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Avicii – Super Mario World Levels
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Why tornadoes and hailstorms are more common during the workweek
A new study suggests that in the summertime, tornadoes and hailstorms in the eastern US occur significantly more often during the middle of the week. Why? There's more pollution during the workweek due to commuting and other factors. From National Geographic... (more...)
An easier-to-build solar cell
Solar cells are not easy to build, but a new technology from Notre Dame could, someday, change that. It involves a nanoparticle paste made from t-butanol, water, cadmium sulfide and titanium dioxide. Here, you watch the process of constructing a solar cell this way and see why it could be easier and cheaper than current options. The downside: [...]
FighterJet + GoPro = Awesome
GoPro's are becoming my new favorite toy.
Tom Cruise at the top of the Burj Khalifa in Dubai
The actor has been snapped perched precariously on a box at the very top of the 829m (2,723ft) Burj Khalifa in Dubai dressed in a grey T-shirt and jeans. Daredevil Cruise was so carefree he wasn't even wearing any shoes. And if you're starting to doubt the authenticity of the photo, a video has been released showing Cruise casually sitting [...]
Rollercoaster staircase
This awesome rollercoasteroid staircase is underway in Germany... The walkable, large outdoor sculpture Tiger & Turtle – Magic Mountain is currently in construction on the Heinrich Hildebrand Höhe in Duisburg Wanheim (D). It overtops the plateau with the artificially heaped-up mountain by 21m | 23yd so the visitor can rise by more than 45m [...]
60-Second Adventures in Thought
Although, GPS does not use special relativity in it's function - it has to account for it in order to function - If special relativity did not exist, gps would still be possible.
Address Is Approximate
Using stop-motion animation and imagery from Google Maps Street View, director Tony Jenkins provides a look at how a lonely desk toy manages to escape his confined world and take a cross country drive to the Pacific coast. (more...)
The Seven Deadly Online Sins
6 extremely well known websites, and then Seamless... Viral ad campaign maybe? I can see it now... "Hey boss, I have this idea for a new viral campaign! This is going to be huge! By the way, how do you feel about associating your brand and customers with blatant gluttony?" "Sounds good to me. Just make sure you don't use our name or reveal [...]
Explosive pumpkin carving in science class
This science teacher illustrated gas-expansion for his students by trapping a flammable gas inside a pumpkin whose Jack O Lantern face had been cut and not removed, then waited for the pressure to build up until the face exploded out of the pumpkin.
Home thermostat that “learns” from iPod designer
The Nest thermostat was designed by Tom Fadell, aka the "father of the iPod." It will cost $250 and will be available next month.... Nest learns from your temperature adjustments, programs itself to keep you comfortable, and guides you to energy savings. You can control the thermostat from anywhere using a smartphone, tablet or laptop, and Nest [...]
Photoshop “unblur” leaves MAX audience gasping for air
Now that's damn impressive. I’m with the audience at 1:18 and again later when Kevin Lynch’s picture is unblurred. I just hope I kept all of those amazing but flawed pictures that I can now unblur.
What reward does your brain actually seek?
Dopamine does a lot of things, but you're probably most familiar with it as the chemical your brain uses as a sort-of system of in-game gold coins. You earn the reward for certain behaviors, usually "lizard-brain" type stuff... eating a bowl of pudding, for instance, or finally making out with that cute person you've had your eye on. And, as [...]
Animated video about the placebo effect
The Professor Funk made a fun video about the placebo effect. Now excuse me while I shoot up my morning dose of saline.
Two floppy disk drives play the Imperial March
I may be incorrect but that looks like an Arduino board and he's just sending seek commands to the drives, in a specific way, to make the different tones.
Penn & Teller’s Magic and Mystery Tour: exploring magic’s roots in China, India and Egypt
We just watched Penn & Teller's Magic and Mystery Tour, their 2003 documentary on traditional magic in China, India and Egypt, and really enjoyed it. Penn and Teller resolve to track down performers who are still doing the street magic that inspired western magicians in years gone by -- the Indian Rope Trick, the Egyptian Gali Gali men with [...]
Space Station time-lapse video with Imaginary Foundation soundtrack
We recently posted the magnificent time-lapse video taken from the International Space Station orbiting the Earth. Here is that same video with its magnificence further amplified by an appropriately epic and glistening soundtrack by the Imaginary Foundation.
Time-lapse video taken from International Space Station orbiting Earth at night
It's worth watching the HD version in full-screen mode. A time-lapse taken from the front of the International Space Station as it orbits our planet at night. This movie begins over the Pacific Ocean and continues over North and South America before entering daylight near Antarctica. Visible cities, countries and landmarks include (in order) [...]
