Jumbo Posted June 23, 2014 Share Posted June 23, 2014 200,000 km traveled by Alex Chacon on motorcycle over 600 days around the world (crossing over 70 borders). video made with a go-pro on a stick. 360 degree view of every major exotic place visited in 36 countries. more on the topic if you're interested http://www.modernmotodiaries.com/ I envy the dude. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Evil Genius Posted June 23, 2014 Share Posted June 23, 2014 http://blog.sfgate.com/sfmoms/2014/06/23/little-girl-gets-her-dad-a-week-off-at-google-by-writing-persuasive-letter/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gortiz Posted June 27, 2014 Share Posted June 27, 2014 Watched this on Netflix last night. Pretty bad ass. Watch a Killer Whale **** up a Great White! Intelligent, learning, pack hunters. man looks cool, I'm going to try to find this. Killer Whales are too much ... they are gigantic genius bullies. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
twa Posted June 30, 2014 Share Posted June 30, 2014 http://www.newscientist.com/article/dn25801-huge-whirlpools-in-the-ocean-are-driving-the-weather.html?full=true&print=true#.U7DQXvldUhu Giant "whirlpools" in the ocean, up to 500 kilometres across, are driving the world's climate on a scale previously unimagined. We just don't know exactly how yet. The bodies of swirling water, called mesoscale eddies, are 100 km to 500 km in diameter. They form when patches of water are destabilised by obstacles like islands. The eddies carry huge volumes of water and heat across the oceans, until they slowly stop spinning over days or months and reintegrate with the surrounding water. The assumption was that they gradually diffused the heat they carried in all directions as they travelled, which would hardly do anything to the climate. Now, for the first time, the amount of water and heat they carry has been measured and it turns out the eddies have a big effect after all. Bo Qiu at the University of Hawaii in Honolulu and colleagues used satellite data from 1992 to 2010 to spot eddies, and floating sensors to map their shapes, volumes and temperatures. The team found the eddies move as much water as the biggest ocean currents. They mostly move west, driven by the spinning of the Earth. As a result, over 30 million tonnes of water arrive on the east coasts of continents every second...more @ link Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CRobi21 Posted June 30, 2014 Share Posted June 30, 2014 (edited) And super steroid ants: Edited June 30, 2014 by STBonecrusher21 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
skinsmarydu Posted June 30, 2014 Share Posted June 30, 2014 Kitty survives a 50-mile ride in the suspension spring of a Toyota in Russia! https://autos.yahoo.com/blogs/motoramic/cat-stuck-in-car-s-suspension-spring-emerges-unscathed-after-50-mile-terror-ride-152750964.html?bcmt=1404147027120-e5ddbfb3-0672-4aa4-8d49-97bf2c0a4b78 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jumbo Posted July 2, 2014 Share Posted July 2, 2014 http://www.gizmag.com/duke-airborne-robotic-weapon-system-helicopter/32590/?utm_source=Gizmag+Subscribers&utm_campaign=1be98d6396-UA-2235360-4&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_65b67362bd-1be98d6396-91507117 When we hear about military robots, it usually evokes images of Terminator-like killing machines, but it can also mean robotic systems designed to help soldiers concentrate on the job at hand. Case in point is Israel-based Duke Airborne Systems’ Robotic Weapon System (RWS). Unveiled at the Eurosatory defense industry show in Paris, the system billed as a “first-of-its-kind” is a concealable robotic gunnery module that allows utility helicopters to fly into hostile territory without an armed escort. <more info & pics at link> Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
twa Posted July 2, 2014 Share Posted July 2, 2014 It's kinda cute...and fairly practical. the 2nd and 3rd generation will be sweet Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jumbo Posted July 2, 2014 Share Posted July 2, 2014 It's kinda cute...and fairly practical. the 2nd and 3rd generation will be sweet wanna split the cost on one? i don't have a copter, but you gotta have an old pickup parked somewhere on your property doing nothing. we could really go "discussing" ****. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
twa Posted July 2, 2014 Share Posted July 2, 2014 still room in the bed Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jumbo Posted July 2, 2014 Share Posted July 2, 2014 that is awesome Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
twa Posted July 2, 2014 Share Posted July 2, 2014 Aiming that thing is a bit tricky though Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
frostyj Posted July 30, 2014 Share Posted July 30, 2014 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Corcaigh Posted July 30, 2014 Share Posted July 30, 2014 Electronic displays to correct for long-sighted vision, so you don't need reading glasses. http://www.kurzweilai.net/simple-vision-correcting-overlay-and-algorithm-could-replace-reading-glasses-for-viewing-devices 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sniffler Posted July 31, 2014 Share Posted July 31, 2014 (edited) If humanity hopes to realize its dreams of exploring the stars, we're going to need to find ways to recreate life on Earth aboard a spaceship. Simply stockpiling enough vital supplies isn't going to cut it, which is what led Julian Melchiorri, a student at the Royal College of Art, to create an artificial biological leaf that produces oxygen just like the ones on our home planet do. http://gizmodo.com/the-first-man-made-biological-leaf-turns-light-and-wate-1612646588 Edited July 31, 2014 by Sniffler Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
skinsmarydu Posted July 31, 2014 Share Posted July 31, 2014 We had a child here in ATL die the other day because this bill failed to pass. https://www.yahoo.com/health/infants-life-was-saved-by-cannabis-mom-claims-93327499772.html Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
btfoom Posted August 1, 2014 Share Posted August 1, 2014 Very cool people. Just watch out, the monitor seems to spray out dust around 1 minute mark. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
twa Posted August 2, 2014 Share Posted August 2, 2014 NASA: New "impossible" engine works, could change space travel foreverhttp://sploid.gizmodo.com/nasa-reveals-new-impossible-engine-can-change-space-t-1614549987?utm_campaign=socialflow_gizmodo_facebook&utm_source=gizmodo_facebook&utm_medium=socialflow Until yesterday, every physicist was laughing at this engine and its inventor, Roger Shawyer.It's called the EmDrive and everyone said it was impossible because it goes against classical mechanics. But the fact is that the quantum vacuum plasma thruster works and scientists can't explain why. Shawyer's engine is extremely light and simple. It provides a thrust by "bouncing microwaves around in a closed container." The microwaves are generated using electricity that can be provided by solar energy. No propellant is necessary, which means that this thrusters can work forever unless a hardware failure occurs. If real, this would be a major breakthrough in space propulsion technology. Obviously, the entire thing sounded preposterous to everyone. In theory, this thing shouldn't work at all. So people laughed and laughed and ignored him. Everyone except a team of Chinese scientists. They built one in 2009 and it worked: They were able to produce 720 millinewton, which is reportedly enough to build a satellite thruster. And still, nobody else believed it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
btfoom Posted August 13, 2014 Share Posted August 13, 2014 This Canadian guy wanted to do something great for his mom. He's trying to save up enough money to help her 'retire', but in the mean time, he somehow got her the exact type of car she has always wanted. See the really cool video here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nDHpvTDJMrc#t=145 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
btfoom Posted August 16, 2014 Share Posted August 16, 2014 WATCH: Swimmer frantically tries to reach shore as large crocodile chases him in Mexico (VIDEO)Read more: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
steve09ru Posted August 20, 2014 Share Posted August 20, 2014 Motorcyclist rams into back of moving car and lands feet first on roof. Pretty badass https://news.yahoo.com/blogs/trending-now/motorcyclist-pulls-off-miraculous-recovery-after-collision-with-car-173046401.html Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PleaseBlitz Posted August 20, 2014 Share Posted August 20, 2014 My cousin is one of the ecologists in this: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PleaseBlitz Posted August 22, 2014 Share Posted August 22, 2014 THE DOOR OF THE FUTURE. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
S.T.real,lights,out Posted August 22, 2014 Share Posted August 22, 2014 ^^ Would have to ask why? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PleaseBlitz Posted August 22, 2014 Share Posted August 22, 2014 BECAUSE REGULAR DOORS ARE DANGEROUS. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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