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Slow Motion Video and Electron Microscope Imagery of Popcorn
NPR explores the science of popcorn through slow motion footage and electron microscope imagery in “Click To Enlarge: Popcorn”. The video is a companion to…
Pernod Ricard Unveils ‘Gutenberg Project’ Prototype, At Home Mixology System Utilizing An iPad App
Pernod Ricard, the international purveyor of spirits based in France, has recently unveiled a prototype of their Gutenberg Project which was developed in-house by their…
Study Finds That Virtual Reality Games Help To Relieve Phantom Pain of An Amputated Limb
Trace Dominguez of DNews reports on a recent collaborative study conducted by PhD candidate Max Ortiz-Catalan and his teams at Chalmers University of Technology and…
SciShow Explains How to Predict the Odds of Anything
SciShow host Hank Green explains how to predict the odds of anything. Specifically, Green explains a set of statistical reasoning based on Bayes’ theorem. Statistics!…
Rezhound, A Service That Sends Out Alerts When Reservations Open Up at Restaurants
Rezhound is a service created by self-described “Internet doer” Reed Kavner that sends out email and SMS alerts when reservations open up at restaurants. Users…
A Doorbell Crafted From a Metallophone, A Musical Instrument With Tuned Metal Bars
Tinkerer Benjamin Schwartz removed his old doorbell and replaced it with a metallophone, a musical instrument with tuned metal bars, hooked up to an Arduino…
TrackR, A Service That Uses GPS to Keep Track of Commonly Misplaced Items
TrackR, from Phone Halo, is a service for locating commonly misplaced items, like keys, that uses an app powered by proprietary StickR TrackR devices the…
An Alarm Clock Destroyed by a Sledgehammer in Super Slow Motion in Honor of Daylight Saving Time
Grant Thompson, also known as The King of Random, destroys an alarm clock with a sledgehammer in observance of the upcoming daylight saving time and…
The ABCs of Disease, Cute All-Kids Musical Teaching Us About Diseases and How to Stay Healthy
“O is for osteoporosis, bones will break on you. P is for pinkeye, contagious globs of goo.” The WellPoint health care company teamed up with…
The Miracle Machine, A Device That Help You Turn Water Into Wine At Home
Jesus made water into wine; with all the technology we have available today why can’t we do the same? Kevin Boyer and Phillip James, two…