A boy named Alex Olinkiewicz takes the time to explain, from his perspective, what it’s like to have Asperger’s Syndrome. Very interesting stuff…especially if you know someone (as I do) who is thusly affected.
Engineers at Cornell University in upstate New York have designed this odd-looking machine, which can rebuild itself and perform repairs on itself. I especially like the part where they appear and disappear as needed. Very cool…this power of invisibility. What…?? Oh…never mind.
Certainly one of the most enduring, if not the best ever, amateur Star Wars lightsaber battle fan film. Two effect artists go to town. Very well done.
Ever wonder how they do that whole “absolutely, positively has to get there overnight” thing? Watch your precious cargo flying across the country for 24 hours in this video, set to a beautiful piece of music. The main hub is Memphis, Tennessee.
Star Trek fans will remember “the replicator”…which could create virtually anything on the spot upon voice command. Well, we’re moving in that direction, with nanotechnology. This video covers the basics of how nanotechnology is used to build machines which can build other things. Part chemistry, part computers, part LEGO building blocks. Very interesting stuff.
A beautifully-crafted animation covering the inner workings of a cell in the human body. It moves pretty quickly, but serves as a really nice reference piece. Created at Harvard University.
Ooh…this is a tasty watch. Two different sets of balls. The first is two ball bearings welded together…these are the Hurricane Balls. The Tetratops are plastic balls welded together. This gentleman places them on a mirrored surface, blows on them to make them spin much faster…and then plays with lights, both in the dark and [...]
No, I can’t explain it. I’m sure there’s a scientific mind out there who will enlighten us with a comment at some point. It seems that a substance is poured over the magnet, causing it’s magnetic polarity to be reversed. Cool stuff…!
The Aurora Borealis is one of the most beautiful sights in nature (caused by the collision of electrons found in the magnetosphere with atoms in the Earth’s upper atmosphere). But most of us will never have a chance to see it in person. Here’s a slideshow of some very tasty photos of this incredible phenomenon.
A very cool little movie made by a 9-year-old working just with MS Paint and XP.
Quaint newsreel footage of Dr. Llewellyn Heard, the “Bill Nye” of the 1950s.
Although the “reality TV era” has largely passed on the main networks, and programming has become a good deal more creative when at its best, most of the stuff that comes rolling out of the TV is still half-baked, lame, slick, shallow, cookie-cutter TV. So…when not actually watching something WORTH watching, why not take a [...]
