The German army actually bought half a million sets of this armor in WWI! It was used mostly by machine gunners starting in 1916.

posted by halfAcat 9 years 2 months ago • 788 views • 9:24

YouTube Description: Learn all about CBTC, the future of the New York City Subway. (via Digg.com and a h/t to @eric3579)... continue reading

posted by Aard Vark (oritteropo) 9 years 4 months ago • 760 views • 9:26

My money is on option two. YouTube: Deep in rural Ukraine sits what was once the V.I. Lenin Nuclear Power Station. Now, it's the site of the worst nuclear disaster in human history: and one that still... continue reading

posted by PlayhousePals 9 years 4 months ago • 1,132 views • 2:14

The United States Army Field Band meets up with Dr. Paul Cohen to discuss unheard of members of the sax family.

posted by RFlagg 9 years 4 months 1 week ago • 830 views • 11:27

An interesting investigation of our mobile phone's purpose and engineering by taking a look at the devices created by a culture that places no emphasis on copyright, patents, or trademarks. From the source: ... continue reading

posted by iaui 9 years 4 months 1 week ago • 843 views • 2:36

Sort of cool demonstration of a how spin affects the high and low pressure differentials on each side of a basketball dropped off a dam. Given how surprised he is by where it ends up---maybe the correct... continue reading

posted by SFOGuy 9 years 4 months 2 weeks ago • 798 views • 3:01

Sparks fly as the Man at Arms team uses traditional techniques to forge the Hanzō katana wielded by Black Mamba in Kill Bill.

posted by FlowersInHisHair 9 years 4 months 2 weeks ago • 820 views • 18:41

YouTube Description: In the 1880s, LaMarcus Thompson was troubled by America's slide into hedonism and immorality. Out of that concern, we got the rollercoaster. From: MY MILLION DOLLAR INVENTION:... continue reading

posted by Aard Vark (oritteropo) 9 years 6 months 1 week ago • 403 views • 4:20

A coherent a respectful response.

posted by brycewi19 9 years 11 months 3 weeks ago • 1,582 views • 8:49

Awesome thought experiment!

posted by brycewi19 9 years 12 months ago • 529 views • 10:31

curbed.com: A new ad campaign from home appliances giant Philips aimed to show off its "revolutionary" new lighting product, but the video is actually much better at illustrating how drastically our living... continue reading

posted by saber2x 1 decade 1 month 1 week ago • 525 views • 1:25

Albert Michelson's harmonic analyzer -- a 19th century mechanical calculator that can do Fourier analysis with just gears, springs and levers -- was found at the University of Illinois, and then lovingly... continue reading

posted by mintbbb 1 decade 1 week ago • 773 views • 5:42

What happens when a bowling ball and a feather are dropped together in a vacuum ?

posted by billpayer 1 decade 4 weeks ago • 2,773 views • 4:42

Apples be falling on the regular.

posted by Warren E. Hale (MrFisk) 1 decade 4 months 1 week ago • 1,956 views • 4:13

What is Random: http://videosift.com/video/What-is-Random

posted by Janine V. (Lilithia) 1 decade 4 months 2 weeks ago • 911 views • 10:00

It was the change that no-one saw coming: the idea that we could take a book, a painting or a song and send it through cables and wires and even thin air to the other end of the world - and it would be... continue reading

posted by Trancecoach 1 decade 4 months 3 weeks ago • 653 views • 5:43