Intrinsitivity

Is it, I Am or I AM?

To help bridge the digital/analog divide, use Google Earth to see the Earth’s most extreme environments without leaving the seat of your chair.

Google Earth Community: Extreme Series – Updated Everyday

This currently includes:

• KVLY-TV mast, USA : Tallest man-made structure
• Chile : Strongest earthquake
• Colca Canyon, Peru : Deepest canyon
• Mt. Washington Observatory : Windiest place
• Millau Viaduct : Tallest bridge
• Mt. Baker, Washington : Snowiest Place
• Great Barrier Reef , Australia : Largest natural feature
• Karl-Marx-Hof, Vienna, Austria : Longest residential building
• Morecambe Bay : Largest quicksand
• Coco de mer, Seychelles : Largest seed
• Jack Hills, Australia : Oldest piece of earth
• Seoul, Korea : Most populated city
• Rafflesia arnoldii, Indonesia : Largest single flower/parasite
• Voronya Cave, Krubera, Georgia : Deepest cave
• Roe River, Montana : Shortest river
• Vredefort Crater, South Africa : Largest impact crater
• ScoresbySund Fjord, Greenland : Longest & deepest fjord
• Isaouane-n-Tifernine, Algeria : Highest sand dunes
• Bishop Rock, Isles of Scilly : Smallest island
• Lake Manitou : Largest lake within a freshwater island
• Red Sea : Warmest & saltiest sea
• Indonesia : Biggest archipelago
• Atlantic Ocean : Saltiest ocean
• Arctic Ocean : Smallest & least saltiest ocean
• Mera Peak, Nepal : Greatest vertical drop
• Lake Titicaca : Highest navigable lake
• Dead Sea, Israel & Jordan : Lowest elevation
• Challenge Deep, Mariana’s Trench : Deepest point
• Mt. Everest, Nepal : Highest elevation
• El Azizia , Libya : Hottest place
• Vostok station, Antarctica : Coldest place
• Cherrapunji, India : Wettest place
• Atacama Desert, Chile : Driest place
• Mill Ends Park, Portland, Oregon : Smallest park
• Angel Falls, Venezuela : Tallest waterfall
• Mauna Loa, Hawii : Biggest mountain
• Mauna Kea, Hawii : Tallest mountain
• Wilkes land, Antarctica : Thickest ice sheet
• Lake Baikal, Russia : Deepest lake
• Titan Arum, Indonesia & Talipot palm : Largest inflorescence

For no apparent reason, I am imagining trillions of tiny robots racing over oceans.

Robot walks on water

Researchers Yun Seong Song, a PhD student in mechanical engineering, and Metin Sitti, assistant professor in mechanical engineering, both from Carnegie Mellon University, have recently built a robot that mimics the water strider’s natural abilities. The first water striding robot, with an appearance and design closely resembling its insect counterpart, doesn’t ever break the surface tension of the water, and is highly maneuverable.