Ok the iphone phenomenon has changed the world since 2007 (really all smartphones). Apps, mobile internet, messengers on the go, picture networks, smart cams and more it really is incredible. Now the media is pushing the wearables thing and will it really catch on? If nothing else, Apple has improved their glass making process from…
Inspiring Video by MIT on Experimenting With New Ideas
This particular video is an inspiring overview on the idea process at MIT for experimenting and trying things out in general. Here is a brief intro about the video: The MIT Media Lab applies an unorthodox research approach to envision the impact of emerging technologies on everyday life — technologies that promise to fundamentally transform…
Car That Doesn’t Use Gas and Runs on Air?
wait…what? Finally a car that can run on air? You have to be joking right? The maker of this video thinks this is possible and here is more of the description he gives: An amazing affordable auto that runs on air! Is this really possible? AIRPod is the culmination of MDI studies on pollution and…
Laser Tractor Beam Now Possible Wow
wait what? We once may have thought that tractor beams were only seen in Sci Fi movies, the Star Trek series and comedies like Spaceballs. Physicists have made an actual tractor beam and here is an excerpt of their discovery: The groundbreaking tractor beam, made of a hollow laser beam (a laser bright around the…
Holy Cow There is Coffee in Space
Ok there’s decaf coffee, Starbucks, gourmet coffee and all kinds of variations. Now there is coffee in space what? Here is an excerpt on what is happening: Moments after David Avino turned on an espresso machine in the middle of the International Astronomical Congress exhibition floor here Monday (Sept. 29), more than a dozen bystanders…
Guy Makes a Vortex Canon That Shoots Crazy Air!
This is just a plain cool experiment although do not try this at home, indoors or without the supervision of a professional. These guys show us how a vortex canon can actually shoot and knock things down. In transcribing from the video the experimenter states: According to legend a really good blast of air should…
What is the Science Behind Chameleons and Color Change?
Chameleons are super cool and are the famous reptile that changes color with its background. Wired magazine apparently feels that there is a big misconception regarding this cool animal: Chameleons are famous for their quick color-changing abilities. It’s a common misconception that they do this to camouflage themselves against a background. In fact, chameleons mostly…
5 Time Travel Theories That are Very Interesting
Time travel has to be possible right? (We are of course traveling through time now) but what about going into the past or way faster into the future? There have been many theories on this throughout the millenium and here are 5 of the most intriguing theories in regards to the subject whether pro or…
Think Drones are Different Check Out a Quadcopter
This is a pretty exciting TED talk in regards to dropne technologies and related devices. A brief intro can be found here: In a robot lab at TEDGlobal, Raffaello D’Andrea demos his flying quadcopters: robots that think like athletes, solving physical problems with algorithms that help them learn. In a series of nifty demos, D’Andrea…
Cool Home Experiment With a Floating Gyroscope
Here is a pretty cool science experiment with a levitating gyroscope. It is based on something called lenz’s law and here is an excerpt on it from wikipedia Lenz’s law /ˈlɛnts/ is a common way of understanding how electromagnetic circuits obey Newton’s third law and the conservation of energy.[1] Lenz’s law is named after Heinrich…
Rubik’s Cube World Record is Broken..By a Robot
Here we have a contest of man vs. machine for the world’s fastest Rubik’s Cube assembly and the machine won. Well in any contest of man vs. machine isn’t it man (and women) who win in that they invented the machine in the first place? Ok before we go off on too much of a…
Plasma Tubes Above Earth Have Been Discovered…Seriously?
now THAT is weird… An Australian student has discovered and confirmed giant plasma tubes above Earth?! Ok now what does that mean exactly aside from sounding awesome? Here is a bit more on the discovery: She managed to do something no other astronomer had before – find evidence for the hypothesised plasma tubes high above…
Guy Makes a 900 VA Tesla Coil With Lightning in His Lab
Once again the great inventor and scientist Nikola Tesla has influenced us to this day. Not only has a giant car line been named after him and his theories, but the modern ac dc current is still attributed to him by many. This inventor in the video makes a super powerful Tesla coil in his…
Smart e-Bikes of the Future
This is a pretty cool video listing some of the e-bikes of the future. Already a lot of cities and countries outside of the U.S. bike a lot more although they are making progress in the states. Many of these e-bikes are rad in that they connect to a smartphone and also have a power…
A Folding Car This is Totally Awesome
Is this for real a folding car? This is absolutely incredible. Will from the MIT media lab explains a bit more about the prototype car in the video. I wonder if this thing would veen be street legal yet in the states. You’ll see in the video this auto actually mechanically folds as if it…
Is This Possible? Space Stations That Self Assemble?
Ok the 3D printing revolution is in full swing. Companies such as Stratasys and their Makerbot line of 3D printers have changed the way we manufacture things forever. And of course, sites like Shapeways offer a never ending archive of 3D printing designs for you to download. Now the 4D revolution is starting to take…
File Sharing Using Raspberry Pi Box – Awesome
Here we have yet another awesome creation using Raspberry Pi, a personal file sharing box. Wow. Many of us remember Napster the first mainstream p2p music service which eventually got shut down. And there are of course legal file sharing applications such as Dropbox, Box.com and many others. But, what if a site went down…
Could New Type of Battery Charge an iPhone in 1 Minute?
Ok who’s ready for an iPhone or Android charger that takes one minute to go to fully charge? I think about anyone who uses a smartphone can’t wait for the day, especially with older phones. Apparently some very smart researchers are on the case and may be close to that solution: Researchers at Stanford University…
Scientific Study on Laser Guns and Their Proliferation
When you think of laser guns maybe Star Wars or perhaps the old school game laser tag comes to mind. However there have been serious advancements in the Star Wars program in regards to national defense and some feel that things have gone too far. This excerpt was taken from a Washington Post article: When…
Guy Makes a Lego Tank with WiFi Powered by Arduino
Ok what’s cooler than legos and tanks? How about a wifi controlled lego tank made at home and controlled by arduino! The maker has a brief description here: A Lego tank that is controlled over Wi-Fi with an #arduinoAtHeart. Features include full remote control, automatic and manual front head-light control, 12+ shot rubber-band guns, full…
