I’ve seen these little spherical magnets before, but had no idea they were called Buckyballs. I thought it might be an English thing at first but apparently it’s an actual brand name. Anyways, get yourself some Buckyballs, copper wire, a battery, and a strong washer-shaped magnet and you[...]
Archive for April, 2012
April 27th, 2012 - 5:08 am § in Miscellaneous
Incredible jumping robot
I’ve now realized that every movie in which the robots are nothing more than metal humans is very silly. There’s no reason to base a robot’s mobility on normal human limitations. That is unless we don’t want them to rise up and overtake us. Unfortunately many of the advanceme[...]
April 26th, 2012 - 5:54 am § in Miscellaneous
Why dogs might be the key to learning about learning.
A bit of a longer video today, but it’s worth it. Neil deGrasse Tyson takes us through an in-depth look as to how dogs might be a key figure in discovering more about the learning process. There’s something about dogs that make them unique. They care about humans and what humans want the[...]
April 25th, 2012 - 5:20 am § in Miscellaneous
Breathtaking video of Shuttle Discovery launch
If you got a chance to see a shuttle launch, you’re a very fortunate person. Even this HD video is amazing to watch, I can’t imagine what it’s like in the future. Hopefully seeing a launch of whatever takes us to space in the future will be as common as seeing an airplane takeoff, [...]
April 24th, 2012 - 5:49 am § in Miscellaneous
How a differential gear works.
Now I don’t know a whole lot about cars, but I had heard the term differential gear before in reference to a car. Now I not only know what a differential is, but I know exactly how it works. What first looked like just another complicated piece of machinery is now something I know the [...][...]