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posted by newtboy 3 days 21 hours 2 minutes ago • 71 views • 2:22

YouTube description: It's an often told story about Apollo 12 getting struck by lightning, crippling the command module in flight and John Aaron in mission control figuring out the exact switch to flip... continue reading

posted by Aard Vark (oritteropo) 5 years 4 months ago • 261 views • 13:55

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 9 months 1 week ago • 308 views • 6:28

YouTube description: This is how we go from single cells to people. EVO-DEVO Huxley B. Mac. Oh Carroll, Carroll Gould, Stephen Jay yeah D-D-D-D-Davidson and Peter See One cell divide and... continue reading

posted by Aard Vark (oritteropo) 7 years 3 months 3 weeks ago • 923 views • 4:46

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 7 years 8 months ago • 150 views • 10:14

Always thought it was weird that America switches the traditions red=left, blue=right colour scheme.

posted by ChaosEngine 8 years 4 months ago • 466 views • 5:53

YT: As the world switches to renewable energy - and we are switching - there's a problem you might not expect: balancing the grid. Rotational mass and system inertia are the things that keep your lights... continue reading

posted by Fantomas 8 years 5 months ago • 828 views • 4:06

Tom Scott: "Continuing the occasional Weird European Infrastructure Tour: an Italian lift that switches direction from horizontal to vertical. And honestly, until someone pointed it out to me, I could... continue reading

posted by blacklotus90 8 years 8 months 1 week ago • 704 views • 2:29

"Always switch doors on 'Let's Make a Deal' because math..."

posted by ant 1 decade 2 months ago • 38 views • 4:09

From YT: How does a transistor work? Our lives depend on this device. When I mentioned to people that I was doing a video on transistors, they would say "as in a transistor radio?" Yes! That's exactly... continue reading

posted by mxxcon 1 decade 1 year 6 months ago • 55 views • 6:00

A longer version of the sixtysymbols film about an atomic toggle switch, found here: http://videosift.com/video/Sixty-Symbols-Atomic-Switch-moving-individual-atoms

posted by Skeeve 1 decade 3 years 10 months 2 weeks ago • 1,907 views • 15:07

Sixty Symbols explains how scientists can create toggle switches made from just two atoms. Best YT comment: Archimedes shouted "Eureka!" Prof Moriarty shouted "Yes! Flipped. F**k!"

posted by Skeeve 1 decade 3 years 10 months 2 weeks ago • 1,457 views • 4:58