From YouTube: "...demonstrate a way to start your car (when the battery is dead) without pushing it or using jumper cables." 031417
posted by chicchorea 7 years 1 month 1 week ago • 1,611 views • 1:46Videos (37) | Sift Talk (0) | Blogs (0) | Comments (1000) |
From NYT: "...a really big drain called a spillway. And once you see it full of spiraling water, it is hard to take your eyes off it. For the first time in a decade, January and February have brought... continue reading
posted by chicchorea 7 years 2 months ago • 1,883 views • 1:31At Autodesk's Pier 9 workshop in San Francisco -- and no, this isn't an ad, pull down the description for more! -- there are giant robot arms using welders to 3D print with stainless steel. Which seemed... continue reading
posted by Mordhaus 7 years 5 months 1 week ago • 782 views • 4:51Via YouTube: A new study led by the U.K.’s Queen Mary University has found that even relatively simple animals like bumblebees can teach other how to perform somewhat complex tasks such as pulling a... continue reading
posted by Gratefulmom 7 years 6 months ago • 595 views • 1:11We ask soldiers to shoot people in combat, but how many men find this easy to do? What proportion can pull the ?
posted by Mordhaus 7 years 7 months 3 weeks ago • 94 views • 23:40Practice! YouTube: If most people got on a skateboard, they would roll forward slowly for a few feet, then fall down and break their wrists. But there are a proud few who can do some pretty amazing... continue reading
posted by PlayhousePals 7 years 7 months 3 weeks ago • 12 views • 3:11This informative video shows how I catch catfish out of the storm sewer. I was using 20lb line, a small circle hook, and Sewer fishing is real and I encourage y'all to try it by using the methods in this... continue reading
posted by Mordhaus 7 years 8 months ago • 26 views • 2:51YouTube description: Conceived in the open sea, tiny spaceship-shaped sea urchin larvae search the vast ocean to find a home. After this incredible odyssey, they undergo one of the most remarkable transformations... continue reading
posted by Aard Vark (oritteropo) 7 years 8 months ago • 658 views • 3:23I 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 7 years 8 months 4 weeks ago • 1,388 views • 4:32YouTube description: Today's recipe is a little different: Cheese-curd fritters from Eliza Smith's 1758 cookbook, "The Compleat Housewife." We found it a bit challenging to make cheese curds in camp,... continue reading
posted by Aard Vark (oritteropo) 7 years 9 months 4 weeks ago • 49 views • 9:17YouTube: Octopuses are smart! They play with toys, pull off daring escapes, and are masters of disguise. But they're also smart in a lot of ways that the human mind probably can't comprehend. For example,... continue reading
posted by PlayhousePals 7 years 10 months ago • 167 views • 4:26Taking that internship in a remote mountain lab might not have been the best idea. Pulling that lever with the skull symbol just to see what it did probably wasn’t so smart either. But now is not the... continue reading
posted by Mordhaus 8 years 1 week ago • 2,094 views • 3:50Triton is an underwater breathing apparatus that looks from a James Bond or Star Wars movie. Problem is - it cannot possibly work. Massive debunkage in the video. YT: So over the last couple of weeks... continue reading
posted by Zawash 8 years 2 weeks ago • 234 views • 17:43I made this bow and arrow using only primitive tools and materials.The bow is 1.25 m (55 inches) long and shoots 60 cm (2 feet) long arrows. I don't know the draw weight - safe to say greater than 15 kg... continue reading
posted by Mordhaus 8 years 3 weeks ago • 621 views • 5:54UAlberta: UAlberta research team uses MRI video to observe for the first time what happens inside joints when they crack. (Edmonton) “Pull my finger,” a phrase embraced by school-aged kids and embarrassing... continue reading
posted by Zawash 9 years 1 week ago • 408 views • 7 secsYT: Water in rivers, in a glass, or falling from clouds obeys gravity. It's going to fall towards the ground because of the physical pull of the earth. But, what if we told you that you could turn a glass... continue reading
posted by Zawash 9 years 6 months 3 weeks ago • 110 views • 1:06This clip from the BBC’s Edwardian Farm documentary series shows how rope was made back before industrial factories spun threads together. It involved pulling and suspending fibers across long distances... continue reading
posted by Kulpims T'dna (kulpims) 1 decade 1 year 1 month 3 weeks ago • 1,236 views • 2:50