An application on Bing Maps allows users to view in great detail the devastation caused by the deadly tornado that hit Joplin, Missouri on May 22nd, 2011. The imagery used by Microsoft comes from one of the companies that the software giant has already been working with for its mapping platform, Surdex. With the Jo... |
9 June 2011
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Tornado is a video game made exclusively for the Nintendo DS handheld platform, developed by SKONEC Entertainment and published by Ignition Entertainment.
The game was released in North America on September 30, 2008, and in Europe on October 25, that same year, for the Japanese portable system.
The game puts yo... |
27 April 2011
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You would normally expect everybody to consider a tornado warning coming from the US National Weather Service, but a research carried out by Bob Drost, a doctoral student at Michigan State University, shows that 37% of people hearing a tornado warning do not fully understand the severity of the statement.As big stor... |
27 October 2010
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Since Facebook acquired FriendFeed last month, everyone has been wondering what's going to happen to the service and the technology behind it. Many were speculating that Facebook will incorporate some components at some point, or at least some feature. But no one really expected Facebook to open-source an import... |
11 September 2009
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Researchers from the National Weather Service (NWS) have always been curious as to why some people choose to completely disregard tornado warnings, and rather prefer to ride out the storms in their homes. While trying to answer this question, they have come out with a full report, where they seek to identify exactly ... |
11 March 2009
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Even though it might sound scary at first, Ignition Entertainment and game developers Success have teamed up to bring Tornado to North America. However, there is no reason to worry, since the tornadoes they bring are 100% virtual and they will never leave the small screens of the Nintendo DS handheld.Tornado seems to... |
16 June 2008
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The tornadoes are short and small storms, but the most violent of all types. They emerge and evolve over the inland continental areas. The best conditions of tornado formation appear when a cold air current chokes with a mass of wet warm air, giving birth to enormous dark clouds (called cumulonimbus). These clouds ... |
11 February 2008
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Could you imagine Eskimos facing tornadoes in their frozen North? Maybe not, but in the lab tiny igloos can generate "micro-tornadoes", allowing the researchers to investigate the deadly secrets of real tornadoes and perhaps help predict them.The translucent igloos, made of tiny water droplets and plastic balls, have... |
15 May 2007
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As Greensburg, Kansas was recently affected by a devastating tornado, Google Earth was quickly updated to display relevant pictures with the damaged areas. The photos were offered by Google's satellite provider DigitalGlobe that managed to capture impressive imagery with the zone. The updates are all included in... |
10 May 2007
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