The Reason Behind Dots on Car Windshields

posted by BSR 11 months 1 week ago • 98 views • 1:01

In which Half as Interesting explains the Machine Identification Code covertly printed in yellow dots by virtually all colour printers.

posted by Aard Vark (oritteropo) 5 years 8 months 2 weeks ago • 1,648 views • 5:45

From Youtube, "The Scotch Snap is everywhere in modern hip hop - a metrically accented sixteenth note followed by a dotted eighth note. Why is it everywhere? And where did it come from? The answer lies... continue reading

posted by w1ndex 5 years 11 months 3 weeks ago • 721 views • 8:12

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posted by b4rringt0n 6 years 10 months 1 week ago • 124 views • 4:45

YouTube description: Let's find out how they put 3D images into glass objects. Known as a 'Bubblegram', vitrography or sub-surface laser engraving, this technology has been around for a very long time... continue reading

posted by Aard Vark (oritteropo) 6 years 11 months ago • 308 views • 6:28

This is very much not how I remember it being reported around the time of the repair mission. I'm sure that at the time it was incorrectly reported as being due to the effect of grinding the mirror under... continue reading

posted by Aard Vark (oritteropo) 7 years 7 months 1 week ago • 1,191 views • 7:52

YouTube: Infinitesimally small quantum dots can turn a window into a see-through solar panel!

posted by PlayhousePals 7 years 7 months 2 weeks ago • 621 views • 2:20

In this episode of Learn Quick I learn to draw lines on a chalk board like the great MIT lecturer Walter Lewin.

posted by Mordhaus 7 years 10 months 2 weeks ago • 389 views • 4:22

Note to Breitbart: Earth is not cooling, climate change Is real and please stop using our video to mislead Americans.

posted by newtboy 8 years 3 months ago • 1,206 views • 1:57

Over the past few days, the optical illusion posted by Akiyoshi Kitaoka has made the rounds on the internet, and today I'm explaining how the 12-dot optical illusion works. It is driven by two key features:... continue reading

posted by Mordhaus 8 years 5 months 4 weeks ago • 23 views • 3:16

This video from the London Transport Museum youtube channel shows how the big vinyl signs that London busses use to show their destinations are made. YouTube description: McKenna Brothers, recognised... continue reading

posted by Aard Vark (oritteropo) 8 years 7 months 4 weeks ago • 400 views • 4:10

YouTube description: Ever wondered what those huge numbers are at the end of runways? We explain! In everything decoded Atlas Obscura tries to explain the simple yet mysterious codes that fill our... continue reading

posted by Aard Vark (oritteropo) 8 years 9 months ago • 491 views • 1:17

YouTube description: We know it as those scary Gothic-Viking-Teutonic dots, but they are so much more. Here is story of the umlaut. Produced for Mental Floss. (via digg)... continue reading

posted by Aard Vark (oritteropo) 9 years ago • 609 views • 4:02

"Our planet is a lonely speck in the great enveloping cosmic dark."

posted by PlayhousePals 1 decade 2 months 2 weeks ago • 342 views • 3:46

YouTube: In this episode of Crash Course Psychology, Hank walks us through the troubling world of Eating and Body Dysmorphic disorders. There's a lot going on here and, even though we still have a lot... continue reading

posted by PlayhousePals 1 decade 5 months 1 week ago • 123 views • 10:12

Videosifters are all smart of course, and that’s okay… From YT: There are now more than 7 billion human beings on Earth, and that got me wondering: How successful are we compared to other species?... continue reading

posted by Trancecoach 1 decade 2 years 1 month 1 week ago • 40 views • 4:40

YouTube Description: Anti-parabola propoganda, plus musing on math class, cardioids, connect the dots, envelopes of lines, even a bit of origami.Extra points to a certain Andrea whose line-enveloped... continue reading

posted by FlowersInHisHair 1 decade 2 years 6 months 3 weeks ago • 1,640 views • 7:47