Holographic head projection music video
Some swearing at the end so be careful. I don’t know how they did this but it’s amazing.
D&D on the Microsoft Surface
Not really a large fan of the game, but a definitely a large fan of the technology and the interfaces that will come with these surfaces, or multi-touch table tops in general.
Seeing radio waves with a light bulb
A great discussion from Make regarding the working theory of radio waves and antennae.
MIT’s Bionic Man
Great article about an MIT professor and his work on artificial limbs. It explains well some of the problems that prosthesis currently have and really points out how they are largely unaddressed.
MIT’s Bionic Man: Accelerating the Integration of Body & Machine
Olympus Mons
A very good and lengthy article about the largest volcano in our solar system.
Image of the Day: Mar’s Olympus Mons -The Solar System’s Tallest Volcano
Do what you’ve always wanted with those office documents.
I’ve seen this around a few times and think it’s really a fantastic idea. As a nerd who loves machines that do unusual things, I think this is fantastic. I know that recycling paper is a notoriously difficult and costly thing to do so this is a pretty amazing engineering feat.
R.I.P Constellation
Mixed feelings today at the release of the presidential budget.
On one hand there is a good amount of funding for environmental science, and science research funding. I’m happy more about the last than the first as that’s where the big breakthroughs come from.
On the other hand we’re not going back to the moon anytime soon. Sad.
Mercury “beating heart” video
Awesome video repost of some weird chemical reactions involving mercury.
Soldiers of the Great War
I’ve stumbled across this great flash animation of the OstFront during WWII. It’s from the Russian perspective and gives an overwhelming amount of detail and interviews into this amazing series of battles.
Launching a Christmas tree
Make has a video where a guy decided to load up his Christmas tree with a bunch of rocket motors, instead of just throwing it out. I’m voting awesome.