05 March 2007
Drill Teams
The US Navy drill team:
The US Marine Corps Silent Drill team. Unlike the Navy team, the entire program is executed without verbal cues. This men are the gold standard of Drill teams:
The Rifle Inspection up close:
A longer video of the drill from a different perspective. And a link to other videos of USMC Drills.
The US Marine Corps Silent Drill team. Unlike the Navy team, the entire program is executed without verbal cues. This men are the gold standard of Drill teams:
The Rifle Inspection up close:
A longer video of the drill from a different perspective. And a link to other videos of USMC Drills.
Linnaeus' Flower Clock
From the pages of the Kircher Society, comes an article about a clock made out of live flowers. To tell time, you see which flower has bloomed since the plant bloom at particular times of the day.
04 March 2007
A Fractal Cauliflower
The green Romanesco cauliflower, of the B. oleracea Botrytis group, has been commercially available in Europe since about 1990 and is a nice example of fractals in nature:
The Saab Suite
A "ballet" with Saab cars as dancers in an ad from 1988 similar to the Isuzu Gemini TV Ad "Dancing in Paris" that I had blogged earlier.
Durtneck's Let It Slide
Time for a shameless plug: The band that two of my cousins are in. This is their first video, which I thought was really very good for a garage band!
The Morning Glory Pool
The Morning Glory Pool in the Upper Geyser Basin of Yellowstone National Park in Wyoming. The pool's runoff channel is in the upper right of the picture.
And another photo from The Yellowstone Ecology Institute:
This popular thermal pool about a mile away from Ol;d Faithful is a rather large pool, which used to be completely deep blue but is in its current state due to pollution of the pool in the early 1900s as people tossed money and charms into the pool. The yellow fringe has grown as the pool has cooled and yellow colored thermophiles (bacteria) have increased pushing out the blue thermophiles. The pollution causes pools like this to clog and thus cool.
And another photo from The Yellowstone Ecology Institute:
This popular thermal pool about a mile away from Ol;d Faithful is a rather large pool, which used to be completely deep blue but is in its current state due to pollution of the pool in the early 1900s as people tossed money and charms into the pool. The yellow fringe has grown as the pool has cooled and yellow colored thermophiles (bacteria) have increased pushing out the blue thermophiles. The pollution causes pools like this to clog and thus cool.
Black Tie Classics
Black Tie Classics in Stratford, NJ sells classic cars, and has some nice stock. I happened by there once, and made a quick pit stop to drool.
Ultimate Home Theater Rooms
From Tech E-blog comes an article about some The Ultimate Home Theater Rooms that people have built, such as a Batcave theater, a Death Star themed theater and this Opera House theater:
02 March 2007
Darwin’s God: Evolution and Religion
An excellent and fascinating article from the NY Times about the role of evolution in religion. "In the world of evolutionary biology, the question is not whether God exists but why we believe in him. Is belief a helpful adaptation or an evolutionary accident?"
14 February 2007
The Digital Sundial
Digital Sundials International's Digital Sundial which produces a digital readout of the time with no moving parts and nothing other than just the light of the sun.
13 February 2007
8 Diseases That Give You Superhuman Powers
8 Diseases That Give You Superhuman Powers: "Brain Diseases I Wish I Had"
11 February 2007
The Aqueon Hydrogen Fireplace
From Heat & Glo comes a fireplace that runs on water. Requiring 1/2 gallon of water an hour, the fireplace requires no venting because it burns hydrogen leaving only water vapor as a byproduct. There is no dangerous byproducts like carbon monoxide or nitrous oxide.
10 February 2007
The Parasitic Candirú
From DamnedInteresting.com, comes the story of a parasitic vertebrate, a fish known as the toothpick fish or Candirú, that is attracted to the ammonia released from the gills of fish as they breathe. That in itself would not be very bad at all, except for that fact that they can't distinguish between than and a human relieving himself in the Amazon. The fish swims up the uretha, lodges itself there with spines, and quickly becomes engorged with blood to the point it no longer is able to dislodge itself. Removal requires surgery -- the excruciating pain goes without saying.
Animated Knots
An excellent site that shows you all sorts of knots, with animations on how to make them.
The Amazing Origcami of Kamiya Satoshi
Origami maker Kamiya Satoshi has made some pretty incredible creatures. His colorful chonological gallery stretches back to 1999 and is filled with animals, fantastic creatures, plants, insects and geometric shapes. As far as I can tell everything is made form a single sheet of paper (sometimes as much as 2 meters square). The amount of detail is often spectacular -- for example each of the scales on the dragon at the beginning of this post is individually creased to look like a 3D scale, not glued on or some other cop out. Here is a page that shows one of his "simpler" creations, a beetle, and the diagram of the creases on the paper needed to make it and a search result from YouTube of videos of his work.
09 February 2007
'Doomsday' vault design unveiled
The 'Doomsday' vault, a vault that will house seeds from all known varieties of food crops has been unveiled by the Norwegian government.
07 February 2007
Surviving on more or less
Three articles on living within your means, and scraping by:
Surviving (and thriving) on $12,000 a year, Can you live on $12,000 a year, and Scraping by on $150,000.
Surviving (and thriving) on $12,000 a year, Can you live on $12,000 a year, and Scraping by on $150,000.
Fireworks, Lightning and a Comet
If it weren't for the fact that this photo was hosted on nasa.gov I would have thought it just a composite. Take note of the comet to the right of the fireworks too. For a full size version of the picture, click here.
Body Snatchers
From Damn Interesting comes an article about Capgras Syndrome wherein a person "suffers from the delusion that one or more of their close friends or family members have been replaced with exact duplicates."
Interactive Night Sky Map
SKY-MAP.ORG provides an excellent interactive map of the night sky which shows millions of objects, as well as constellations and the ability to see what is above you right now.
The Apollo Mission Panoramas
From Panoramas.dk comes interactive panoramic views in Quicktime of the Apollo 11 to Apollo 17 missions -- The missions that put the first and last man on the moon and every Apollo mission in between. Kind of like your own personal lunar holodeck! As the site claims: "Experience the moon just as the astronauts did -
almost as you were there."
The Panoramas.dk site has many other interesting intereactive panoramas for you to enjoy as well.
almost as you were there."
The Panoramas.dk site has many other interesting intereactive panoramas for you to enjoy as well.
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Making a wall sized poster
From MakeUseOf.com comes a free way to make a huge custom poster for your wall!
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CDX The Game Online
From BBC comes CDX an online game in the style of "You have amnesia and you wake up in a room and need to get out." High production values including video, etc. Beware... it is rather engrossing.
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The Best Place To Hide Money: Conversation With A Burglar
An interesting article from Personal Finance Advice about The Best Place To Hide Money based on a conversation with a former burglar. Of course, now that this article is in the public, maybe THOSE places aren't so safe anymore either!
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24 January 2007
The Maybach Excelero
A test drive of the $8 million one-off Mercedes Maybach Excelero.Be sure to watch the video!
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22 January 2007
05 January 2007
04 January 2007
Zombie Roach and Master Wasp
From the blog, The Loom comes a science article about Zombie Cockroaches and their Wasp Masters.
02 January 2007
25 December 2006
24 December 2006
17 December 2006
LIquid Treatment for body Armor
makes bullets bounce off...
http://www.metacafe.com/watch/270470/liquid_armor/
http://www.metacafe.com/watch/270470/liquid_armor/
The Metal Storm Gun
Amazing gun with no moving parts. Sends a wall of bullets out.
3 bullets leave the handgun version even BEFORE recaoil starts.
http://www.metacafe.com/watch/310622/fire_power/
3 bullets leave the handgun version even BEFORE recaoil starts.
http://www.metacafe.com/watch/310622/fire_power/
06 December 2006
Colorgrams: 3d With your Inkjet Printer
This site shows you how to make 3D images off your inkjet printer.
The work of Willard Wigan, MicroSculptor
Above is a picture of a sculpture done on an eyelash attached to the head of a needle, done by artist Willard Wigan
24 November 2006
21 November 2006
The Real Drift-King
A Youtube video titled The Teal Drift-King. I have to say... the guy has skills!
15 November 2006
Parking Paris : Le guide pratique du stationnement à Paris
Parking Paris is a website showing the parking lots in Paris. Rather helpful for the traveller who is driving in the city. INcidentally, the idea that you can't dive in Paris is false... If you can drive in New York City you can drive in Paris.
Google Earth in 4D
» Google Earth in 4D allows a bit of time travel by superimposing historical maps onto satellite imagery, as described in this ZDNet article.
03 November 2006
The future of 3D video
An article from Endgagdet with a video on the Cheoptics360 system, which allows viewing of live video in real time in 360 degrees.
02 November 2006
Will It Blend?
Belndtec Mixers presents Will It Blend? a seriesa of DO NOT TRY THIS AT HOME videos where they but everything into a blender from marbles to a rake.
01 November 2006
Better Than Blood?
OxyCyte is a liquid carrier for oxygen that may do its job better than our own blood, as the article from Poular Science shows.
27 October 2006
20 October 2006
Self Controlling Traffic Lights
An interesting paper on self controlling traffic light. A bit technical but rather interesting.
07 October 2006
Droolworthy Designer speakers
From the New Scientist Invention blog comes an intersting idea for designer speakers.
Ultimate body armour
From the New Scientist Invention blog comes an article about body armour that is capable of stopping sharp pointed rounds, including armor piercing bullets.
Invisible drone
From the New Scientist Invention blog, comes an article on invisible drones and how that invisilbility is achieved.
05 October 2006
28 September 2006
Technology and the Pursuit of Happiness
An article from DamnIntersting.com about Technology and the Pursuit of Happiness.
18 September 2006
14 September 2006
Lustron Homes
A series of articles on Lustron Homes, prefab homes meant to be the home of the future, made entirely of steel. Though only 2,500 or so of these homes were built, they have stood the test of time.
With thanks to C. Junceau for the introduction.
12 September 2006
LED Shirts
Particularly interesting for the fact that the LEDs are integrated into the fabric, and do not interfere witht he flexibility of the fabric.
With thanks to C. Junceau for the link.
With thanks to C. Junceau for the link.
11 September 2006
08 September 2006
Droolworthy GPS Device
From Sony comes a new GPS Device that tracks your the location of the pictures you took on a trip.
05 September 2006
Flight Patterns
Videos of flight patterns over the United States, based on real data, then computerized and extrapolated. Updated images based on better algorithms are also available.
Finch & Co.
The Finch's specialize in Wunderkammer (Cabinet of Curiousities) objects such as this table made from an elephant's ear:
Other items of similar nature can be found on their website, like "A mummified cat and two dogs," and a model of a three masted schooner made entirely of cloves.
Other items of similar nature can be found on their website, like "A mummified cat and two dogs," and a model of a three masted schooner made entirely of cloves.
Dionisio Minaggio's Feather Book
Dionisio Minaggio, Chief Gardener of Milan, created 157 collages of birds, hunters, tradesmen, musicians and Commedia del’Arte figures for his Feather Book. The book's pictures are composed entirely of birds' feathers in their natural, undyed colours. The Feather Book contains some of the earliest efforts to depict behaviour rather than simply showing the birds sitting in profile. The non-bird images are more elaborate.
To learn more, see Eleanor MacLean's article presented as a part of a feather Art Cymposium. An excerpt: "Feather art was first introduced to Europe by the Spanish explorers who had traveled to Brazil, Mexico and Peru. The majority of these works (with the exception of Philip II’s shield) are ecclesiastical in subject and use tiny feathers to imitate embroidery work. There is some suggestion that Minaggio drew his inspiration from the San Carlo Mitre which is now in Milan Cathedral. But Minaggio uses feathers of different sizes, cut to the appropriate shape and glued to a paper foundation. Minaggio seems to have been the only artist who created primarily secular scenes. What is certain is that no similar collection exists anywhere else and that this represents possibly the oldest preserved bird skins in existence, which makes them of importance taxonomically as well as artistically."
Dionisio Minaggio, Gardener to the Governor of Milan was the creator, and he made [this book] in the year 1618 156
03 September 2006
Little people
Pictures from an art project consisting of "little hand-painted people, left in London to fend for themselves."
How to Eat a Zebra in 40 Minutes
A series of still photos showing a brief hunt by lionesses then eating a zebra. Not particularly gory, and they are beautiful photos.
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