The Web’s Best Video Clips: Videos With A Brain

Archive for July, 2008

25 Jul

Rube Goldberg: Incredible Machine

Extended version of the “Fire Contraption” video, also found here. This one is 3 times as long. Features music by Chicanes Offshore. The machine was reportedly made in 1987 in Switzerland by Peter Fishcli and David Weiss.

14 Jul

Octopus Escapes Thru 1-Inch Hole

Octopuses have an amazing ability to squeeze through tiny crevices, cracks and holes. My fall BIOS independent studies student, Raymond Deckel, is investigating just how small a hole Octopus macropus can fit through as well as how long it takes them to squeeze through different sizes of holes. CAABS intern Rowena Day, NSF-REU intern Jared [...]

12 Jul

Magnetic Movie

Natural magnetic fields are revealed as chaotic, ever-changing geometries. Scientists from NASA’s Space Sciences Laboratory excitedly describe their discoveries. Natural magnetic fields are revealed as chaotic, ever-changing geometries as scientists from NASA’s Space Sciences Laboratory excitedly describe their discoveries. The secret lives of invisible magnetic fields are revealed as chaotic, ever-changing geometries. All action takes [...]

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