Where do ideas come from? I know I can't be the first person to think about making lights turn on when something happens. Actually there are tons of projects like that. But I was disappointed that none of them (that I could find) focused on space. So much happens in space that we don't notice [...]
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Nathan Bergey
ISS Notify
Update, August 19:The kickstarter project was a huge success!! Now I have to figure out how to make hundreds of them. In the meantime I hosted a site about the project: open-notify.org. Update, June 13:Thanks everyone for their comments and feedback! For everyone who is interested in buying one, check out my kickstater page! If [...]
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A Year From Space
NASA has a couple of very awesome satellites called Aqua and Terra. They constantly orbit us building up a photo of the entire surface of the Earth about once per day. The data is used by scientists worldwide to measure climate change, fight forest fires and all sorts of awesome things. Both of the satellites [...]
Watching a Shuttle Launch
This past week I was part of one of the most amazing events that happens on this planet—a space shuttle launch. I can't even wrap my head around how lucky I am to not only get a chance to see a space shuttle in person, but to watch the very last launch of Discovery and [...]
Aquila Glass School
A couple few weeks ago I found a neat place in North Portland: Aquila Glass School. It's a small studio that lets people work on glass fusing and torchwork. They also teach classes so Kate and I signed up for a glass fusing class where you make a couple of dishes and some pendants and [...]
