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This weekend we (the Brain family + Grandpa) went to the Maker Faire in Durham, NC. Compared to the big Maker Faires in San Francisco, this was a small event. But it still contained the essence of any Maker Faire – people with a DIY mindset showing off their work, often highly technical. By far [...]
It’s lunchtime, so you head to a local café for a cup of fresh arugula and potato soup, a strawberry and spinach salad and two slices of Greek veggie pizza. As you finish the last bite, you’re pleasantly full and ready to return to the activities of the day — but first, you have to pay. How much would you expect to spend on a tasty meal like this?
This video shows you seven fascinating robots: At TEDxNASA, Dennis Hong introduces seven award-winnning, all-terrain robots — like the humanoid, soccer-playing DARwIn and the cliff-gripping CLIMBeR — all built by his team at RoMeLa, Virginia Tech. Watch to the end to hear the five creative secrets to his lab’s incredible technical success. More robots here: [...]
If you have ever seen a Funny Car race, you have seen it from the outside. But what does it look like from the driver’s perspective, inside the cockpit? Here’s the answer: At the start of the video, the body of the car is in the up position, and the engine isn’t running. A mechanic [...]
It’s funny… Queen Elizabeth II meets the president …but it is also amazing. How many people on the planet have been able to do this? It’s a pretty small club. See also: Elizabeth II Princess Elizabeth Alexandra Mary was born in London on April 21, 1926, the first child of the Duke of York. (Her [...]
When the moon is near the horizon, it appears to be much bigger than when it’s high in the sky. But is it really larger? Tune in to find out.
Viagra effectively treats male sexual dysfunction, so could a similar drug be developed for women? Molly and Cristen discuss current research on a Viagra-like drug for women — and whether it would really be beneficial — in this episode.
In this episode of the continuing Medici super series, Katie and Sarah follow up on the further adventures of Catherine de’Medici. Listen in and learn how the St. Bartholomew Day’s massacre contributed to Catherine’s notorious reputation in this podcast.
A Cheap, Thin Film Gives Portable Night Vision to Cell Phones and Eyeglasses – “What we regularly refer to as “night vision goggles” are actually less like goggles and more like heavy, bulky (and outrageously expensive) pieces of machinery. But DARPA funded research at the U. of Florida has adapted technology regularly found in flat-screen [...]
This message from Eric Schmidt (CEO of Google) is very short and simple: A Note to Google Users on Net Neutrality Think about this: why are there only 200 or 300 TV channels available on your TV, and they cost $100 month, while there are millions of websites available on the Internet for free? That [...]
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