YouTube 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) 6 years 2 months ago • 307 views • 1:21

YouTube 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) 6 years 4 months 1 week ago • 499 views • 2:27

Computers store text (or, at least, English text) as eight bits per character. There are plenty of more efficient ways that could work: so why don't we use them? And how can we fit more text into less... continue reading

posted by Mordhaus 7 years 6 months ago • 64 views • 6:31

It was just a routine workers’ compensation fraud case for Ken Sheppard. Show up for a spot check, do some surveillance of the subject and keep it pushing. But on March 3, 2014, it was anything but routine... continue reading

posted by newtboy 7 years 11 months 1 week ago • 1,157 views • 5:01

"Tardigrades, also referred to as "water bears," are eight-legged microscopic animals that are seemingly impossible to kill, having been found everywhere from Antarctica to the deep sea."

posted by Warren E. Hale (MrFisk) 7 years 11 months 3 weeks ago • 1,101 views • 4:10

YouTube description: As the world’s largest technology manufacturers increasingly move toward creating products that are designed to be difficult or impossible to repair, Motherboard has started looking... continue reading

posted by Aard Vark (oritteropo) 8 years 3 months ago • 427 views • 9:15

The eight glasses of water a day is a myth! YouTube: How much water should you drink every day? Not as much as you've been told. This summer, like many summers before it, has seen a rash of articles... continue reading

posted by PlayhousePals 9 years 5 months ago • 793 views • 6:46

When I was a preschooler I walked face first into a spider web. Hence my lifelong fear of the eight legged creepers. YouTube: Spiderwebs are designed to trap bug-sized creatures. So how come spiders... continue reading

posted by PlayhousePals 9 years 6 months ago • 27 views • 3:06

"So, why not eat an apple?"

posted by PlayhousePals 1 decade 1 month ago • 419 views • 3:11

Could floating nations help us solve political problems without fighting? Patri Friedman co-founded the Seasteading Institute with billionaire Peter Thiel because he believes we can. The Seasteading Institute... continue reading

posted by Trancecoach 1 decade 1 year 1 month 4 weeks ago • 97 views • 5:58

"Watch Barry Cooper, a former police officer in Texas focusing on narcotics interdiction for eight years, teach you exactly what you need to know to stay out of jail. With over 800 felony and misdemeanor... continue reading

posted by Warren E. Hale (MrFisk) 1 decade 1 year 8 months 2 weeks ago • 1,569 views • 1:30:46

Neuropsychologist Brian Butterworth describes patients who have lost their capacity to use words, but not numbers; or numbers but not words, always with the interesting twist that numbers spelled out,... continue reading

posted by messenger 1 decade 2 years 1 month 2 weeks ago • 1,185 views • 6:43

YouTube Description: Forget turducken... I'm stuffing my turkey with two ducks, stuffed with four hens, stuffed with eight quail eggs. Honestly, I do not recommend trying this yourself.So what's your... continue reading

posted by Zifnab 1 decade 2 years 3 months 3 weeks ago • 233 views • 4:14

Since it is Labor Day in a good part of the world, here is a video about the incidents at Haymarket Square following the call for workers to strike on May 1st. It picks up on May 3rd. The events would... continue reading

posted by RFlagg 1 decade 3 years 10 months 2 weeks ago • 1,238 views • 5:15