I gave a talk on my Masters Thesis Project in Architecture focusing on Altering Soundscapes in Exterior Environments using Helmholtz Resonators in Ceramic Bricks to absorb Low Frequency Traffic Noise. ... continue reading
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Wildfires in Hawaii fanned by strong winds burned structures in areas including the historic town of Lahaina, forcing evacuations and closing schools in several communities. Rescuers pulled a dozen people... continue reading
posted by newtboy 9 months 1 week ago • 113 views • 2:14From https://www.sms-tsunami-warning.com/pages/richter-scale#.X-u0B7dME0E.
posted by ant 10 months ago • 162 views • 2:24It seems the Everglades are a better habitat for pythons than their native habitat, and they are growing to record size eating the native fauna.
posted by newtboy 10 months 1 week ago • 251 views • 35 secsThe biggest of instruments. Takes a half hour long video just to explore MOST of it.
posted by BSR 11 months 2 weeks ago • 6 views • 29:53From Youtube, "You are not a person, you are a planet, made of roughly 40 trillion cells. There is so much of you, that if your cells were human-sized, you would be as big as 20 Mount Everests. For your... continue reading
posted by w1ndex 2 years 6 months 2 weeks ago • 313 views • 11:46Metals have a crystal structure. But they're not one big crystal, they're lots of small crystals called grains. The size of the grains affects the physical properties of the metal, like hardness, toughness,... continue reading
posted by newtboy 2 years 7 months 1 week ago • 135 views • 8:45From Youtube, "In and out, in and out. Staying alive is about doing things. This very second, your cells are combusting glucose molecules with oxygen to make energy available, which keeps you alive for... continue reading
posted by w1ndex 3 years 6 months 1 week ago • 324 views • 11:05YouTube description: People use boats for all kinds of reasons, and in the same way, there are all kinds, shapes, sizes, and ages of locks used for waterway navigation across the world. Freight is big... continue reading
posted by Aard Vark (oritteropo) 4 years 1 month 1 week ago • 248 views • 10:37YouTube description: This translucent Deepstaria jelly unfurled as it whorled and shapeshifted in currents created by ROV Hercules' thrusters. Its bright red resident isopod, a relative of the pillbug,... continue reading
posted by Aard Vark (oritteropo) 4 years 7 months 3 weeks ago • 793 views • 5:43YouTube description: I got to see an Ocean Sunfish (Mola mola) up close and personal at the Monterey Bay Aquarium recently and I fell in love. These things are the superlative of superlatives. They... continue reading
posted by Aard Vark (oritteropo) 4 years 10 months 2 weeks ago • 1,838 views • 3:58YT: Bill describes how the minimization of surface area and inertia compete to form droplets. He then shows how engineers use this knowledge to create precisely-sized droplets in a commercial inkjet printer... continue reading
posted by Fantomas 4 years 12 months ago • 732 views • 5:52YouTube description: Dams serve a wide variety of purposes from hydropower to flood control to storage of water for municipal and industrials uses. But when a dam’s useful purpose fades away, the... continue reading
posted by Aard Vark (oritteropo) 5 years 1 month 3 weeks ago • 1,291 views • 8:40YouTube description: Ruben Orozco Loza is an artist from Guadalajara, Mexico. He is a self-taught sculptor. He creates sculptures of celebrities and everyday people using modeling clay, silicone, resin,... continue reading
posted by Aard Vark (oritteropo) 5 years 2 months 2 weeks ago • 1,440 views • 3:06YouTube description: A bisected grape in the microwave makes plasma. But how does it work? A grape is the right size and refractive index to trap microwaves inside it. When you place two (or two halves)... continue reading
posted by Aard Vark (oritteropo) 5 years 2 months 4 weeks ago • 732 views • 8:16YouTube description: What would it be like if our eyes could see more colors? We may never be able to answer that, but we can build devices that can do the work for us. Over the last three weeks we've... continue reading
posted by Aard Vark (oritteropo) 5 years 4 months 2 weeks ago • 449 views • 9:29YouTube description: Until the mid 1950’s, small short-range airliners like the twin engined IL-14 were really the only type the Soviet Union produced. And that meant flying across the country’s... continue reading
posted by Aard Vark (oritteropo) 5 years 4 months 3 weeks ago • 426 views • 10:05YouTube description: Picture this: you're gorging on leftover Halloween candy. You take a bite of a fun-size chocolate bar and instead of sugary goodness, you get a flash of blinding pain in your tooth!... continue reading
posted by Aard Vark (oritteropo) 5 years 6 months 2 weeks ago • 236 views • 2:59YouTube description: Jide Ipaye loves sneakers. Growing up, he had a hard time finding cool ones in his size, so he learned to make his own. But why keep a good thing to yourself? His Keexs line, with... continue reading
posted by Aard Vark (oritteropo) 5 years 7 months 3 weeks ago • 72 views • 2:28