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DARPA contractor shows off tiny robo-hummingbird UAV

kronosposeidon (http://engineering.videosift.com/member/kronosposeidon) — Sat, 04 Jul 2009 02:10:05 -0700

(12 votes - 2 comments - 162 views)
From Engadget: AeroVironment recently showed off its prototype of a nano-UAV (also called NAV) dubbed Mercury. It is able to fly about and hover in place by mimicking the wing movement of a real hummingbird and, of course, be controlled completely untethered. What's more, the firm says that the final version will actually look like a real hummingbird as well, and be able to be controlled from up to a kilometer away - even inside buildings.

Huge homemade Tesla coil

brycewi19 (http://engineering.videosift.com/member/brycewi19) — Fri, 03 Jul 2009 12:54:00 -0700

(23 votes - 0 comments - 632 views)
I'm not sure the CNN reporter even knew what they were looking at when they called it simply "a high voltage transformer".

It's quite impressive that this guy made this himself, considering how large it is.

Uncut interview with Craig Venter, by Richard Dawkins

BicycleRepairMan (http://engineering.videosift.com/member/BicycleRepairMan) — Fri, 03 Jul 2009 03:49:35 -0700

(14 votes - 1 comment - 268 views)
Richard Dawkins interviews Craig Venter for "The Genius of Charles Darwin", the Channel 4 UK TV program which won British Broadcasting Awards' "Best Documentary Series" of 2008. Craig Venter founded The Institute for Genomic Research and has been credited with being instrumental in mapping the human genome. His team published the first complete genome of an individual human - Venter's own DNA sequence.

Buy the full 3-DVD set of uncut interviews, over 18 hours, in the RichardDawkins.net store: http://richarddawkins.net/store/index...

This footage was shot with the intention of editing for a television program. What you see here is the full extended interview, which includes a lot of rough camera transitions that were edited out of the final program (along with a lot of content).

LOLrio Kart - 45mph shopping cart

Seric (http://engineering.videosift.com/member/Seric) — Thu, 02 Jul 2009 21:23:33 -0700

(14 votes - 8 comments - 920 views)
From Buzzfeed: The LOLrioKart is a shopping cart pimped out with a motor and wheels that's rigged to go up to 45MPH. I'm quite sure there's life-changing brilliance coming from the great minds at MIT. This, on the other hand, is just showing off. I'd like to see someone try and stop this thing with a banana peel.

Million Dollar Motorcycles, Each a Work of Art

kronosposeidon (http://engineering.videosift.com/member/kronosposeidon) — Thu, 02 Jul 2009 18:55:26 -0700

(18 votes - 3 comments - 384 views)
From Current TV: This video is a profile of custom motorcycle builder Chicara Nagata. Chicara has won numerous awards for his custom motorcycles, which take him over 7000 hours to build. They sell for over $1 million each and can be seen at the Ippodo Gallery in NYC.

Chicago's Sears Tower Unveils 'Glass Balconies'

Duckman33 (http://duckman33.videosift.com) — Thu, 02 Jul 2009 17:35:00 -0700

(29 votes - 4 comments - 669 views)
I put this is fear because I'm scared if heights. :P

TTXGP - World's First Electric Motorcycle Race -Race Footage

antonye (http://engineering.videosift.com/member/antonye) — Thu, 02 Jul 2009 03:28:41 -0700

(14 votes - 4 comments - 249 views)
The TTXGP is the first ever electric motorcycle road race, held at the historic Isle of Man circuit.

The race consists of one lap of the 37 mile road circuit.

This clip includes on-board race footage and rider interviews.

Ridiculous Bandsaw Skills -- You Won't Guess The Result

EDD (http://engineering.videosift.com/member/EDD) — Wed, 01 Jul 2009 16:20:07 -0700

(130 votes - 15 comments - 6681 views)
Part of the skill is arriving at final product with all of your fingers intact.

Computer game car made into real car

cybrbeast (http://engineering.videosift.com/member/cybrbeast) — Wed, 01 Jul 2009 15:33:12 -0700

(28 votes - 6 comments - 1943 views)
With GTbyCITROEN, a show-car presented at the 2008 Paris Motor Show, Citroen becomes the first vehicle manufacturer to cross over to the virtual worlds: An original take on a road car, GTbyCITROEN is a style replica of a vehicle from the digital world. The car is the result of a partnership between Citroen and Polyphony, designer of the driving simulation game Gran Turismo 5 on Playstation 3.
http://www.conceptcarz.com/vehicle/z15868/Citroen-GTbyCITROEN.aspx

How to start and drive a Model T Ford

arvana (http://arvana.videosift.com) — Tue, 30 Jun 2009 20:53:54 -0700

(19 votes - 0 comments - 219 views)
I remember Jeremy Clarkson mentioning on QI how difficult it is to drive a Model T. He wasn't far wrong.