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Genius Water Bottle “Recycling” for Airports
... or we could just stop TSA from enforcing inane rules and regulations?
View ArticleSky Diving Masters
Swimming through the air! Four sky divers show off their moves in a vertical wind tunnel in Prague:
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We Have Joined the Club
The awesome "Minivan Owner" club, that is. Isn't she a beaut, Clark?
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Whoa… Seamlessly Inserting Objects into Pictures
This is very impressive work - I had to keep reminding myself while watching that the background was a photograph and the objects were NOT real: Rendering Synthetic Objects into Legacy Photographs from...
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Encounter with a Wheel Bug
Alternate title: "How to unknowingly expose your kids to a potentially dangerous bug and live to tell the tale." This past weekend we went to pumpkin fest - it was a gorgeous, perfect day to spend...
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The Platypus
Platypus are also the only mammals known to have a sense of electroreception: they locate their prey in part by detecting electric fields generated by muscular contractions. The platypus: proof that,...
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Perspective (With Respect to Space)
Perspective is important, so you get a two-fer today. First, the relative sizes of our planets and various stars. The largest celestial body in the previous pane is the smallest in the next pane:...
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Perspective (With Respect to Time)
It's good to keep a proper perspective about how big the universe is. It is also instructive to remember just how old the universe is as well. Carl Sagan popularized the idea of compressing the entire...
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Fan Fort!
One of my favorite indoor activity with Libby is building forts. We have made pillow forts, blanket forts, and laundry basket forts. But I think we really outdid ourselves when we made this "fan fort":...
View ArticleBlind Spots and Seeing Your Own Eye’s Vascular Network
I actually did the activity near the end of this video (looking through a pin hole of light to see the vascular network inside my own eye). It was incredible and, pun intended, eye opening. Try it -...
View Article“Walking Through Steel” Magic Trick
Oh man, I am definitely NOT the "coolest" Michael Barron on this beautiful planet. Ladies and gentlemen, I present a jaw-dropping rehearsal video of Michael Barron (the magician) doing his thing:
View ArticleRendered Assembly of Lego Millennium Falcon
Assembly of the Lego set 10179 from Star Wars Ultimate collector series in stop motion in 3d. Created using 3ds max and V-ray. A very long work over 3 years, modelling all the pieces by myself. and...
View ArticleBeautiful!
Oh hi there! Why yes, you are right - I have not blogged for some time. My sincere apologies. No, wait. Screw the typical apologies. I'm not really sorry; life is busy, and wonderful, and full. And...
View ArticleWhere is Matt? (again!)
Back in 2008 Matt Harding went around the world and danced. It was awesome. And now he's done it again! I love these two videos; they always make me cry. This world, it's people, are so wonderfully...
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