At the end of a long day of work, many people like to grab a cold pint of beer. Few of them think about the bubbles in the glass and how much brewers have to pay to put them there. But Robert Zubrin — president of the Mars Society and founder of multiple aerospace technology companies — does. Zubrin and his companies have worked with Johnson Space Center’s In Situ Resource Utilization (ISRU) team for years, developing technologies that could take existing substances on Mars — especially Marti...

Christopher Holm-Hansen designed a smart home device, which can become your helper at cooking wholesome meal with a pleasant taste. Whenever you cook for family, friends, or simply yourself, Tastee will assist you in getting flavours out in your food. The device communicates with your tablet via bluetooth; once it is put into the pot, it will start transmitting flavor data, which will be then processed and converted into special taste diagrams. If you need some tips on cooking, just press the bu...

Hyperspectral imaging, like other spectral imaging, collects and processes information from across the electromagnetic spectrum. The goal of hyperspectral imaging is to obtain the spectrum for each pixel in the image of a scene, with the purpose of finding objects, identifying materials, or detecting processes. A Hyperspectral Imager is a type of remote sensing instrument that can accurately measure specific quantities for a number of disparate applications. Crop Health, Water Depth, Rock Typ...