YouTube 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
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YouTube description: The Multi Axis Trainer, or MAT, is an icon of space exploration and astronaut training. But other than spinning round kids at Space Camp: what's it actually used for? Thanks... continue reading
posted by Aard Vark (oritteropo) 5 years 5 months ago • 1,017 views • 3:13YouTube description: How many tries does it take an average player to do what professional pool players do on the first try? Your Average Pool Player attempts Corey Deuel's famous 2004 US Open draw... continue reading
posted by Aard Vark (oritteropo) 5 years 6 months 3 weeks ago • 1,732 views • 5:07YouTube description: We use some cherry tomatoes and Krakatoa Tubes in a classic demonstration of the value of safety goggles. Krakatoa on Objectivity: https://youtu.be/1bnvNI-j22E Previous Krakatoa... continue reading
posted by Aard Vark (oritteropo) 5 years 6 months 4 weeks ago • 986 views • 3:27https://youtu.be/cECsj2Bznig The Global Vehicle Target is the new standard for testing autonomous driving and crash test systems. To cameras and radar, it looks like a car: but if you hit it, it'll... continue reading
posted by Aard Vark (oritteropo) 5 years 8 months 3 weeks ago • 846 views • 4:33YouTube description: Wind can be one of the most critical and complicated loads on civil structures. The case of the Tacoma Narrows bridge is a well-known cautionary tale that’s discussed in engineering... continue reading
posted by Aard Vark (oritteropo) 5 years 9 months 1 week ago • 707 views • 8:48YouTube description: Fritz Lang directed an extremely innovated film in 1929 called Woman in the Moon. (Frau Im Mond in German). He hired rocket pioneer Hermann Oberth to be his technical director,... continue reading
posted by Aard Vark (oritteropo) 5 years 11 months 3 weeks ago • 339 views • 3:13YouTube description: In Göttingen, Germany, there's a four-tonne steel ball that can be raised up a 14-metre tower -- and then dropped in less than two seconds, crashing back to earth. It makes tiny,... continue reading
posted by Aard Vark (oritteropo) 6 years 3 months 2 weeks ago • 725 views • 3:34YT - Everyday Astronaut Published on Jan 24, 2018 It’s ALIVE!!!!! For the very first time, the Falcon Heavy has successfully lit all 27 of its mighty Merlin engines in preparation for its maiden launch.... continue reading
posted by Buck 6 years 4 months 1 week ago • 175 views • 8:38YT - Primitive Culture Published on Jan 18, 2018 My Video Show about Make the Kind of fish trap in the shape of a basket with a hole at the small end. the wide end is dropped over a school of fish to... continue reading
posted by Buck 6 years 4 months 2 weeks ago • 332 views • 10:58YouTube description: Recording music on 100-year-old wax cylinder recording equipment. Next week we put a metal band in front of it! Here are the full takes of Short Song: https://youtu.be/_sn7KyLHfr0 ... continue reading
posted by Aard Vark (oritteropo) 6 years 4 months 2 weeks ago • 304 views • 10:04YouTube description: Near Slab City, California, a man painted a hill. It was outsider art: Leonard Knight had no training and no great masters to imitate. But somehow, he created something that resonates... continue reading
posted by Aard Vark (oritteropo) 6 years 7 months ago • 551 views • 4:25Believe it or not, off-roading is actually illegal in Iceland - they'll lock you up. There is an exception, though, in the form of the outrageous Icelandic Formula Offroad Championship. Strapped into home-built... continue reading
posted by newtboy 6 years 8 months 3 weeks ago • 249 views • 7:24https://youtu.be/Zm6X77ShHa8 Beavers have done more to shape North American landscapes than any animal beside humans. We don’t notice them much today because there aren’t many left, but before colonization,... continue reading
posted by Aard Vark (oritteropo) 6 years 10 months 2 weeks ago • 1,121 views • 5:19YouTube: You might not need to throw away your broken glasses and get new ones anymore, thanks to these unique materials that can heal themselves!
posted by PlayhousePals 7 years ago • 287 views • 4:21YouTube: You probably know where to pump the cheapest gas and how to get price comparisons online in seconds for headphones and cars. But how would you find the best deal on an M.R.I. or a knee replacement?... continue reading
posted by PlayhousePals 7 years 3 weeks ago • 82 views • 6:09"Thank you all for supporting science." YouTube: Bill Nye uses the power of Twitter to answer some common science questions.
posted by PlayhousePals 7 years 1 month 1 week ago • 841 views • 8:52YouTube description: At the University of Manchester's High Voltage Laboratory, we see what happens when a DJI Phantom 3 drone gets hit with an electrical impulse of 1.4MV - basically, a lightning strike.... continue reading
posted by Aard Vark (oritteropo) 7 years 1 month 3 weeks ago • 339 views • 5:31YouTube description: Osaka's Gate Tower Building is an amazing sight to see because ... well, how should I put this? A highway goes through the building. It literally does, and there is a story behind it. ... continue reading
posted by Aard Vark (oritteropo) 7 years 2 months 3 weeks ago • 1,610 views • 5:48YouTube description: One woman's face is all over New York, although you've probably never heard of her. This was written with Amor Sciendi: go check it out! https://www.youtube.com/user/AmorSciendi ... continue reading
posted by Aard Vark (oritteropo) 7 years 3 months 3 weeks ago • 157 views • 2:36