Monday, October 1, 2012

Listen to the Earth`s magnetic field sing



From NASA`s official description:

"A NASA spacecraft has recorded eerie-sounding radio emissions coming from our own planet. These beautiful "songs of Earth" could, ironically, be responsible for the proliferation of deadly electrons in the Van Allen Belts."

sounds pretty

The hexaflexagon is amazing




Here`s a description of this amazing paper model from wikipedia:

"Flexagons are flat models, usually constructed by folding strips of paper, that can be flexed or folded in certain ways to reveal faces besides the two that were originally on the back and front.

First clip from the Red Dawn remake



From the official synopsis:

"A group of teenagers look to save their town from an invasion of North Korean soldiers."

Another remake of an 80`s movie. Red Dawn hits theatres November 12th.

Friday, September 28, 2012

The most unholiest chemical reaction you`ll ever see



Remember those little black tablets you would light during the 4th of July, Canada Day or any other holiday celebration where fireworks were there a plenty?

Thursday, September 27, 2012

Watch quadrocopters playing catch



From the flyingmachinearena:


"This video shows three quadrocopters cooperatively play with a ball.

The quadrocopters are attached to an elastic net. The net allows them to catch the ball by moving such that they span the net under the falling ball.

Wednesday, September 26, 2012

Birth of a barrel


Birth of a Barrel from Paper Fortress on Vimeo.

The age old fine art of coopering is alive and well at the Jack Daniels distillery in Tennessee.
Watch as professional coopers ply their trade and create barrels for the world famous sipping whiskey.

Tuesday, September 25, 2012

Ukrainian logging truck action



This Ukrainian logging truck looks like it took the corner just a bit too fast on Sunday. Reports say that the truck's brakes had failed and that the accident was unavoidable. No one was seriously injured. The truck driver walked away with a concussion. But the car in front of the dash cam is pretty much toast.