The Fastest Living Thing on the Planet
A Cheetah? A hummingbird? No, the smallest living thing is much smaller. Richard Hammond will tell you what it is: [Via NRC]
Category: Science
Magnet falls slowly to copper pipe
Note the magnets are not attracted to the copper. The physics of the process is explained briefly by thedevguy: The movement of the magnet induces an electric current in the copper and with electric...
Moment of Geeky Classics: Pale Blue Dot
The Pale Blue Dot: The picture of Earth from 4 billion miles away. One of the most famous pieces of Carl Sagan and something every human should have seen:
Augmented Reality Cinema
This is a video for an “Augmented Reality Cinema” app that plays movie scenes filmed in your current location.The app is “coming soon,” and looks like it will launch in London. If it really...
TED: Moral Operating System
At TEDxSiliconValley, Damon Horowitz reviews the enormous new powers that technology gives us: to know more — and more about each other — than ever before. Drawing the audience into a philosophical discussion, Horowitz...
Robojuggler
The researchers from Department of Control Engineering at Prague’s Czech Technical University built an robotic juggler that is able to juggle with five billiard balls at the same time. The five ball juggling operation...
Artfully visualizing our humanity
Artist Aaron Koblin takes vast amounts of data — and at times vast numbers of people — and weaves them into stunning visualizations. From elegant lines tracing airline flights to landscapes of cell phone...
