n-rd » Science http://blog.n-rd.com Everyone has an inner n-rd. Tue, 10 May 2011 15:59:32 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.6 en hourly 1 Holographic head projection music video http://blog.n-rd.com/2010/02/23/holographic-head-projection-music-video/ http://blog.n-rd.com/2010/02/23/holographic-head-projection-music-video/#comments Tue, 23 Feb 2010 19:26:51 +0000 Adam http://blog.n-rd.com/?p=305 Some swearing at the end so be careful. I don’t know how they did this but it’s amazing.

Make: Online : Holographic head projection music video

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Systemic

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QualiaSoup video: Critical Thinking | Bad Astronomy | Discover Magazine

]]> http://blog.n-rd.com/2010/01/04/critical-thinking/feed/ 0 How (analog) traffic lights work http://blog.n-rd.com/2009/12/29/how-analog-traffic-lights-work/ http://blog.n-rd.com/2009/12/29/how-analog-traffic-lights-work/#comments Tue, 29 Dec 2009 15:54:02 +0000 Adam http://blog.n-rd.com/?p=277 Make has a neat video they’ve found about how traffic lights work. Mostly analog, but talking about the solid state version toward the end.

Make: Online : How (analog) traffic lights work

]]> http://blog.n-rd.com/2009/12/29/how-analog-traffic-lights-work/feed/ 0 The Known Universe http://blog.n-rd.com/2009/12/17/the-known-universe/ http://blog.n-rd.com/2009/12/17/the-known-universe/#comments Thu, 17 Dec 2009 16:04:25 +0000 Adam http://blog.n-rd.com/?p=266 Wow! There seem to be a good number of these kinds of videos popping up lately. This one is a breathtaking view of the known universe to scale. It’s constructed by the Hayden Planetarium. Absolutely amazingly done.

The Known Universe

I’d love to see one of these with human understanding of the universe over time.

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Change blindness experiment Boing Boing

]]> http://blog.n-rd.com/2009/12/14/change-blindness/feed/ 0 Images of both martian moons http://blog.n-rd.com/2009/12/12/images-of-both-martian-moons/ http://blog.n-rd.com/2009/12/12/images-of-both-martian-moons/#comments Sat, 12 Dec 2009 22:42:09 +0000 Adam http://blog.n-rd.com/?p=260 Some great images of both martian moons. These are the ESA Mars Express.

ESA – Mars Express – Pioneering images of both martian moons – images

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The Mystery of Saturn’s Massive Hexagon Deepens (VIDEO)

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I’m now kinda sad we don’t have rings.

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In Pictures: ‘Virgin Galactic SpaceShipTwo Debut’ – Monsters and Critics

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