Aurel Bacs, International Head of the Watch Department, shares his passion and knowledge of the only known matching pair of gold and enamel singing bird pistols, to be offered at Christie’s Hong Kong... continue reading

posted by geo321 1 decade 3 years 6 months ago • 1,655 views • 4:37

The Danish archer Lars Andersen has rediscovered an old and very fast way to shoot bows. "Saracens who fought with the Crusaders were tested to shoot three arrows in 1.5 seconds." "The Indian Chief Hiawatha... continue reading

Engineering & precision at it's finest.

posted by Barseps 1 decade 3 years 1 week ago • 6,357 views • 9:26

In a world increasingly concerned with questions of energy production and raw material shortages, this project explores the potential of desert manufacturing, where energy and material occur in abundance. ... continue reading

posted by radx 1 decade 3 years 5 months 1 week ago • 2,937 views • 6:07

From YT: This project by students in the School of Mechanical Engineering, the University of Adelaide involved the construction of a human operated diwheel called EDWARD. Many diwheels in the past have... continue reading

posted by TheGenk 1 decade 3 years 5 months 1 week ago • 1,078 views • 5:11

This video is a guide to watching US only shows outside of the US. It seems to work for Youtube and Comedy Central, unfortunatly Hulu doesn't fall for these tricks but at least I can watch the Daily Show now.

posted by Ti_Moth 1 decade 3 years 6 months ago • 1,658 views • 7:05

youtube video of a student hacking his brother laser printer. short and sweet.

posted by marinara 1 decade 3 years 7 months 1 week ago • 3,283 views • 3:26

"GA's got a new, super aerodynamic dart for it that can travel four miles downrange after being fired at zero elevation and blowing through a 1/8" steel plate. In previous tests, the railgun had been... continue reading

posted by Hybrid 1 decade 3 years 7 months 1 week ago • 6,441 views • 1:33

TED: Using wikis and digital fabrication tools, TED Fellow Marcin Jakubowski is open-sourcing the blueprints for 50 farm machines, allowing anyone to build their own tractor or harvester from scratch.... continue reading

posted by littledragon_79 1 decade 3 years 7 months 2 weeks ago • 1,643 views • 4:11

Time lapse view of every nuclear test since World War 2. Kind of slow, but kind of hard to look away.

posted by Crake 1 decade 4 years 5 months 1 week ago • 9,257 views

I was just wondering how this was done...now I have to try it. Other than occasionally having the most important part of the image covered up by words, this guy does an awesome job showing us how to do it. :)

posted by laura 1 decade 3 years 7 months 3 weeks ago • 1,364 views • 9:17

"We're hiring autocompleters for Google Search! Are you passionate about helping people? Are you intuitive? Do you often feel like you know what your friends and family are thinking and can finish their... continue reading

posted by ant 1 decade 3 years 8 months ago • 1,654 views • 2:37

I really want to know what the need was that prompted this devices creation.

posted by Zifnab 1 decade 3 years 8 months 1 week ago • 5,575 views • 2:20