Sam Harris speaks with Matt Ridley and Alina Chan about the origins of the COVID pandemic. They discuss the evidence of a lab leak from the Wuhan Institute of Virology, media and academic censorship of... continue reading

posted by eric3579 2 years 2 weeks ago • 275 views • 58:27

Washing your hands after using the restroom - most of us only do so because a fellow co-worker is in the bathroom with us, and we wonder if he'll tell other people if we don't.

posted by BSR 2 years 4 months ago • 59 views • 10:28

Amazon has shared surveillance video recorded by its doorbell camera system without attempting to contact users for their prior consent and without police obtaining a warrant. The company has now admitted... continue reading

posted by newtboy 2 years 7 months 4 weeks ago • 66 views • 1:27

In 2003, one of the most severe power outages in history affected the northeastern US and parts of eastern Canada. This video summarizes the events leading up to and during the blackout.

posted by eric3579 3 years 3 weeks ago • 54 views • 20:39

How do you rebuild one of the biggest spillways in the world after a catastrophic failure with the next flood season right around the corner? This video covers the engineering and construction required... continue reading

posted by eric3579 3 years 2 months 3 weeks ago • 287 views • 20:38

The Millennium Tower at 301 Mission Street in San Francisco is famously tilting and sinking into the ground. How does geology affect the design of skyscraper foundations, and what is being done to fix... continue reading

posted by eric3579 3 years 3 months 3 weeks ago • 99 views • 13:32

Marcin Wichary gives a really entertaining talk on looped videos, as a live looped video with no post production. Vimeo description: This is a remote Ignite talk I gave at Figma on May 27, 2021.... continue reading

posted by Aard Vark (oritteropo) 3 years 9 months 1 week ago • 140 views • 5:18

February 2017 saw one of the most serious dam-related engineering incidents in history with the failure of the service spillway at Oroville Dam. Whether they realized it or not, the people living and working... continue reading

posted by eric3579 3 years 9 months 4 weeks ago • 465 views • 18:27

Imagine pole-vaulting across dangerous terrain, down steep slopes and ravines. "Salto del pastor"—translated from Spanish as "the shepherd's leap"—is just that. Now a folk sport and hobby, it was once... continue reading

posted by newtboy 3 years 10 months 2 weeks ago • 752 views • 3:53

When disaster strikes, the flurry of political positioning and fingerpointing can make it difficult to understand what really happened. This video provides a summary of the facts of the 2021 Texas winter storm. ... continue reading

posted by eric3579 3 years 11 months 3 weeks ago • 167 views • 16:48

"Cookie Monster joins NPR's Life Kit Parenting Podcast to talk about practicing self-control, especially when you have to wait for something you really want... like a plate of delicious chocolate chip cookies..." ... continue reading

posted by ant 4 years ago • 13 views • 5:07

YouTube description: While clubs are practically synonymous with ankylosaurs, we’ve only started to get to the bottom of how they worked and how this unusual anatomy developed in the first place. ... continue reading

posted by Aard Vark (oritteropo) 4 years 4 months 4 weeks ago • 1,099 views • 9:31

Dr. Robin DiAngelo speaks about her book, "White Fragility" and systemic racism, "bringing language to the emotional structures that make true discussions about racial attitudes difficult. With clarity... continue reading

Createk third-arm : Supernumerary robotic arm powered by magnetorheological clutches and an hydrostatic transmission. Fast enough to compensate for human motions while being safe for physical human-robot interaction. ... continue reading

posted by newtboy 4 years 8 months 4 weeks ago • 124 views • 2:51

YouTube description: People use boats for all kinds of reasons, and in the same way, there are all kinds, shapes, sizes, and ages of locks used for waterway navigation across the world. Freight is big... continue reading

posted by Aard Vark (oritteropo) 4 years 11 months 1 week ago • 248 views • 10:37

From Youtube, "A brief overview of this ingenious method of compressing air using only the power of water. The way a trompe harnesses the power of water to generate compressed air with no moving parts... continue reading

posted by w1ndex 5 years 1 month 3 weeks ago • 1,220 views • 8:50

YouTube description: To prepare him for landing the lunar module, Neil Armstrong practiced on a training vehicle, right here on Earth. It was designed to replicate flying within a gravitational pull... continue reading

posted by Aard Vark (oritteropo) 5 years 7 months 3 weeks ago • 462 views • 2:14