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Crave - Plans get rolling for mission to Jupiter's icy moon Europa, Ep. 191

2015-02-05
hey guys my name is Steven Meacham and here's this happening this week on cnn's great blog the storm ebike is taking indiegogo by storm with its very cheap early bird price of $4.99 get it while the getting is good because that price will rise to $5.99 On February 6 and will eventually retail at $12.99 when it comes to market the storm ebike has a 350 watt motor and can reach speeds of 20 miles per hour with a range of 30 to 50 miles the battery fully charges in 90 minutes and it comes equipped with these awesome large knobby tires for off-roading check it out at IndieGoGo calm this book cover is judging you and if it determines you are judging it with a silly look on your stupid face it will not let you read it the cover that judges you is an experiment by Thea's bierce Dekker of Amsterdam based creative agency more and was designed to fit over other books the book has a built in camera with facial recognition software and in our dwee no board connected to an arm that keeps the book locked if it likes the look on your face it will open for injunction bhutva is clever and then the little Audrey no power look of a cheetah if it doesn't like your face it will remain locked so obviously the message here is don't judge a book by its cover and if I'm overexcited I don't at the end this USB thumb drive is literally a USB thumb drive Canadian photographer Justin Paulson made the thumb drives as part of a promotional mailer for his creative skills that contained a message suggesting that Paulson can help make clients stick out like a sore thumb well he got craves attention Polson used the mold of his own thumb and embedded working USB drives into them finishing off each drive with a careful and creepy paint job that is very realistic make sure you check out craves photo gallery of the thumb drives NASA's Administrator Charles Bolden said Monday that the Space Agency is planning a mission to Jupiter's ice-covered moon Europa which could depart in the early 2020s in his annual State of NASA address Bolden said looking to the future we're planning a mission to explore Jupiter's fascinating moon Europa selecting instruments this spring and moving toward the next phase of our work Europa is being targeted because scientists believe that under the icy shell of its surface lies a massive ocean which could lead us to discovering the building blocks for life much like the Curiosity rover did on Mars recently nASA has been testing a mission concept called Europa clipper currently under development by the Jet Propulsion Laboratory the Europa clipper would be sent into orbit around Jupiter on a path that would allow it to fly close to Europa using scientific instruments to determine if the hidden ocean might be an environment that could host life that's the show thank you very much for watching as always you can find all these news stories as seen as a great blog at crave dot cnet.com make sure you fill up crave on twitter at crave and check out this week's crave giveaway this week's crave giveaway we have a pair of a audio icon wireless bluetooth headphones a luxury pair of headphones from a audio go to the blog and enter to win you
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