Their website is still under construction, but there’s more info about what they have there and how you can host an event there if you click around enough.
Scientists have just created small machine-like organisms out of DNA that can perform simple tasks. Read more about it here.
“These new construction projects bring researchers a step closer to a time when, at least in theory, scientists might be able to build test-tube factories that churn out self-assembling computers, rare chemical compounds or autonomous medical robots able to cruise the human bloodstream.”
“They combined a programmable DNA track and a squad of mobile robotic walkers with a set of independently controlled molecular forklifts that can deliver parts on command. The result was a functioning nano-factory”
Not many of us blogfwends are moving any time soon (except for you, Katie. So this one goes out to you!), but if we were, this site would be very helpful. Google Maps + Craigslist. SO much more reliable for location certifying when looking for apartments.
