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Day: August 22, 2013

Special Effects in TV Shows: Game of Thrones (all seasons)

My humble opinion is that Game of Thrones is probably one of the most complex TV Shows seen so far on HBO, with memorable characters, great story and twisted endings for most episodes. The world of GOT includes fights, breathtaking sceneries, unnatural creatures, castles and so many seasons, everything well mixed. Viewers like to have a blasting experience when watching the show, so the producers are making sure that they will get the best...

NASA Scientists are working on real warp engine that could get us from Earth to Sun in 8 minutes

Engineers at NASA are trying really hard to lay the foundations of a new technology that would allow us to travel at speeds greater than the speed of light. Inspired by Sci-Fi movies like Star Trek where the space ships have to travel dozens, even hundreds of light years in a few hours, the U.S. space agency is working on a way to translate the "warp speed" into reality. If this technology is possible, it would solve the biggest problem of space...