YouTube description: Many families in Kisumu, Kenya survive by making rope out of sisal—a fierce-looking plant with sharp, sword-like leaves. The rope can be used to make bags, floor mats and other... continue reading

posted by Aard Vark (oritteropo) 6 years 4 months ago • 545 views • 3:01

Hans Rosling, a Swedish professor from the Karolinska Institute, tells a Danish tv news anchor the world is actually not as bad as the news portrays it.

posted by iaui 8 years 7 months 2 weeks ago • 1,484 views • 2:19

"In Laguna, a coastal city in Brazil, an extraordinary partnership has developed between local fishermen and bottlenose dolphins. The fishermen would catch few fish if it were not for the help of the dolphins,... continue reading

posted by ant 8 years 7 months 2 weeks ago • 368 views • 3:55

Sick of your phone running out of battery? Now you can use a mini water turbine to charge it up. With the invention already a success in India, the German engineer behind it now has his sights set on the... continue reading

posted by newtboy 6 years 8 months 2 weeks ago • 1,961 views • 4:32

"What the world sounds like underwater..."

posted by ant 6 years 9 months ago • 378 views • 9:29

When you absolutely, positively have to jump from a burning Chinese building, accept no substitutes!

posted by Mordhaus 6 years 10 months 2 weeks ago • 1,470 views • 3:04

That escalated quickly.

posted by Mordhaus 7 years 1 month ago • 585 views • 10:03

"A laser under development by Intellectual Ventures aims to kill mosquitoes in mid-air. The company developing the machine hopes to prevent deaths from malaria." From http://science.slashdot.org/comments.pl?sid=103621... continue reading

posted by ant 7 years 1 month ago • 1,118 views • 1:45

This video was made to show at the Pahoa Transfer Station for schoolchildren visiting to see the new lava flows.

posted by Mordhaus 7 years 1 month 2 weeks ago • 845 views • 6:32

YouTube description: Using the power of engineering and brilliant inventions to save lives!!! Great times collab-ing with Bill and Melinda Gates! You should check out the Gates Annual Letter here: http://b-gat.es/2lhh... continue reading

posted by Aard Vark (oritteropo) 7 years 2 months ago • 1,291 views • 8:51

Warrick Mitchell lives deep in one of the world's most remote locations: Fiordland, New Zealand. His home in the country’s oldest national park is nestled in a vast wildness accessible only by boat or... continue reading

posted by newtboy 7 years 2 months 2 weeks ago • 774 views • 3:42

Grab the kleenex. YouTube: Abandoned at 17, after losing everything and being abused and mistreated, Cinnamon came to us angry, confused and full of hatred. And while we thought that her days were counted,... continue reading

posted by PlayhousePals 7 years 2 months 1 week ago • 1,284 views • 6:13

This scientist about to retire when he found a way to save the planet. Very cool

posted by Gratefulmom 7 years 2 months 2 weeks ago • 555 views • 3:19

"A few years ago some computer gamers based in Havana strung a small web of ethernet cables, from house to house, so they could play video games together. The network has grown quietly and today its called... continue reading

posted by ant 7 years 4 months 1 week ago • 378 views • 6:45

YouTube description: In the slums of Lima, he's found a way to turn fog into water.

posted by Aard Vark (oritteropo) 7 years 4 months 2 weeks ago • 473 views • 1:36

After 30 years, the radioactive remains of Reactor 4 have finally been capped completely by the New Safe Confinement (NSC) Arch. Watch as it is moved over a distance of 327 meters from its assembly point... continue reading

posted by Mordhaus 7 years 4 months 2 weeks ago • 537 views • 2:17

"The political purge of Iraq. Taken from: 'The Hitch' A Christopher Hitchens Documentary". From http://www.reddit.com/r/videos/comments/4t4mrr/christopher_hitchens_the_chilling_moment_when/ ...

posted by ant 7 years 8 months 1 week ago • 891 views • 5:43

Two Aboriginal former chiefs, Terry Nelson and Dennis Pashe, travelled to Iran back when Ahmadinejad was still in power. This is an interview they were part of on Iranian television. It includes them declaring... continue reading

YouTube description: In which John visits the Za'atari refugee camp in northern Jordan and talks with refugees there about their hopes, ambitions, fears, and complex lives. Thanks to everyone at UNHCR,... continue reading

posted by Aard Vark (oritteropo) 7 years 10 months 1 week ago • 144 views • 3:31

I built a fenced enclosure and cultivated sweet potatoes (from civilisation) and yams (from the wild) in it. I originally had a small 3X3 m garden behind the wattle and daub hut that already had some sweet... continue reading

posted by cricket 7 years 11 months ago • 951 views • 6:26