Always thought it was weird that America switches the traditions red=left, blue=right colour scheme.
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An Englishman living with cystic fibrosis in Rarotonga teaches his new apprentice the traditional Polynesian art of Tatatau. In order for the custom practice to continue, the knowledge must be passed down.
posted by Mordhaus 7 years 8 months ago • 108 views • 3:01YouTube description: Greenford, Middlesex. An item about the manufacture of wallpaper. C/U on stuffed birds. C/U of an artist painting the birds in a design. Various shots of artists designing... continue reading
posted by Aard Vark (oritteropo) 7 years 8 months 1 week ago • 446 views • 2:52Via YouTube: http://www.injunuity.org - Two Spirit: A person of First Nations or Native American descent possessing both a male and female spirit. An umbrella term used to describe the fluidity of First... continue reading
posted by Gratefulmom 7 years 8 months 2 weeks ago • 33 views • 4:20YT: 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 7 years 8 months 3 weeks ago • 828 views • 4:06Today's recipe is for a traditional "Pound Cake." This comes from Amelia Simmons's 1796 cookbook, "American Cookery." While it's called a cake, there are clues in the text that this was intended to be... continue reading
posted by Mordhaus 7 years 8 months 3 weeks ago • 29 views • 9:38Every year, local communities on either side of the Apurimac River Canyon use traditional Inca engineering techniques to rebuild the Q'eswachaka Bridge. The old bridge is taken down and the new bridge... continue reading
posted by Mordhaus 7 years 9 months 1 week ago • 32 views • 3:16I 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 9 months 1 week ago • 1,388 views • 4:32As urban populations continue to rise, innovators are looking beyond traditional farming as a way to feed everyone while having less impact on our land and water resources. Vertical farming is one solution... continue reading
posted by Mordhaus 7 years 10 months ago • 832 views • 3:38YouTube: Disenchanted with the out-of-date curriculum of traditional college, Jeremy Rossmann dropped out of MIT. Within a few years, he and co-founder Ashu Desai, started The Make School, a college replacement... continue reading
posted by PlayhousePals 8 years 5 months ago • 493 views • 4:02Abstract: Hydrographic printing is a well-known technique in industry for transferring color inks on a thin film to the surface of a manufactured 3D object. It enables high-quality coloring of object... continue reading
posted by newtboy 8 years 12 months ago • 883 views • 4:55EconStories presents a special event on entrepreneurship and innovation. PayPal co-founder and technology entrepreneur Peter Thiel visits the UT Austin campus to talk about innovation, entrepreneurship... continue reading
posted by Trancecoach 9 years 5 months 1 week ago • 13 views • 51:15Building the Machine introduces the public to the Common Core States Standards Initiative (CCSSI) and its effects on our children’s education. The documentary compiles interviews from leading educational... continue reading
posted by Joe Motion (lurgee) 1 decade 1 month ago • 184 views • 39:09"What do Jesuit priests, gin and tonics, and ancient Chinese scrolls have in common? They all show up in our animated history of malaria. It's a story of geopolitical struggles, traditional medicine,... continue reading
posted by Warren E. Hale (MrFisk) 1 decade 10 months 1 week ago • 390 views • 2:36"You may not typically prefer them to more traditional games, but the ten on this list ain't so bad..."
posted by ant 1 decade 1 year 3 weeks ago • 341 views • 6:49From YT: The open cluster M67 has traditionally been considered a possible birthplace for the Sun, though computer modelling may throw a spanner in the works? Will astronomers ever learn where our star... continue reading
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