More goodies from StrangeCosmos: “In the first place, God made idiots. That was for practice. Then he made school boards.” – Mark Twain “Education is what survives when what has been learned has been forgotten.” – B.F. Skinner “The advantage
Category: Engineering
No More Pup Tents
If you’re an outdoor or hiking person, you probably check into the latest tents and bivvies… The GoGo from Nemo is pretty cool because it doesn’t use traditional poles and packs down into an extremely small volume. Evidently, it’s going to be
Crossing the Canal
A very interesting 2-minute video that shows a time-lapse view of a ship crossing the Panama Canal… [youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-vi19z4LEi0[/youtube]
Brain Tests
Count every ‘ F ‘ in the following text: FINISHED FILES ARE THE RESULT OF YEARS OF SCIENTIFIC STUDY COMBINED WITH THE EXPERIENCE OF YEARS… How many? There are 6 — no joke. Read it again! Really, go Back
Amazing Photographic Technology
A photographer used technology called Gigapan to make a massive 1,400 megapixel photograph (yes, you read the right… over 1.4 billion pixels) of the inaugural audience at the moment O’bama gave his address. This means that you can zoom in on
Interesting Optical Illusions
What do you see in the image below? In black you can read the word GOOD, in white the word EVIL (inside each black letter is a white letter). Now, what do you see? You may not see it at
Statistical Analysis of Tennis Matches
It’s about time that a tennis pundit introduced a more thorough analysis of a tennis match. Just like hockey introduced the notion of plus/minus stats (goals scored for or against a team when a player is on the ice), the
Computer Jargon for Country Folks
This is a good one from Joe Knecht… click on the thumbnail beneath to see the full size listing:
DISCUS Software
I found a really great website about a ballooning tool for AS9102 and concurrent engineering. Check it out.
Battery-Powered Drag Racer
Here’s a link to an interesting 9 minute video on a battery-powered car: http://www.opb.org/programs/ofg/videos/view/56-Electric-Drag-Racing Hap tip to Joe Knecht