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...

Free Internet

Over the past few years I have had the opportunity to travel to several different events all over the United States. Over this time I have noticed that companies have a tendency to create internet acc...

Self Publishing

I have a very good friend, Chris Nicolaisen, who has been living in Alaska for a few years now.  During his time there he has served on a fishing vessel and has experienced some truly horrific sigh...

Professional Street Artists

I recently was in Sweden and ran into a wonderful street performer named Pare that played the violin in a small town train station. The first song I heard him play was exceptional.  I decided to talk...

Printing an iPhone cover

I recently bought a Silhouette Cameo cutting machine and I highly recommend it.  It is a great tool for DIY engineering and really helps with different tasks that previously required ordering somethi...

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...

Happy Independence day Canada

I don’t know an person in the world that has a thing against Canada, you are a wonderful country my Nordic friends!  I am glad you guys made it out of British rule too! Here is a great overview...

News and Media that I enjoy

There are a few different types of media that the Internet has to offer and I really appreciate the diversity.  I thought I would write a quick post on the differences between the different types and...

Melting Metal with EM Fields

I am constantly on the outlook for people that think outside the box, or do something in an abnormal way. Recently a video caught my eye, hopefully you will think it is as neat as I did. Levitation in...