Why do all the pictures you take underwater look blandly blue-green? The answer has to do with how light travels through water. Derya Akkaynak, an oceangoing engineer, has figured out a way to recover... continue reading

posted by newtboy 5 years 4 months 1 week ago • 1,586 views • 3:56

https://youtu.be/h9AiJWk5QdU Dorothea Lange captured this iconic photo known as Migrant Mother in 1936. But who was the woman pictured? And how did she and her family feel about its existence in the... continue reading

posted by Aard Vark (oritteropo) 5 years 7 months ago • 398 views • 11:19

YouTube description: Behind the Scenes: https://youtu.be/3HABgm-UUi0 Download Skunkworks! http://www.audible.com/Smarter ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ GET SMARTER SECTION Check out Derek's video... continue reading

posted by Aard Vark (oritteropo) 6 years 2 months 3 weeks ago • 856 views • 11:21

YouTube description: Thunderstorm time lapse and spectacular phenomenon with facts and information of where to witness these fascinating sights. Upward lightning, mammatus, sprites, gustnadoes and... continue reading

posted by Aard Vark (oritteropo) 6 years 4 months 1 week ago • 498 views • 6:19

YouTube description: Watch a time-lapse video of the installation and deinstallation (rotation) of large carpets and mounted textiles in The Met's galleries for the Art of the Arab Lands, Turkey, Iran,... continue reading

posted by Aard Vark (oritteropo) 6 years 6 months 3 weeks ago • 337 views • 1:21

A surprisingly informative tongue-in-cheek talk about wrangling the beast that is Microsoft Excel to actually perform HDR transformations on high-resolution photos, pixel-by-pixel.

posted by blacklotus90 7 years 2 months 2 weeks ago • 24 views • 11:47

Too bad the eclipse is happening in the middle of MY night! YouTube: Please SHARE so people know what to look for on Eclipse Day! (NOTE: Be sure to get the correct app! There are two. You want actual... continue reading

posted by PlayhousePals 7 years 7 months 1 week ago • 348 views • 2:49

Lake Maracaibo, Venezuela, is the unofficial lightning capital of the world. There, lightning strikes occur, on average, 300 days a year. When dangerous storms approach, most people flee. But 21-year-old... continue reading

posted by blacklotus90 8 years 2 months ago • 80 views • 4:51

YouTube: To tell you the truth, using SEEK camera is like putting on glasses for someone with poor eyesight! You just see so much of new things.

posted by PlayhousePals 8 years 5 months ago • 12 views • 5:40

A great, physics-based explanation of why blurring colors on a computer doesn't look quite right, and how image storage/display could be easily improved

posted by blacklotus90 1 decade ago • 645 views • 4:14

YouTube: The colorful, acrobatic dragonfly may seem familiar, but this stunning macro film reveals the mysteries behind its metamorphic life cycle—and some surprising adaptations.

posted by PlayhousePals 1 decade 3 months 1 week ago • 63 views • 14:55

YouTube: Hanu Dixit music: https://www.youtube.com/user/HanuDixit0003 Vsauce video about the FRAME RATE of the eye: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=buSaywCF6E8 Feature Film numbers [PDF]: http://www.uis.unesco.org... continue reading

posted by Janine V. (Lilithia) 1 decade 1 year 2 weeks ago • 383 views • 9:43