In Wuppertal, Germany, there's the Schwebebahn: a suspended monorail that carries 80,000 people a day above the streets of the city, and above the river Wupper. It's a wonderful thing: but it wasn't the... continue reading
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posted by lucky760 8 years 7 months 1 week ago • 566 views • 1:59"At the Mystic Aquarium in Connecticut, Jonathan gets up close and personal with Beluga whales as he learns what its like to train and take care of these thousand pound marine mammals..." From http://www.reddit.com/r/... continue reading
posted by ant 8 years 7 months 2 weeks ago • 33 views • 9:44"Train your fish to become the next Pelé with this goldfish soccer game. Included in this unique fish training kit - yes, fish can be trained! ..." From http://bbs.boingboing.net/t/jon-stewart-on-charleston-massacre-... continue reading
posted by ant 8 years 8 months 3 weeks ago • 84 views • 4:17"As a grad student, Cynthia Breazeal wondered why we were using robots on Mars, but not in our living rooms. The key, she realized: training robots to interact with people. Now she dreams up and builds... continue reading
posted by ant 8 years 9 months 4 weeks ago • 21 views • 14:04YouTube: 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 9 years 4 months 2 weeks ago • 675 views • 4:33"Strategically deployed at stations throughout the system and involved in up to 1,000 train trips a month, the Amtrak Police Department K-9 teams provide a psychological and physical deterrent to potential... continue reading
posted by Warren E. Hale (MrFisk) 9 years 10 months 2 weeks ago • 31 views • 6:08Two Parts: 1 (embedded; 6:37): http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7B5nO4LQ3do 2 (8:52): http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x393m1uqT9k
posted by ant 1 decade 8 months 2 weeks ago • 76 views • 6:37"Watch Barry Cooper, a former police officer in Texas focusing on narcotics interdiction for eight years, teach you exactly what you need to know to stay out of jail. With over 800 felony and misdemeanor... continue reading
posted by Warren E. Hale (MrFisk) 1 decade 10 months 1 week ago • 1,569 views • 1:30:46Youtube Description: This 50 minutes long BBC documentary film is aired in the year 2011. The BBC film says it is the first and the most technological advance in the world, ancient chariot racing, the... continue reading
posted by oohlalasassoon 1 decade 1 year 4 weeks ago • 556 views • 48:32A number so epic it will collapse your brain into a black hole! Yet Tony Padilla and Matt Parker take the risk of discussing its magnitude. Watch with caution. See also our video about the Googol and... continue reading
posted by Kulpims T'dna (kulpims) 1 decade 1 year 11 months 3 weeks ago • 3,048 views • 9:16Physicist Richard Feynman explains how a train stays on the tracks... From BBC TV 'Fun to Imagine' (1983) -YT
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