Brian Heater
Time-Lapse Video of Emirates Airlines Overhauling an Airbus A380, The World’s Largest Passenger Plane
Emirates Airlines has posted time-lapse video of a maintenance check on an Airbus A380, the world’s largest passenger plane. The process is the largest maintenance…
The Ambulance Drone, An Emergency UAV Concept With a Built-In Defibrillator
The Ambulance Drone is a concept by Dutch industrial design student Alec Momont, developed for a Delft University of Technology thesis project, that aims to…
VetiGel, A Plant-Based Gel That Can Stop Bleeding in 20 Seconds When Applied to a Wound
VetiGel is a gel created by Brooklyn-based biotech startup Suneris that is made from plant-based polymers that are able to stop bleeding in 20 seconds…
Drone Footage of Suburban Upstate New York Streets During a Massive Snowstorm
Filmmaker James Grimaldi sent a drone out from a garage in West Seneca, New York — a suburb of Buffalo — to capture the quiet…
Minipresso, A Pocket-Size Espresso Maker for Brewing on the Go
Minipresso is a pocket-size espresso maker created by Hong Kong startup Wacaco that lets users brew a fresh cup on the go. The cylindrical system…
Twitter Improves Search Index, Letting Users Search Every Public Tweet Dating Back to 2006
Twitter has improved its search index, allowing users to search through every public tweet ever published, dating back to the site’s founding in 2006. Twitter’s…
An Incredibly Detailed 1922 Cutaway Drawing of the Washington DC ‘Evening Star’ Newspaper Building
Washington DC blog Ghosts of DC has an impressively detailed two-page spread featuring a cutaway drawing The Evening Star Building, which was originally printed in…
‘La Loteria’, A Short Romantic Comedy About Immigrating to the United States
“La Loteria” is a short Spanish language romantic comedy directed by New York City filmmaker Shahir Daud that stars Puerto Rican actor Ismael Cruz Córdova…
‘Behind the Sign’, A Documentary Short About a Cleveland Man Who Paints Signs By Hand
“Behind the Sign” is a short documentary video that examines the work of U-Need-A-Sign owner Earl Phillips, a who has hand-painted thousands of signs out…
The Harmonic Analyzer, A 19th Century Computer Capable of Analyzing Frequencies
Engineer Guy Bill Hammack takes a look at the Harmonic Analyzer, a 19th century mechanical computer designed by Albert Michelson that has been mostly forgotten,…