What's a "seal" anyway? You know, it's really unclear. Timestamps 0:00 Introduction 0:48 What Are Seals? 1:38 Where Can We Find Them? 2:05 Species of Seals 3:09 The Three Families 3:22 Odobenidae ... continue reading

posted by eric3579 7 months 2 weeks ago • 340 views • 25:39

Instead of shipping food all around the world, imagine your own food coming from your farm in a shipping container, just outside your backdoor. That’s the vision of FarmPod, a St. Croix-based startup... continue reading

posted by newtboy 7 months 3 weeks ago • 17 views • 6:56

For anyone who doesn't want to watch to the whole thing, a useful thing I learned from the video: sour cream seems to be a poor choice.

posted by moonsammy 1 year 8 months 4 weeks ago • 67 views • 29:35

From Youtube, "A brief overview of this ingenious method of compressing air using only the power of water. The way a trompe harnesses the power of water to generate compressed air with no moving parts... continue reading

posted by w1ndex 2 years 5 months 1 week ago • 1,211 views • 8:50

This strange creature was only discovered by marine biologists in 2007 during a deep water expedition. Teuthidodrilus, commonly known as the "Squidworm", is just as flamboyant as it is strange in appearance.... continue reading

posted by newtboy 2 years 5 months 2 weeks ago • 774 views • 3:38

What's the best way to convince humans to conserve nature? Is it to put it on display for entertainment despite the fact that this undeniably harms the animals? Sadly, that's one of the more effective... continue reading

posted by newtboy 2 years 7 months ago • 465 views

YouTube description: Canned fish has been around for over a century and has been enjoyed around world. Still, no one loves their fish more than Portugal, where old traditions of fishing, canning and... continue reading

posted by Aard Vark (oritteropo) 3 years 9 months ago • 446 views • 3:30

Are you tired of your shoe laces coming undone - and always at the most inconvenient time! Use this simple change to how most people tie shoes and having loose laces will be almost entirely eliminated!... continue reading

posted by BSR 3 years 9 months 2 weeks ago • 24 views • 2:01

Here's a fast method to find the center of boards and other objects without using a tape measure or figuring math! In 2 minutes you'll learn how to use a speed square or combination square (VERY common... continue reading

posted by BSR 3 years 10 months 2 weeks ago • 26 views • 2:27

YouTube description: Kakigori is a traditional Japanese shaved ice dessert dating back to the late 1800s. Originally meant for Japan’s elite, today it’s become a summer staple for everyone. Some,... continue reading

posted by Aard Vark (oritteropo) 3 years 10 months 2 weeks ago • 163 views • 2:48

YouTube description: The type of sushi you’re probably most familiar with is haya-nare, a quick form of sushi made and consumed within a day using vinegared rice and raw fish. But there’s a second... continue reading

posted by Aard Vark (oritteropo) 4 years 1 week ago • 561 views • 2:55

YouTube description: Researchers from NVIDIA, led by Guilin Liu, introduced a state-of-the-art deep learning method that can edit images or reconstruct a corrupted image, one that has holes or is missing... continue reading

posted by Aard Vark (oritteropo) 4 years 2 months ago • 906 views • 2:15

YouTube description: Let's find out how they put 3D images into glass objects. Known as a 'Bubblegram', vitrography or sub-surface laser engraving, this technology has been around for a very long time... continue reading

posted by Aard Vark (oritteropo) 4 years 2 months 1 week ago • 308 views • 6:28

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 3 months 3 weeks ago • 404 views • 7:08

YouTube: How do breathalyzers work? And will there ever be a breathalyzer for marijuana? As pot has become legal in several states, law enforcement has sought a method to detect marijuana use in drivers.... continue reading

posted by PlayhousePals 4 years 9 months ago • 173 views • 6:31

The purpose of this project was to test a simplified blower design connected to a furnace. I purposely did this to show that people in most natural environments should be able to replicate this design... continue reading

posted by Mekanikal 4 years 10 months ago • 559 views • 9:16

It is apparently a very common method to catch catfish and eels that are in the marshy paddies.

posted by Mordhaus 4 years 12 months ago • 269 views • 10:03

I built a water powered hammer called a “Monjolo”. I started by making a water spout from half a hollow log to direct water from the creek. This was set up in the creek and water flowed through it.... continue reading

posted by Joe Motion (lurgee) 5 years 2 months ago • 1,214 views • 8:51

YouTube description: Chemical weapon attacks aren’t the only reason to pay attention to Syria. When Syrian-American author and civil rights lawyer Alia Malek woke up to the images of Syrians dying... continue reading

posted by Aard Vark (oritteropo) 5 years 2 months 2 weeks ago • 279 views • 3:02