DARPA Prize
This is a direct copy of an e-mail I recently received. Worth the read, but definitely watch the video. In 2005 DARPA (Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency) Sponsored the DARPA grand challenge....
Making of a Paper Clip
I find this gif very soothing and oddly fascinating....
Commercial Space Program – Virgin Galactic
I don’t know about you but one of the top things on my bucket list is to go into outer space. Only a few years ago your chances of going to space in your life were one in a few hundred million...
The Power of Friction
I have soldered wire with friction, lit things on fire with friction, even warmed my hands with friction, but this is just epic!...
Lockheed U-2!
Can someone please tell me how I can get a flight on a Lockheed U-2 like James May did? These are some amazing sights that he had the opportunity to see. Yes, it’s James May, aka, Captain Slow o...
Supersonic Ping Pong Ball
Have you ever wanted to know how rockets work? Have you ever wanted to see a ping pong ball go through a piece of wood? Then you must watch this video! This video explains the physics behind how...
M.I.T. on Invisible Motion
I have always been intrigued by fun and interesting research and M.I.T. often has something for me to talk about. As you know from my Videos in Research post, I really like to see videos used in res...
Simple but Elegant
Concrete can be manufactured to an inexhaustible range of specifications; it has been manufactured to suit all sorts of applications from bridges and buildings, to safety systems like airplane arresti...