The Omega 1 is not only much more powerful than existing technology, but it is also much more efficient. The Omega 1’s rotary mechanism is very efficient because it has very little friction and fluid... continue reading

posted by newtboy 5 months 3 weeks ago • 463 views

In this video we show you the new kind of artificial muscles that don't explode after puncture but just bleed without a visible decrease of performance. We also present our robotic arm. Since the last... continue reading

posted by newtboy 10 months ago • 154 views • 1:47

https://www.iter.org/ In southern France, 35 nations* are collaborating to build the world's largest tokamak, a magnetic fusion device that has been designed to prove the feasibility of fusion as a... continue reading

posted by eric3579 2 years 2 weeks ago • 922 views • 7:59

YouTube description: I got to see an Ocean Sunfish (Mola mola) up close and personal at the Monterey Bay Aquarium recently and I fell in love. These things are the superlative of superlatives. They... continue reading

posted by Aard Vark (oritteropo) 3 years 1 month 2 weeks ago • 1,834 views • 3:58

Is there a right way to ride an escalator? City escalator etiquette states that one side is for standers and the other for walkers. But is this the safest, most efficient way to ride an escalator?

posted by Mordhaus 3 years 4 months 3 weeks ago • 353 views • 6:26

At the old hut site (the new one being temporarily cut off by flooding) I made lime mortar from the shells of rainforest snails by firing them in a kiln, slaking them in water, mixing them into lime putty.... continue reading

posted by Mordhaus 4 years 5 months 2 weeks ago • 405 views • 7:08

YT: I built an A frame hut as a large work space for projects. First I made a celt hatchet to cut timber for the hut. The axe head was made of amphibolite and the handle was made of a species of wattle.... continue reading

posted by nanrod 4 years 7 months ago • 520 views • 9:05

This video is about using particle accelerators as part of the solar panel silicon wafer manufacturing process. The accelerators embed protons into the wafer crystals, allowing them to break and separate... continue reading

posted by newtboy 4 years 11 months ago • 568 views • 3:42

Computers store text (or, at least, English text) as eight bits per character. There are plenty of more efficient ways that could work: so why don't we use them? And how can we fit more text into less... continue reading

posted by Mordhaus 4 years 11 months 1 week ago • 64 views • 6:31

YouTube description: With a population of over 18 million people, Mumbai is one of the world’s largest megalopolises. To put it mildly, the city can be unpredictable. But amid the chaos, Mumbai has... continue reading

posted by Aard Vark (oritteropo) 5 years 3 weeks ago • 659 views • 2:48

I couldn't find any info on any projects like this, so I thought I would have a try myself. I thought an oven would be the perfect platform, it already has a door, space for insulation, and comes with... continue reading

posted by Mordhaus 5 years 2 months 3 weeks ago • 15 views • 7:48

I 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 5 years 4 months 3 weeks ago • 417 views • 11:27

SAD! YouTube: I don't really know what this budget is meant to do aside from raise military spending dramatically while keeping spending almost exactly the same as it is now. It's remarkable how close... continue reading

posted by PlayhousePals 5 years 5 months ago • 338 views • 5:03

"We can't shop our way out of this." YouTube: On today's episode of Now You Know, Zac & Jesse take on the most recent episode of Adam Ruins Everything about Tesla! We take a closer to look at Adams... continue reading

posted by PlayhousePals 5 years 7 months 1 week ago • 859 views • 10:39

Electric cars are more efficient than gas cars, but where do you think that energy comes from?

posted by Mordhaus 5 years 7 months 3 weeks ago • 61 views • 5:06

At the University of Salford's Energy House, all the energy use is monitored and controlled, allowing researchers to experiment with all sorts of insulation and energy-saving techniques. But how to control... continue reading

posted by Mordhaus 5 years 8 months ago • 104 views • 3:36

What if there is a way to destroy the universe so fundamentally that life as we know it will be impossible forever?

posted by Mordhaus 5 years 10 months ago • 509 views • 5:59