Swans on Tea

Worry no more! Kota the Triceratops is here to save the day.
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Hyperboloid structures

This is timely, as it were. Scientific American has an article on frequency combs that appears to be publicly accessible. Rulers of Light: Using Lasers to Measure Distance and Time
Optical frequency comb applications require exquisite control of light across a broad spectrum of frequencies. This level of control has been available for radio [...]

Like a whirlpool it never ends
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William Pye website

Vote on the 34th Annual Small World Photomicrography Competition

Coin-operated lamp
For when you’re so busy shaking your fist at the damn kids on the lawn that you can’t tell your own to turn out the damn lights.

Getting punched in the face, in slow motion
Cheeky wave propagation. Wait for it …

10 videos of ejection seat tests

Pick a lock. For fun. (It’s legal too)
The quick answer is no, we are not safe. The lockpicking community has managed to “tear down,” as they say, every single lock it has gotten its hands on except one, the Finnish Abloy Protec. And yeah, they are working hard on that one.
So now that we have [...]

“Jet Man” Yves Rossy Crosses English Channel Like a Human Rocket
Yves Rossy, aka Jet Man, zoomed into the record books this morning, flying across the English Channel strapped to a single jet-powered wing, with only a helmet and flight suit for protection.
No mention of whether he was able to catch the roadrunner.

Grand theft solar
As energy prices soar and consumers turn to the Sun for their power, opportunistic thieves are cashing in on the new market by dismantling and reselling solar panels.
“I wouldn’t say it’s pervasive, but it’s going on,” California Solar Energy Industries Association executive director Sue Kateley told the Contra Costa Times in August. According [...]

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