Category: Culture & Related Trivia
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Omni-Directional Bike
Just one of those unusual things I found that I wanted to share with the world. To be fair, it’s a pretty impressive idea and feat of engineering. Watching this has made me think, once again, that I need a 3D printer. I saw something about some of the newer models which print inside a…
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Nanites?
Really interesting things being done by very small robots working together, but I can’t help but think of nanites from Star Trek TNG and the swarm from the book Prey by Michael Crichton. This video is about 2 minutes, 40 seconds long. I think it’s worth the watch. It’s one of those if you try…
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60 Seconds of Magic
After the guy finishes, he says it has to be worth a like and a share, and I agree with him. It’s 60 seconds well-spent.
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Climate Science
Climate science is an interesting topic. It’s extremely in-depth, people get very passionate about it. The biggest problem I have with it is that the people who are the most passionate, the most convinced that there is a problem, 1) Claim that the science is settled while more information floods in and 2) don’t even…
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Star Wars in Super Panavision!
I’ll let this trailer speak for itself.
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Creative Dent Strategy
This is the best idea for dealing with a dent I’ve seen in a while aside from repairing it.
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Flinging Satellites into Space
So this is kind of awesome. This company is trying a new approach to putting satellites into orbit. Instead of burning hundreds of thousands of gallons of rocket fuel (the video claims it’s fifteen-thousand gallons per second, which adds up quickly) for a rocket launch, they’re accelerating the launch vehicle at high speeds on the…
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The History of Daylight Savings Time
For those who, like myself, are interested in the minutiae of the history of things, this is a deep dive Glenn Beck did into the origins of Daylight Savings time. It spans all the way back to Ben Franklin, up through Woodrow Wilson, through the need to preserve coal for use with munitions during World…