March 13, 2004

Sci-fi inventions

http://www.technovelgy.com/

Explore over 600 varieties of inventions and ideas of science fiction writers that has had some influence on science. This site documents creations that made their literary debuts well before they reached meatspace; everyone from Douglas Adams to Roger Zelazny is represented. Use the Timeline of Science Fiction Invention to see them all, or see the category of science fiction invention that interests you.

A lowdown into protozoa

http://www.pirx.com/droplet/

Here’s a way to look at all the little creatures in a whole new light. It is beyond our imagination when we come to think of complexities involved in a single-cell creatures. These organisms are able to swim, jump, or build shells, which is again a strange phenomena. This site presents the fascinating realm of these organisms by focusing on the mysteries of nature that are not visible to your naked eye.

The mysteries of far-off planets

http://www.deep-sky.org/

It’s likely that water exists on many worlds and that at least some of those worlds sustain, or have sustained, life. If that’s not enough to re-instill your childlike sense of wonder, this site definitely give you one last change at joy by paging through the images on this site and wondering if, at last, we can believe we’re not alone.

The Cactus Project

http://prinfo.no/boland/transg/genetoy/default.asp

Science has made it possible to create transgenic creatures, but who cares about formalities of biotechnical education. Through art, this appealing site concentrate on giving you some hands-on mutating. Here you can work to perfect the flower-laden, finger-waving cactus “plant” for which the world of botany has been yearning.

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