Honestly, when something is this intricate, I don’t think “puppet” does it justice. This is a demonstration of a “horse puppet” used in a stage production of War Horse. It’s pretty obvious that all three people operating the horse have studied horse behavior very [...]
Archive for June, 2012
June 21st, 2012 - 5:23 am § in Miscellaneous
Carl Sagan explains the fourth dimension.
If there’s anyone I want explaining a scientific concept to me, it’s Carl Sagan. I’ve seen videos about the fourth dimension before, but none quite as interesting and well-explained as this one. I can only hope that in museums in the future they have Carl Sagan holograms walking ar[...]
June 20th, 2012 - 5:16 am § in Miscellaneous
Fukushima Radioactive Ocean Impact
Obviously there were countless tragedies that resulted from the Fukushima disaster, but here we’re able to look at just one. I really wasn’t sure how massive the environmental impact was for a nuclear disaster like this and this video definitely makes it clear. It’s amazing and tru[...]
June 19th, 2012 - 5:13 am § in Miscellaneous
Looking at a hard drive in slow motion.
I have to admit, I don’t really know how hard drives work. I know there’s something spinning really fast and if you drop it enough times it will just click really loudly and not work. Well this video won’t exactly tell you every detail on how a hard drive works, but you’ll ge[...]
June 18th, 2012 - 5:11 am § in Miscellaneous
Cooking a hot dog with style.
In honor of Father’s Day yesterday, here’s a father doing something you wouldn’t be surprised by a father doing: cooking a hot dog with electricity. This is definitely a do not try at home type activity unless you’re confident in your resilience to electricity.[...]