Tech AhBoon | 09 Oct 2007
Russian Rocket Ready to Take Malaysian to ISS
Engineers rolled a Russian booster rocket out to its launch pad at the Baikonur cosmodrome Monday in final preparation for the launch of a three-man crew, including Malaysia’s first astronaut, to the international space station (ISS)
The Soyuz-FG rocket with the Soyuz TMA-11 spacecraft attached to it will blast off into space from the Central Asian steppe on Wednesday night carrying Malaysian Sheikh Muszaphar Shukor, Russian Yuri Malenchenko and American Peggy Whitson. Whitson will become the first woman to command the international space station. The gray and white rocket with the Malaysian flag and coat of arms was moved to the launch pad on train rails from its assembly site at the cosmodrome, which Russia rents from Kazakhstan.
Shukor’s 12-day mission is due to include the study of the effects of microgravity and space radiation on cells and microbes, as well as experiments with proteins for a potential HIV vaccine
Arts AhBoon | 01 Oct 2007
Creative 3M Post-It Art
Still remember [The Usefulness of 3M Post-It Notes]? The Post-it Note, a small square with re-adhearable adhesive on the back, was one such answer. The three-inch bright yellow square was employed as a reminder, a note, or for organization… But some don’t see it as only a productivity tool… they see it as a medium for colorful art.
Even on 3M’s corporate site the Post-it Notes are sold with the slogan “So express yourself in color.” Some creative people took that idea to heart and below are several examples of how people have used the sticky notes to create works of art.
