Shadow Pioneer

That’s right… Woah… That was literally the sound that left my mouth when I saw the first installment of “The Year 2008 in Photographs” on Boston.com’s website.

Take a look, however, I must warn you, some of the images are shocking, and not pleasent.  Most of the ones that are this way will show up black until you click on the warning for the images.  The first photo, for me, is very inspiring (as a photographer).  It’s amazing.

So, I just read an article about a contract by the Pentagon.  The contract is for a power source that soldiers can wear on their body to power things such as gps, flashlights, those really cool night vision goggles, etc…  The rules? Simple, must provide 20 watts of average electric power for 96 hours, meet a brief peak power demand of up to 200 watts, and weigh no more than 8.8 pounds.  Easy right?

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