Archive for Amazing
MIT Sketching
Wish this was available in school during physics classes. Simply amazing!
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Students send Camera to the Edge of Space for less than $2000 via Balloon
Carl Morland, Henry Hallam and Robert Fryers attached the tiny camera to a helium balloon, which flew to nearly four times the height of Everest. Throughout the flight it took images which show the curvature of the earth. The flight lasted about three hours, producing more than 800 images.
Click here for some selected images, and click the “read more” link below for the full article!
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World’s First Bionic Woman - move over Lindsay Wagner
From Engadget: 26-year old Claudia Mitchell has become the fourth person and first woman to get outfitted with a bionic arm (well, besides Lindsay Wagner), with which she’s able to perform functions simply by thinking about them. The arm was designed by researchers at the Rehabilitation Institute of Chicago — who are part of a larger project funded by DARPA — and works by detecting the movement’s of Mitchell’s chest muscle, which has been rewired to the nerves that once served her left arm.
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The Freakiest Lab Animals
Some genetically altered creatures are loaded with human cells and even organs. Others glow. Vote for the freakiest.
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Smart Birds use cars to open their food
These birds are getting very smart and learning to adapt. Very fascinating stuff.
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Secret rooms, hidden passages
I’ve always wanted a house with a secret passageway, hidden rooms, secret stairs. Apparently I’m not alone. There are now companies that cater to just these twisted desires, such as The Hidden Door Company.
I am totally doing this if/when I get filthy rich and build my dream house. I’m not even going to have any real doors, just all kinds of hallways with seemingly normal bookcases and grandfather clocks everywhere… that way no one will interrupt my experiments…
Check out the “read more” link below for the whole story, including an incredible mahogany staircase/slide combo (which isn’t entirely related, but still cool)…
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Star Wars - “The Last Supper”
An amazing painting comissioned for Giant Magazine.
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Discovery could be the future of paper
Researchers have achieved a breakthrough in nanotechnology: paper made from long titanium oxide nanowires. The material can be bent, trimmed, and folded like normal paper, but it’s chemically inert and can withstand temperatures up to 700 Celsius (almost 1300 degrees Fahrenheit).
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Incredible Synchronized Swimming Goldfish
This is either a trick of some kind or the guy who trained these goldfish is a genius (or someone with way too much time on their hands). Must see.
