Fire Tornado Rig Created Using 12 Fans in a Circle
Hackers at Unallocated Space in Maryland created a fire tornado rig using 12 fans and quite a lot of fuel (video). The fire was hot…
Giant LEGO Bridge in Germany
In 2011, German street artist Martin Heuwold (aka Megx) gave a bridge in Wuppertal, Germany in the Rhine-Westphalia region of western Germany, a rather realistic…
Designing 007, Fifty Years of James Bond
To mark 50 years since the start of the James Bond film franchise, EON Productions and the Barbican Centre in London are presenting the exhibition…
Internet Scam Alert: Most “Kickstarter” Projects Just Useless Crap
The Onion reports on the latest Internet scam: Kickstarter projects for literary magazines, first albums and other “useless crap.” Internet criminals are using a website…
Causes of Death in the United States, 1900 vs. 2010
This chart from The New England Journal of Medicine compares causes of death in the United States, 1900 versus 2010. It is part of an…
Scientists at CERN May Have Found the Higgs Boson Particle
Today scientists at CERN announced they have discovered a new subatomic particle that may be the long sought-after Higgs boson. The particle was discovered during…
Renault Alpine A110-50 Concept Car vs. 1962 Alpine A110
In this video produced by Renault, a 1962 Alpine A110 sports car speeds through the alps in a race against its modern day successor, the…
Back to the Future Time Circuit Replica
Adafruit Industries created this replica of the time circuit found in the time traveling Delorean of Back to the Future fame. It is unfortunately not…
Successors to Concorde Supersonic Jet Will Be Nearly Twice As Fast
image via Aerion US aircraft manufacturers and NASA are working together to develop successor aircraft to the Concorde supersonic passenger jet. The new generation of…
The Chemistry of Fireworks
Fireworks expert John Conkling discusses the chemistry of fireworks in this 2010 video by Bytesize Science. From the sizzle of the fuse to the…