That movie scared the crap out of me as a little kid!!!

All I can picture is some poor slob in a pressure suit trying to use a pair of these, losing his/her balance, landing on their faceplate, *crack/whoosh*, one less intrepid explorer.

Technically, they're faster than the speed of *dark*. :)

The more I hear about this movie, the more I'm looking forward to it. The comic prequel tie-in sounds interesting; I'll have to keep an eye out for that if/when it gets released.

Whatever they offered him, I'm sure it'll end up being a bargain for them.

Right after they manage to build their own space navy to enforce a quarantine around it, keeping their market from crashing.

Never, EVER get tired of reading about the SR-71 program! Designed in the era of slide rule engineering, this beast has never been bested, period.

I just finished reading "Ready Player One" a month or so ago and absolutely loved it. Great story and so chock-full of pop culture references that I actually remembered! :)

Zero. Just stop clicking on story links that have anything to do with this.

Phontons are what Schroedinger's Siamese Cats have for kibble. :)

Fantastic. I don't care if this is more art than science, or how it was made - I can easily seeing this as being a case of nature mimicking art :)

Oh, and you forgot to yell "Get off my lawn!" while shaking your fist in the air, too.

Might be going out on a limb here, but, there is a SLIGHT chance that these researchers might have a better idea of what is a good goal to aim for? It could also be that semiconductor LEDs are harder to create in the color ranges needed for display tech.

They should've called it HEL On Wheels.

I thought the article was pretty clear - "as we know it" refers to LEDs that emitted in the visible spectrum, as opposed to the infrared ones of the 1950s.

Everyone should have such problems! :)

Hydrogen peroxide is also the "go-go juice" for current rocket belts. The stuff passes over a silver catalyst that creates ginormous steam pressure.

So, what you're saying is that you just wanted to make it absolutely nuclear to your potential reading audience? Personally, I'd rather just hang a sign on the periscope that says "Gone Fission." Hate to think I was Bohr-ing anyone. :)

I hear you :) I've got cautious optimism for the next installment in the XMFC world.

Do you really have to be a jackass? If you don't like anything related to Apple or Jesus' articles, it's really easy to not click on them and read them.