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8bitfuture:

New streetlamps could improve your view of the stars.

A new paper published in the journal Optics Express describes a system for focusing light from streetlamps directly on the area required, with almost no light leakage horizontally or vertically. Conventional street lamps scatter up to 20% of their energy away from where it is required, not only wasting power but also leading to light pollution which obscures your view of the night sky.

The proposed LED lamp uses a lens to limit where the light is projected, with a reflecting cavity to recyle light that would otherwise be wasted. The team thinks the system would use between 10 to 50% less power to illuminate a section of road than current LED streetlamps, which are already more efficient than regular lamps.

A prototype is being developed and is hoped to be completed this October.

pLEASE

YES

This sounds awesome.

YES YES YES YES PLEASE

riconosberg:

i thought that we should appreciate bobby because why the fuck not

beshapontmercy:

ispun:

anarchyinthefia:

patripatitoo:

puntosport:

FÓRMULA 1 - El casco que usará Sebastian Vettel en el GP de Mónaco causa polémica pues según la temperatura cambian los colores. Cuando los grados suben, la chica que aparece en bikini en la parte trasera, se convierte en top-less

Let’s put it this way, Sebastian is a man so It is completely normal that he likes this kind of things where a girl is topless. What were you expecting? a picture of Bart Simpson?

Yeah, But everybody doesn’t like “bitches” like that girl.

He likes girls. But why he shows it?

My english is crap.

I like men. I don’t walk around with a picture of a naked man on my shirt. You don’t HAVE to objectify women when you’re a hetero/bisexual male. I know plenty who don’t. Yes, they all like looking at naked women. They don’t use them as decoration though.

*I realise I’ve bitched a lot about this on Twitter and not on here so I’mma say it then shut up*

There is nothing wrong with nudity. Nothing at all. But there is a time and a place for it, and on the helmet of a three-times world champion for the most publicised Grand Prix of the entire calendar is not it. Yes, she’s a cartoon and I get what it’s in homage to, but it still doesn’t mean it’s acceptable. Sexualising people is absolutely fine, but there is a time and a place for it and this is certainly not it. I mean, if I were a racing driver and kept putting sexy men all over my helmet, people would kick up a fuss, right? I think I saw a post on here of a Marina and the Diamonds video where she’s surrounded by half naked wet sexy men, and there was some commentary saying that she’d been getting criticisms on it, but actually male artists make videos with women dancing around in bras and pants in showers all the time and we just smile and nod. We live in a society of double standards for sure. But yes, my key points in summation as to why I dislike this helmet:

• Formula 1 = not a place for nudity
• Society is full of double standards
• Boobs are awesome but not on the helmet of a man who is a role model to a lot of kids who will be watching and will see the helmet. (It’s like fucking Page 3, which is another argument for another time)

So yes. That’s all I’mma say.

WAHAHAHA THIS