Night vision goggles, aside from being a staple in military and security applications worldwide are just cool! Well a team of “biohackers” have found a way to give a person actual night vision capabilities right in your eyeballs..wait..say that again? The name of their group is ‘Science for the Masses” To do this, the group…
Guy Makes Water Powered Jetpack and Explains How
Totally awesome this guy demonstrates a water powered jetpack which really works. It is based on Newton’s third law but instead of using propellant it pumps out a massive amount of water per minute using a jetski as a pump. It is still a form of rocket science albeit a simpler demonstration. “All forces come…
Who Wants to 3D Print a Lightsaber? Here’s How
Ok when you first saw Star Wars did you not obsess about having your own lightsaber? I did and there were millions on planet earth, (perhaps more in the galaxy) that did as well. Behold, these gentlemen show you how to 3D print a lightsaber with a few steps. Wow could you imagine if they…
Is Light a Wave or a Particle?
Is light a wave or a particle? Centuries old double silt experiment helps us shed light 😉 on this extremely old question. Here the narrator in the video reexamines this test in modern society and starts off by asking a lot of common folk what they think light actually is. You may be surprised to…
Guy Makes Coke Can Piano With Arduino – Totally Rad
Ok this is completely rad this guy makes a piano and beat box with Arduino. He hooks up some Coke cans and his mac showing you how to do it. Btw the debate rages on what is better raspberry pi or arduino? The comparison might not be fair. On one hand raspberry pi has a…
The Number Pi is Beautiful Through Data Visualisation
The number Pi = 3.1415926535897932384626433832795028 (and many more 🙂 Numberphile takes us through the beauty of the number with data visualisation. Most scientists are happy with scatterplots and boring black and white boring graphs. If we want to communicate data to the public we want it to be enjoyable. And the more we can show…
Awesome Raspberry Pi Cluster
Ok this is cool. Guy makes a 33 raspberry pi beowulf cluster at home. In case you didn’t know what raspberry pi is, it is a low cost credit card sized computer that can plug into a monitor and keyboard. It uses programming languages such as Scratch and Python. It also makes it easy for…
Cool LED Cube + Multiplexing and Bit Angle Modulation
This guy makes a really cool 8x8x8 led cube and explains how its done. His mac is hooked up to this thing and he shows us how multiplexing works and how bit angle modulation works. He slows the cube down to show us the first example. 4 bit bid angle modultaion goes from 0 –…
3D Printed Motor Runs Like a Perpetual Machine
The 3D printing revolution is in full swing and systems like the Makerbot by Stratasys and the Cubify 3D cube printer make this a possibility at home. The costs of manufacturing many small parts and cool inventions is dropping because of the ability to produce items right from your garage. There is no need to…
Dry Ice and Magnesium Experiment – Fun, Dangerouns and Hypnotic
Here is an experiment using dry ice and magnesium that should only be done under the supervision of a professiobnal. Do not try this at home. As from the description here is what is happening: Two 11lb blocks of dry ice, 2.25g of Magnesium ribbon, and a blow torch. By lighting the magnesium on fire…
The Tesla Turbine With Magnetic Bearings. This is Awesome
With the success of the Tesla electric car there has been more talk than ever about the prospects for free energy. Many countries and people would like to lessen our dependence on fossil fuels for environmental and economic reasons. So, many home inventors and electrical engineers have been playing with devices based on the works…
What Happens When You Put Coke Cans in Acid?
This fun (and dangerous) science experiment was done at the University of Nottingham in the United Kingdom. They wanted to see what would happen when you take a can of coke and put it in hydrochloric acid. They also tested a similar can of coke and placed it in a basic solution of sodium hydroxide. …
A Hoverboard in 2015..Is This For Real?
Is this finally a real world hoverboard? Many of you may remember the hoverboard prank that went around with stars such as Moby, Tony Hawk and others. The jury is still out whether or not that was just some famous folks having fun or a bit too much. In 2015 this appears to be a…
Home Laser Experiment. This is Real and Dangerous
This is for real. This guy carries out a dangerous laser experiment form home. This looks like a thin jedi green lightsaber except it extends a looooot longer. Apparently the narrator starts by lighting a firecracker with this thing. And the fuse of course gets lit and pops. Beavis and Butthead would be drooling at…
MIT Scientists Use Stream of Data and Energy to Transform Furniture
Wow the team at MIT does it again. The structure in this video actually looks like the inside of a data center with a bunch or racked blade servers. However, it is an experimental surface that may be the future of coffee tables, kitchen tables and furniture around the world. The transformative surfaces may have…
Magnetic Liquid Observed by a Super Slow Motion Camera
This is totally cool and hypnotic. These “slow mo guys” are in a lab and General Electric flew them to a lab to observe their findings. They have super hydrophobic material and magnetic liquid to see what happens when poured on the surface in the lab. They also added some food coloring to make things…
Water Powered Generator Made From a Washing Machine
This guy shows you how to make a washing machine into a water powered generator. The benefits are countless especially in the U.S. as we often take the energy supply for granted. What happens in the case of a long-term power outage? Having a power generator may be very valuable in the right situation. There…
What Happens When You Mix Mercury and Corn Syrup?
In this video the expirimenter interacts two extremely different substances..corn syrup and mercury. Note mercury is a dangerous substance and do not try this at home (or anywhere without a professional). Corn syrup is unique in that it has a high viscosity, about 1,000 times that of water yet it has a very low density. …
Amazing Experiment Moving Water With Sound
Have you heard of the term cymatiks? It is the study of vibration and sound effects in a visual sense. What does the sound look like when amplified, changed or placed against different types and states of matter. In this awesome experiment, they use cymatiks to move water and create an awesome illusion. And they…
Molten Lava is Poured On Ice..Wow
Have you ever wondered what would happen if you poured boiling hat lava on a lot of ice? Me too..and these experimenters have as well. There’s not a lot of explanation of how they made this lava in the video but they weren’t at the foot of a volcano. So did they melt a bunch…
