Physics, tech and humor. Because science and learning are cool, and life’s too short not to laugh.
Over at Good Math, Bad Math, Mark has a takedown of a device purported to move directly downwind, faster than the wind. Wind-Powered Perpetual Motion (and Dave Munger thinks he’s wrong.)
Here’s the video
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The objection is simple: when you [...]
Gyroscope-in-a-suitcase
Helpful for when you have to walk in a straight line.
Ever wanted to see a high-speed photo of a mousetrap cracking an egg? The “water wig” effect is kinda neat, too.
High speed photos
New honeycomb tire is ‘bulletproof’
The University of Wisconsin-Madison and a Wausau, Wis., company have come up with a 37-inch, bullet and bomb-proof Humvee tire based on a polymeric web so cool looking there’s no need for hub caps.
Resilient Technologies and Wisconsin-Madison’s Polymer Engineering Center are creating a “non-pneumatic tire” (no air required) that will support [...]
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