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How does a wing generate lift? You're wrong.

tags: wing, lift, flow, aerodynamics, physics, aeroplane, plane, airplane

We've all heard, and probably believe this explanation of how a wing works: airflow is split at the leading edge of a wing, that part of the stream which flows over the top curved section of a wing must... more inside
posted by therealblankman  21 hours 35 minutes 22 seconds ago • 0 comments
310 views • length 1:14
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Physical Tetris.

tags: Tetris, analogue

Action starts at 2.30
posted by Ti_Moth  6 months 1 week ago • 5 comments
795 views • length 9:27
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posted by deathcow  2 days 18 hours 37 minutes ago • 1 comment
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Jim Henson's Robot

tags: Jim Henson, Robot, ATT

Jim Henson made this film in 1963 for The Bell System. Specifically, it was made for an elite seminar given for business owners, on the then-brand-new topic — Data Communications.
posted by sfarias40k  1 day 4 hours 22 minutes ago • 5 comments
435 views • length 3:19
 
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Hockey Rink Roof Collapses

tags: fail, hockey

From Youtube: 22 January 2012 -- Roof of the recently opened ice rink in Námestovo, Slovakia couldn't support the weight of snow and collapsed. Young hockey players were training on the ice just before the accident together with former Florida Panthers right wing Richard Zednik.
posted by dhdigital  2 days 3 hours 11 minutes ago • 1 comment
351 views • length 3:23
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Scientists Learning How to Program Cells

tags: genetic, bacteria, ecoli, programming, biology, biofuel, medicine, code

Youtube - "Scientists are engineering e-coli bacteria to behave in a way that will one day allow living cells to be programmed to act logically, just like a computer."
posted by burdturgler  7 months 2 weeks ago • 2 comments
406 views • length 2:08
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Volkswagen Electric Bicycle

tags: vw, ebike, electric bike, volkswagen

With Volkswagen „Think Blue stands for ecological and sustainable mobility. But that is not necessarily a car as Wolfsburg demonstrated at the Auto China 2010 in Beijing. Their latest „Think Blue-project is a bicycle...
posted by Grimm  1 month 2 weeks ago • 1 comment
284 views • length 1:08
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Skyrim on a TI-84 Calculator

tags: Skyrim, sky, rim, calculator, program, programming, TI 84 Plus, Math

Gamesdot.org description: "YouTube user no9sniper has — to the consternation of high school teachers everywhere — created a simple, text-based RPG that lets you wander around “Skyrim” doing many... more inside
posted by Auger8  5 days 13 hours 2 minutes ago • 1 comment
419 views • length 2:44
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Tiny Origami apartment in Manhattan unfolds into 4 rooms

tags: tiny apartment, tiny home, small apartment, small space, transformer furniture

YT Description: In 2005, third-grade-teacher Eric Schneider bought as big as an apartment as he could afford in Manhattan. He paid $235,000 for a 450-square-foot studio with a tiny kitchen. Then he... more inside
posted by Auger8  6 days 14 hours 45 minutes ago • 3 comments
330 views • length 9:12
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Time lapse: Chinese rocket caught on video

tags: chinese, rocket, vlt, telescope

During this time-lapse taken from the VLT complex at Paranal observatory, I caught an small sequence of a rare blurred object (0:14-0:18). The object is probably related to the launch of the FengYun-2F... more inside
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posted by critical_d  1 week 3 days ago • 1 comment
406 views • length 23 secs
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Spider Rider

tags: spider, rider

A great costume idea :)
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posted by Fusionaut  3 months ago • 2 comments
563 views • length 19 secs
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This Animatronic Baby Will Haunt Your Dreams

tags: baby, robot, animatronic, squirm

Tech Buzz KILL IT WITH FIRE! Or just disconnect its power source. You know, whatever. YouTube Description: Animatronic baby mechanism for anonymous job..
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posted by mintbbb  6 days 3 hours 7 minutes ago • 10 comments
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posted by arvana  1 year 10 months 2 weeks ago • 1 comment
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Quintron's Weather-Controlled Singing House Synth

tags: Quintron, weather controlled, singing, house, synth, new orleans, musician, inventor

A new and as-always fun and functional project from New Orleans genius musician/inventor, Quintron. It’s really a beautiful idea, especially the rain drop trigger. In my perfect parallel universe every... more inside
posted by Trancecoach  1 week 2 days ago • 2 comments
537 views • length 3:44
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Dorkly Bits: Sim City Monster Hates Your City

tags: Dorkly Bits, Sim City, monster, hates, dislikes, your city, creation, talks, UFO, alien

"I think we can all agree that gridlock is the real monster here." From http://www.dorkly.com/video/17907/dorkly-bits-sim-city-monster ...
posted by ant  7 months 1 week ago • 5 comments
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Burning Man: Beyond Black Rock

tags: burning man, black rock, Nevada, Larry Harvey, eric3579

In the words of eric3579, who LOVES this (and I don't blame him): BURNING MAN: BEYOND BLACK ROCK goes behind the scenes of a social revolution to explore the philosophy that fuels it, the social contract... more inside
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posted by rasch187  2 years 10 months 1 week ago • 12 comments
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Liquid-piston-driven concept watch

tags: HYT, watch, watches, Hydrolic Watch, hydro mechanical, horology

YT Description: The H1 is the first timepiece ever to combine mechanical and liquid engineering. H1 is a proprietary Swiss movement with a 65 hour power reserve and manual winding - driving a unique high-tech fluidic module. HYT- a new dawn in watchmaking
posted by Auger8  1 week 5 days ago • 3 comments
685 views • length 2:04

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