Here’s a nice little video that gives us a peek in to the world of electrons. I was surprised to find out how much mystery there is behind such a basic element of chemistry. The video also manages to paint an almost flirtatious relationship between electrons and scientists which I found pretty[...]
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October 17th, 2013 - 12:22 pm § in Uncategorized
Felix Baumgartner from all angles.
Red Bull released this video earlier this week. What you’re seeing is the famous record-breaking jump a year ago from all captured angles along with some real time data. This was just a mind-blowing event and I think this video captures the whole thing pretty perfectly. What an amazing record [...]
October 9th, 2013 - 8:17 pm § in Uncategorized
Sorcery with a Neodymium magnet
If I could get my hands on one of these I’m sure I could play with it for hours. Apparently these are Neodymium magnets passing through thick copper tubes. What happens is a pretty astounding lowered gravity effect. Embed This Video[...]
October 3rd, 2013 - 8:51 pm § in Uncategorized
World War II Time-lapse map
Here’s a video that shows a good representation of how different lands changed hands during World War II. Even if you don’t get the whole story it’s interesting to get a broad view of how things played out throughout Europe. Embed This Video[...]
October 1st, 2013 - 1:07 pm § in Uncategorized
The first step towards cyborgs?
The man in this video had to have his leg amputated after a motorcycle accident, and is apparently the first person to have a robotic limb replacement that is controlled by their mind. This is obviously a huge medical breakthrough but also exciting for any science fiction fan as human-robot hybrids [...]
September 25th, 2013 - 8:06 pm § in Uncategorized
Rice Engineering team helps someone out
This is very cool to see. A team of of Rice Engineering students have created a device to help a young man with brittle bone disease be able to do very simple tasks that he wouldn’t normally be able to because of the dangers of his condition. I’ll often see a video of a team […][...]
September 17th, 2013 - 10:36 am § in Uncategorized
The future of safety wear?
Here we see a demonstration of D3o, a material that is designed to absorb an impressively hard force. I can’t see any reason why this stuff won’t be in top of the line sports equipment and personal protection wear in the near future. Embed This Video[...]
September 11th, 2013 - 8:38 pm § in Uncategorized
Paper plane can fly forever.
Well, forever if you’re ok with your stove running forever. This is just a neat, and potentially dangerous, experiment where you can make a paper plane fly in a circle indefinitely. The design you see for the plane is pretty complex and not necessarily what you need, but the most important par[...]
September 10th, 2013 - 8:58 am § in Uncategorized
Solar Eclipse… on Mars
Here’s some footage from the rover Curiosity over Mars’ moon Phobos passing in front of the sun. Maybe most people already knew this, and I had to look it up, but yes, Phobos is really shaped like that. Our moon is much nicer. Embed This Video[...]
September 9th, 2013 - 7:38 am § in Uncategorized
Can you trust your eyes?
This has always been interesting to me. Our brains and our eyes work together to create the image we see, but what they come up with does not always match the reality. This video will show you some optical illusions that will trick your brain in to over-compensating and making you see things that ar[...]