This successful test of the upgraded and now human rated Dragon capsule is the first step towards the USA being able to send astronauts to the ISS without hitching a lift on Russian Soyuz spacecraft. ... continue reading

posted by Aard Vark (oritteropo) 1 month 2 weeks ago • 503 views • 4:57

YouTube 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 months ago • 342 views • 3:15

YouTube description: We take a field trip to the 2018 Summer Steam-up, an annual gathering of hobbyists who build and operate model trains with working steam engines! Tested meets up with two model... continue reading

posted by Aard Vark (oritteropo) 7 months 1 week ago • 328 views • 14:32

This video shows a deep-sea squid Gonatus onyx fighting to eat an owlfish Pseudobathylagus milleri. It was recorded using remotely operated vehicle Doc Ricketts.

posted by newtboy 7 months 4 weeks ago • 812 views • 2:17

Luscombe was an aircraft manufacturer that ceased operation around 1950, this one is a 1946 Luscombe 8A/ O-200. This video explains the annual inspection legally required to keep it airworthy and certified. ... continue reading

posted by Aard Vark (oritteropo) 9 months 2 weeks ago • 615 views • 7:23

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) 1 year ago • 295 views • 6:28

How to dial your phone, now that the operator won't do all the work for you. A public training film from well within living memory, at a time when youngsters might need the instruction in order to use... continue reading

posted by Buttle 1 year 1 week ago • 1,482 views • 9:51

YouTube description: This is Barsha Pump, it's a new water pump created by aQysta. "Barsha" means rain in Nepalese and the pumps are being made available across Nepal, Indonesia, Zambia and 9 other countries. ... continue reading

posted by Aard Vark (oritteropo) 1 year 1 month 2 weeks ago • 728 views • 3:19

The European Space Agency (ESA) is part of an international effort to monitor and – ultimately – tackle space debris. This junk – accumulated in orbit since the dawn of the space age sixty years... continue reading

posted by newtboy 1 year 2 months ago • 132 views • 3:37

YT - Everyday Astronaut Published on Jan 24, 2018 It’s ALIVE!!!!! For the very first time, the Falcon Heavy has successfully lit all 27 of its mighty Merlin engines in preparation for its maiden launch.... continue reading

posted by Buck 1 year 2 months 3 weeks ago • 170 views • 8:38

YouTube description: I'm visiting the University of Iowa's National Advanced Driving Simulator, to answer a question: how unsafe is it for me to vlog while driving? Is vlogging while driving dangerous?... continue reading

posted by Aard Vark (oritteropo) 1 year 5 months 1 week ago • 803 views • 4:27

I built a natural draft furnace to test ideas about how hot a furnace could get without the use of bellows. Natural draft is the flow of air through a furnace due to rising hot air. The hot gasses in the... continue reading

posted by Mordhaus 1 year 5 months 3 weeks ago • 442 views • 5:46

The Lahti L-39 is a Finnish 20 mm anti-tank rifle used during the Second World War. It had excellent accuracy, penetration and range, but its size made transportation difficult. It was nicknamed "Norsupyssy"... continue reading

posted by Mordhaus 1 year 11 months ago • 36 views • 10:14

Extreme Ownership | Jocko Willink | TEDxUniversityofNevada From YouTube: War is hell, but war is also a brutal teacher. War teaches you about brotherhood, honor, humility, and leadership. In this riveting... continue reading

posted by chicchorea 2 years 2 months 1 week ago • 112 views • 13:50

YouTube description: I thought about saying "secret patterns" or "mysterious patterns" in the title, but that'd be a lie: they're just mostly unknown! So let's talk about tactile paving, about design,... continue reading

posted by Aard Vark (oritteropo) 2 years 3 months 1 week ago • 1,718 views • 3:13

What is the basic unit for tanks? How big is it? How does it operate? How are orders conveyed? All this and a bit more.

posted by Mordhaus 2 years 5 months 1 week ago • 368 views • 9:13

Published on Oct 17, 2016 In this explosive new video from Project Veritas Action, a Democratic dirty tricks operative unwittingly provides a dark money trail to the DNC and Clinton campaign. The video... continue reading

posted by bobknight33 2 years 6 months 1 week ago • 36 views • 16:27

I invented the Bow Blower, a combination of the bow drill and forge blower to make a device that can force air into a fire while being easy to construct from commonly occurring natural materials using... continue reading

posted by Mordhaus 2 years 8 months 3 weeks ago • 1,382 views • 4:32

Bill details the engineering choices underlying the design of a beverage can He explains why it is cylindrical, outlines the manufacturing steps needed to created the can, notes why the can narrows near... continue reading

posted by eric3579 4 years 1 week ago • 1,665 views • 11:39

YouTube: A Colorado man made history at the Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory (APL) this summer when he became the first bilateral shoulder-level amputee to wear and simultaneously control... continue reading

posted by PlayhousePals 4 years 4 months ago • 479 views • 4:33