What do you get when you take a boxy little hatchback, replace the backseat with a high-performance engine, and add a turbo? You get one of the most badass pieces of automotive engineering thought up by... continue reading
posted by Joe Motion (lurgee) 5 years 3 months 1 week ago • 63 views • 13:02Videos (114) | Sift Talk (0) | Blogs (0) | Comments (1000) |
The GT500 is one of Carroll Shelby’s greatest creations: A Ford Mustang with the heart of the GT40 Le Mans racer! Join James as he explores the long history of the original buff horse, from the 427,... continue reading
posted by Joe Motion (lurgee) 5 years 4 months 2 weeks ago • 39 views • 15:26YouTube description: Meet Z6, the portable and foldable robot for use in professional environments. With a very compact form factor, this robot can be easily and quickly carried in a backpack to... continue reading
posted by Aard Vark (oritteropo) 5 years 4 months 2 weeks ago • 307 views • 1:21YouTube description: The Multi Axis Trainer, or MAT, is an icon of space exploration and astronaut training. But other than spinning round kids at Space Camp: what's it actually used for? Thanks... continue reading
posted by Aard Vark (oritteropo) 5 years 4 months 3 weeks ago • 1,017 views • 3:13Inspired by military vehicles, Audi designed a revolutionary all wheel drive system that would take their coupes and sedans where they had never gone before: off road. Join James as he explores the history... continue reading
posted by Joe Motion (lurgee) 5 years 5 months 2 weeks ago • 83 views • 14:32Polyphonic explores the start of Metal rock, to several individual songs that could be considered the start, and one point where it couldn't be any later than.
posted by RFlagg 5 years 6 months ago • 489 views • 11:39YouTube description: At first this ghostly octopus drifted past the camera on ROV Hercules flapping wing-like fins, then inverted its webbed arms, ballooning out to reveal eight rows of suckers. This... continue reading
posted by Aard Vark (oritteropo) 5 years 6 months 3 weeks ago • 499 views • 2:27YouTube description: Less than 2 percent of the ocean floor has been explored by scientists. “Every time we go to the deep sea, we find new species of organisms,” explains geobiologist Victoria... continue reading
posted by Aard Vark (oritteropo) 5 years 7 months 2 weeks ago • 129 views • 9:46So unshelled Brazil nuts are actually seeds found inside a larger fruit that looks like a cannonball. Learn something new everyday.
posted by nanrod 5 years 9 months 1 week ago • 396 views • 11:08We talked to the co-founder of Tesla, JB Straubel, about why giant batteries are crucial to the future of power grids everywhere. Batteries are becoming more useful at powering bigger things like bikes,... continue reading
posted by b4rringt0n 5 years 9 months 1 week ago • 498 views • 6:15YouTube description: Ferrofluid is a bizarre, NASA-engineered material that was created for spaceships but never used. In this “lab practical” video, we’ll put ferrofluid through its paces, and... continue reading
posted by Aard Vark (oritteropo) 5 years 11 months 2 weeks ago • 674 views • 4:26We explore the roles that robots are starting to play in construction and look at how they will affect our industry in the future. Source: The B1M
posted by b4rringt0n 5 years 11 months 3 weeks ago • 19 views • 5:48YouTube description: Reggaeton is one of the most popular music genres in the world. Its history is rooted in diaspora migration, censorship, poverty and the reclaiming of Afro-Caribbean identity. We... continue reading
posted by Aard Vark (oritteropo) 5 years 12 months ago • 704 views • 10:49YouTube description: A mini-doc exploring the impact and influence of the great Ms. Lauryn Hill. (H/T @eric3579)
posted by Aard Vark (oritteropo) 6 years 1 month ago • 434 views • 7:59YouTube description: What are racing lines and how do they make you faster? Why is the racing line not as simple as the shortest, fastest or easiest path through a turn? What is the karting line? What... continue reading
posted by Aard Vark (oritteropo) 6 years 1 month 1 week ago • 848 views • 7:28YouTube description: Vanguard 1 was the 4th satellite launched, after being beaten by Sputnik 1, 2 and Explorer 1, it also suffered from multiple high profile launch failures. However, 60 years on it's... continue reading
posted by Aard Vark (oritteropo) 6 years 2 months 1 week ago • 410 views • 6:41YouTube description: Programme website: http://bbc.in/2CHzXJj A rusty spotted cat, the world's smallest cat, explores his forest home in Sri Lanka, but his natural curiosity is destined to get him into... continue reading
posted by Aard Vark (oritteropo) 6 years 4 months 2 weeks ago • 891 views • 1:58"Racked explores the controversial history of stripes."
posted by Warren E. Hale (MrFisk) 6 years 4 months 4 weeks ago • 186 views • 2:46Part 2 of Captain Disillusion's exploration of the ground-breaking effects that were used in the Back to the Future trilogy. Part 1 can be viewed here: https://videosift.com/video/VFXcool-Back-to-the-Future-Trilogy-1-... continue reading
posted by Fantomas 6 years 6 months 2 weeks ago • 274 views • 10:11