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The intricacy of the design, the number of creative ideas, the time invested and the cost of the parts all together are mind boggling. If you love Legos it is definitely worth a look: For some reason I am reminded of this video once again: Were he collecting and measuring and categorizing species of ants [...]
Over 3 million people have watched the following video. It takes data on population, lifespan and income (over 100,000 pieces of data that could have been quite boring) and presents them in an animated, narrated form that is fascinating: What is shows is how income and lifespan have changed across the world over the last [...]
It’s a shovel and a whole lot more – a pick, a knife, a saw, a grappling hook, a wire cutter, a ruler – it even makes Julienne fries! Can you buy one in Wal-Mart? See also: – How Hydraulic Machines Work – 10 Multifunction Tools on the Market [[[Jump to previous Funny]]] If you [...]
Once upon a time, like about 100 years ago, getting to the South Pole – deepest Antarctica – was hard. Very hard. An expedition in 1907 failed to reach the South Pole. The pole was finally reached in 1911 according to this page. Fast forward to 2010. In the same way that Mt. Everest was [...]
If you have ever looked at the prosthetic marketplace, you know that things like prosthetic arms are expensive. This page lays out the cost factor like this: Depending on the degree of amputation, today’s state of the art prosthetic arms can cost patients about $100,000 or more. DEKA’s goal is to keep the cost of [...]
We have covered the 3D printer space several times: – The most interesting thing I saw at the Maker Faire was the guy who made his RepRap with his Makerbot Cupcake – A 3D printer from China for $1,500 – Urbee – Using 3D printers as a new way to build a car – 3D [...]
World Record #147 – The biggest skate park in the world
by Marshall Brain | September 14, 2010
I don’t even ride a skateboard and this world record skate park is still amazing. The scale, the scope, the civil engineering challenges… it is impressive…
Amazing – what people can build #10 – Egg sculptures
by Marshall Brain | September 10, 2010
This is one of those things where the amount of patience a human artist can have is amazing. The video refers to them as masterpieces, and several of them are unbelievable in their detail…
The amount of design and machining talent expressed in these images absolutely boggles the mind…
Long ago, before there were video game consoles able to do a trillion calculations per second, you could go to the arcade and play simple driving games. Pole Position is a little primitive, but gives you an idea of what early driving games looked like…
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