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Archive for April, 2011

April 25th, 2011 - 10:55 am § in Social Sciences, Technology

Ares 1-X Test Rocket Launch

A pretty jaw-dropping video here of the launch of a test rocket on October 28, 2009. Best if watched in HD.[...]

April 22nd, 2011 - 8:48 am § in Miscellaneous

Mr. W

Mr. W[...]

April 20th, 2011 - 9:54 am § in Miscellaneous

Still Face Experiment

An interesting experiment here that studies the social needs of infants. The woman first interacts with the baby normally, and then gives the baby no reaction, to which the reacts very negatively. An interesting example of infants being a lot more aware than we give them credit for.[...]

April 19th, 2011 - 6:22 pm § in Miscellaneous

Man walks with exoskeleton

A man, who would otherwise be unable, walks around thanks to an exoskeleton mounted on his legs and hips.[...]

April 18th, 2011 - 6:10 pm § in Miscellaneous

Nuclear Fission with mousetraps

This group of chemistry students from Cleveland, OH have made a video of a set-up they made with mouse traps and ping pong balls to give a simple representation of a nuclear fission chain reaction. Let’s just say you don’t want to be one of those ping pong balls.[...]