The Week In Numbers: Google's Robot Army, A Beautiful View Of Pi, And More
Martin Krzywinski 3.14159265358979323846264338327: the first 30 digits of pi. Happy Pi Day! (see how science artist Martin Krzywinski turned the irrational number into colorful circular diagrams here) 1,315 times the diameter of the sun: the size of this yellow hypergiant star, one of the 10 largest stars ever discovered Artist's Interpretation of HR 5171 ESO 8: the number of robotics companies recently acquired by Google (read about Google's growing robot army here) Google's Robotic Army Illustration by Paul Lachine 14 shots per second: the speed of this fully automatic rubber band gun Rubber Band Machine Gun Courtesy Alex Shpetniy 12 percent: the portion of U.S. electricity that comes from recycled heat, compared with Denmark's 50 percent,...