Archive for the 'Science' Category

Up With Magnets!

Saturday, December 5th, 2009

I love Ferrofluid. I don’t pretend the beginning of this video, but I can certainly understand the awesomeness of the second part of the video.
Saturday Morning Science Experiment: Up With Magnets! Boing Boing

Stonehenge

Saturday, November 28th, 2009

It seems that a research group took some LIDAR and did a mapping of the Stonehenge area. This is a pretty short 3d rendering of that data mostly fly overs of the area.
Stonehenge: virtual 3D animation – Boing Boing

Jacob’s Ladder: 500kV Switch Opening

Friday, November 27th, 2009

Awesome video of a substation producing a Jacob’s ladder. I have no idea why this happened, I’d assume some kind of break down that allowed it. It is pretty spectacular.
YouTube – Jacob’s Ladder: 500kV Switch Opening

Digital Displays at Adler Planetarium

Thursday, November 26th, 2009

Looks like the Adler Planetarium has an interesting exhibit setup to showcase the images taken by LRO! It’s a virtual fly-by using the images taken from the LRO’s 500 megapixel camera.
Digital Displays at Adler Planetarium BizTech Magazine

Smart spectacles aid translation

Wednesday, November 25th, 2009

Looks like NEC is making great progress toward a universal translator. I think the best part about this is the projection onto the retina. This might just start leading the way in augmented reality devices.
BBC NEWS | Technology | Smart spectacles aid translation

Mandelbulb

Tuesday, November 24th, 2009

I must admit I’ve been a bit lax in posting one of the more interesting new pieces of Mathematics that has come around. I’ve enjoyed fractals for a long time and some of my first programs where of Sierpinski’s triangle, and the Mandelbrot. This has been saturating the interwebs, so I was reluctant [...]

Klingon as a First Language

Monday, November 23rd, 2009

From the “seriously, WTF?” files. Turns out a linguist is hell bent on messing up some children by only speaking Klingon to them.
Me thinks these(this) child might end up like Comic Book Guy.
Klingon as a First Language – Boing Boing

“Bomb-proof” kevlar wallpaper

Sunday, November 22nd, 2009

Make has this interesting video of a bomb proof kevlar wall. While it is neat there are a number of things that really don’t make sense to me here. First the wallpaper is held to the frame of the rig, as long as the wall paper doesn’t rip then the wall isn’t going [...]

The Lung Flute

Friday, November 20th, 2009

As a person with Asthma I found this device and demonstration very interesting. It’s amazing what simple little things can make a world of difference for some. They’re waiting for FDA approval, but I wonder if they have a way to measure the impact that this little device is going to have in [...]

Face off with a Leopard Seal

Wednesday, November 18th, 2009

Boing Boing shows this amazing video of a photographer from National Geographic. He went to document Leopard seals, but instead had a giant dangerous predator try and feed and adopt him.
Leopard seal teaches photographer how to catch penguins – Boing Boing

Everyone has an inner n-rd.