YouTube description: What would it be like if our eyes could see more colors? We may never be able to answer that, but we can build devices that can do the work for us. Over the last three weeks we've... continue reading
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YouTube description: Until the mid 1950’s, small short-range airliners like the twin engined IL-14 were really the only type the Soviet Union produced. And that meant flying across the country’s... continue reading
posted by Aard Vark (oritteropo) 5 years 3 months 3 weeks ago • 426 views • 10:05YouTube description: On August 8th, 1918, Allied forces in France launched the Hundred Days Offensive, one of the first combined arms operations of the war that included hundreds of tanks, airplanes,... continue reading
posted by Aard Vark (oritteropo) 5 years 5 months ago • 397 views • 3:15With the large hadron collider running out of places to look for clues to a deeper theory of physics, we need a bigger particle accelerator. We have one - the galaxy.
posted by w1ndex 5 years 5 months 1 week ago • 147 views • 16:26Romans used sealed aquaducts to span valleys too large for raised aquaducts.
posted by newtboy 5 years 7 months 1 week ago • 1,045 views • 1:36YouTube 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) 5 years 7 months 4 weeks ago • 337 views • 1:21YouTube description: What happens when you fire a Civil War mortar at a caravan? We invited YouTuber Tom Scott to find out. The mortar used is a replica of Roaring Meg, which destroyed large parts... continue reading
posted by Aard Vark (oritteropo) 5 years 8 months ago • 545 views • 7:11YouTube description: In the last 20 years it's been surprisingly common for space probes to end missions early because reaction wheels have failed, moreover there's been a large number of failures associated... continue reading
posted by Aard Vark (oritteropo) 5 years 8 months ago • 565 views • 7:10At the old hut site (the new one being temporarily cut off by flooding) I made lime mortar from the shells of rainforest snails by firing them in a kiln, slaking them in water, mixing them into lime putty.... continue reading
posted by Mordhaus 6 years 1 month 2 weeks ago • 406 views • 7:08YT: I built an A frame hut as a large work space for projects. First I made a celt hatchet to cut timber for the hut. The axe head was made of amphibolite and the handle was made of a species of wattle.... continue reading
posted by nanrod 6 years 3 months ago • 524 views • 9:05During the evacuation of Gallipoli by the Allies, which started in December 1915, an ingenious invention was constructed on the battlefield by ANZAC forces to deceive the ottoman enemy into thinking a... continue reading
posted by Mordhaus 6 years 3 months 3 weeks ago • 102 views • 2:08Hydraulic transients (also known as water hammer) can seem innocuous in a residential setting, but these spikes in pressure can cause major damage to large pipelines and industrial pipe networks. In this... continue reading
posted by Mordhaus 6 years 4 months 2 weeks ago • 1,829 views • 7:40The Pan Galactic Gargle Blaster is considered by the Hitchhiker's Guide To The Galaxy to be the "best drink in existence". While almost impossible to make on planet Earth, I needed to see if its effects... continue reading
posted by Mordhaus 6 years 7 months ago • 24 views • 6:55Plywood is a simple material made by glueing together thin sheets of wood, known as veneers or plies. These basic elements have remained broadly the same throughout its history. The most significant breakthrough... continue reading
posted by Mordhaus 6 years 7 months 1 week ago • 1,947 views • 6:44"... In this episode of Overrated, Vox's Phil Edwards investigates the largely unheralded business reason behind the success of Harper Lee's 'To Kill A Mockingbird.' Harper Lee's To Kill A Mockingbird... continue reading
posted by ant 6 years 7 months 1 week ago • 142 views • 5:28Sea Creatures can be monstrously large, but how big can they get compared to you?
posted by Mekanikal 6 years 7 months 2 weeks ago • 133 views • 7:03I built this pottery kiln and some pottery from termite mound clay to test an alternative clay source to my usual one from the creek bank. I started by making a large grate from ordinary clay. It was just... continue reading
posted by Mordhaus 7 years 1 month ago • 419 views • 11:27In this video I build a garden to grow Cassava and yams, two staple food crops. Cassava is a shrub that develops large edible roots. Yams are a climbing vine that produce large, edible underground bulbs... continue reading
posted by Mordhaus 7 years 1 month 4 weeks ago • 99 views • 6:27For a few months each winter, Harbin, China, turns into a fantastical "city of ice." From January 5 through February 25, this chilly provincial capital plays host to the Harbin International Ice and Snow... continue reading
posted by newtboy 7 years 2 months 3 weeks ago • 431 views • 2:53Chop up 2 pounds of potatoes (or one pound, then halve the dressing) Toss with olive oil salt and pepper pepper pepper Bake at 400 30-45 minutes, wrastle' once or twice Dressing: 1/2 cup walnut oil ... continue reading
posted by Mordhaus 7 years 2 months 3 weeks ago • 233 views • 3:48