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posted by Aard Vark (oritteropo) 8 years 9 months 3 weeks ago • 761 views • 2:51

YouTube Description: An eighth teaspoon of powdered ginger found to work as well as the migraine headache drug sumatriptan (Imitrex) without the side-effects.These are my favorite kind of videos to... continue reading

posted by Joe Motion (lurgee) 8 years 10 months 1 week ago • 38 views • 3:30

A platform for adventure, Rungu Trikes offer mobility and stability where a bike can't go and a car won't go. Three wheels -- two wheels in front for stability Low gearing for difficult terrain Mounting... continue reading

posted by newtboy 8 years 10 months 2 weeks ago • 153 views • 1:08

Video actually ends at the 25 minute mark, the last two minutes or so are blank. YouTube Description: Learn about samurai swordmaking in this video from the United Kingdom's National Museum of Arms... continue reading

posted by Aard Vark (oritteropo) 8 years 10 months 2 weeks ago • 29 views • 26:53

This is an acoustic instrument with no electricity or anything... Natural source coded materials which are membrane, coiled spring and string working together. Maybe we can say that this is a new bridge... continue reading

Cloaking devices: they’re not just for Harry Potter or Romulan warships anymore. Researchers at the University of Rochester are publicizing their construction of an invisibility-inducing array, and... continue reading

posted by newtboy 9 years 7 months ago • 278 views • 1:01

A look at the Copenhagen Wheel. A 'smart' bike wheel that looks to revolutionize the two-wheel world.

posted by Skeeve 1 decade 3 years 1 month 3 weeks ago • 1,039 views • 4:32

I don't know exactly how books are made today, but this educational film produced 60 years ago by Encyclopedia Britannica shows how it was done back in post-WWII America. The craftsmanship is pretty impressive,... continue reading

posted by kronosposeidon 1 decade 5 years 8 months 1 week ago • 3,700 views

High Voltage Marx and Tesla Generators Research Facility (via LiveLeak) The description below says that the facility has 3 Megawatt transformer cascade, and a 9 megawatt Pulsed Voltage Generator... continue reading

posted by Aard Vark (oritteropo) 9 years 9 months 3 weeks ago • 947 views • 1:46

Neatorama: DIY fanatics like myself consider Adam Savage (of Mythbusters fame) to be one of the gods of DIY. The man can build really cool stuff out of a pile of random stuff, and his diverse skillset,... continue reading

posted by Zawash 9 years 11 months ago • 255 views • 43:41

YouTube Description: A tennis ball is placed in a tube with vacuum. When exposed to air, the ball is accelerated by the atmospheric pressure. Music: ProleteR - April Showers... continue reading

posted by Aard Vark (oritteropo) 9 years 11 months 4 weeks ago • 851 views • 1:10

"Plenty of tradition and handcraft—combined with high-tech, where it outperforms handcraft: That is NOMOS Glashütte. All our movements are built in-house and by ourselves in Glashütte. This also applies... continue reading

posted by ant 9 years 11 months 4 weeks ago • 965 views • 3:24

LiveLeak: 'Watch me break in my new Boumont Belt Grinder and Make a Machete from an old hand saw I picked up at flea market for $ 20 The handle is Ziricote wood from Central America. Please share and... continue reading

posted by mintbbb 1 decade 2 weeks ago • 391 views • 12:05

(youtube) Lock picking is as old as locks themselves, and is enjoyed as a hobby and practical skill worldwide. While it has been tainted in many people's minds as something only done by criminals, it is... continue reading

posted by pumkinandstorm 1 decade 1 month 3 weeks ago • 1,326 views • 5:42

(youtube) This video provides directions on how to manually cut thick glass up to1-inch (25 mm) using the Bohle tool kit for thick glass cutting.

posted by pumkinandstorm 1 decade 1 month 3 weeks ago • 250 views • 6:37

Russian man converts angle grinder into a chainsaw. via LiveLeak.

posted by Aard Vark (oritteropo) 1 decade 1 month 3 weeks ago • 1,021 views • 3:29

So, I guess National Geographic has moved on from majestic nature films about migrating wildebeests and decided to demo well-known methods of vandalizing car windows. Sigh. Although, the physics are... continue reading

posted by SFOGuy 1 decade 2 months ago • 627 views • 1:40