There is a video this week showing a fin whale crushed on the bow of a cruise ship: See also: How common is this kind of thing? Apparently it is quite common: Ships Kill Endangered Blue Whales The loss of three endangered blue whales (Balaenoptera musculus) in one month in the waters off of southern [...]

This is the acetylene-powered vortex cannon from hell: Powering it with acetylene, and making it strong enough to handle the acetylene burst, is innovative. And obviously this cannon is pumping a large amount of concentrated air. Here’s the another big vortex cannon: And then there is the 30 meter vortex cannon: The World’s Largest Cardboard [...]

Technology marches on, and every year a new technology makes some older technology obsolete. But it seems to be happening at a faster pace now. For example, people used flintlock rifles for about 300 years before a better technology (percussion caps) replaced them. Compare that to reel-to-reel tapes, which were replaced by 8-tracks, which were [...]