The Wildlife Conservation Society has an awesome Google maps overlay of Manhattan in 1609. It’s interesting in a number of respects. You can find out what flora and fauna were around in the area at the time. Also it seems to cover the lower parts of Manhattan which I thought were mostly [...]
Boing Boing has a really interesting video with David Attenborough about carnivorous pitcher plants. These plants are so large that it’s said they have been known to consume small rodents. The best part about this video is a visually stunning surreal time lapse segment showing how the plant constructs the pitchers.
Video: giant carnivorous [...]
Here’s an interesting prototype of a generator using rotational motion, powered by sugar and yeast. It sounds like it just causes an imbalance in the system and gravity does the rest. I don’t think that he’s hooked a generator up to it yet, but it’s still an interesting concept. I’m powered by [...]
This could only play in Britian. That’s unfortunate because it’s hysterical.
Here is an interesting engine concept that is making the rounds lately. The Brickley Engine Configuration, 15-20% Increase in Fuel Efficency, 15-20% Decrease in CO2 Emissions is the promise of the engine, I’m not sure if it’s in practice yet. It’s a very interesting configuration and looks to be a promising engine concept. [...]
I have a penchant for all things reuse. Take this brilliant example of a UNICAT truck that someone turned into a gorgeous RV. I can’t imagine the amount of work that went into this, but it was well worth the effort. It’s so legendary that it had to be put on snopes [...]