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Createk third-arm : Supernumerary robotic arm powered by magnetorheological clutches and an hydrostatic transmission. Fast enough to compensate for human motions while being safe for physical human-robot interaction. ... continue reading
posted by newtboy 3 years 11 months 1 week ago • 123 views • 2:51From Youtube, "The sun. Smooth and round and peaceful. Except when it suddenly vomits radiation and plasma in random directions. These solar flares and coronal mass ejections, or CMEs can hit earth and... continue reading
posted by w1ndex 3 years 11 months 2 weeks ago • 135 views • 9:43In Wichita Falls, Texas, the Newby-McMahon Building stands 480 inches tall. Not 480 feet: 480 inches. There's a story of a smooth-talking scammer that sounds almost too good to be true. But is it?
posted by bobknight33 4 years 5 months 1 week ago • 1,019 views • 6:47YouTube description: Something about the Apollo missions always confused me, sure, the step off of the lunar lander’s 91 cm footpad was a small step, but the step just before that was actually enormous! ... continue reading
posted by Aard Vark (oritteropo) 4 years 10 months 1 week ago • 483 views • 14:48I built this pottery kiln and some pottery from termite mound clay to test an alternative clay source to my usual one from the creek bank. I started by making a large grate from ordinary clay. It was just... continue reading
posted by Mordhaus 7 years 1 month 4 weeks ago • 419 views • 11:27YouTube Description: Jellyfish don’t have a heart, or blood, or even a brain. They’ve survived five mass extinctions. And you can find them in every ocean, from pole to pole. What’s their secret?... continue reading
posted by Aard Vark (oritteropo) 8 years 7 months 1 week ago • 170 views • 2:56Great talk about how to think about and discuss racism
posted by andyboy23 1 decade 1 month 2 weeks ago • 292 views • 11:57YouTube Description: What happens when single photons of light pass through a double slit and are detected by a photomultiplier tube? In 1801 Thomas Young seemed to settle a long-running debate about... continue reading
posted by Aard Vark (oritteropo) 1 decade 1 year 2 months 1 week ago • 251 views • 6:00YouTube Description: What would you see if you were drifting through space, looking back at the sun? Well its light intensity would decrease as the inverse square of distance from the sun. And you would... continue reading
posted by Aard Vark (oritteropo) 1 decade 1 year 2 months 2 weeks ago • 569 views • 3:06- 1