Category: SCI/TECH

November 3, 2015 at 10:13 am

Rhei: An Electro-Mechanical Clock with a Liquid Display

Rhei: An Electro-Mechanical Clock with a Liquid Display

Using magnets and ferrofluids to create a liquid display.

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October 15, 2015 at 12:01 pm

Picture of the Day: Blue Skies on Pluto

Picture of the Day: Blue Skies on Pluto

Incredible when you think how far from Earth this picture was taken from.

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October 1, 2015 at 10:43 am

The Ultimate Image Format Cheat Sheet (Infographic)

The Ultimate Image Format Cheat Sheet (Infographic)

The five most common image formats are: JPG, PNG, GIF, TIFF and BMP. Each has their advantages and knowing which format to use and when can be helpful.

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September 29, 2015 at 11:36 am

Super Permeable Concrete Drains 4000 Litres of Water in 60 Seconds

Super Permeable Concrete Drains 4000 Litres of Water in 60 Seconds

You (water) shall pass

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September 28, 2015 at 4:26 pm

Picture of the Day: Water on Mars

Picture of the Day: Water on Mars

An imaging spectrometer on NASA’s Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter (MRO) has detected signatures of hydrated minerals on slopes of the Red Planet.

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September 28, 2015 at 11:57 am

Controlled Demolition Makes Two 500 ft Chimneys Perfectly Collide and Crumble

Controlled Demolition Makes Two 500 ft Chimneys Perfectly Collide and Crumble

Watch the amazing, controlled demolition of the Cockenzie Power Station’s twin 149m chimney stacks using 160 kg of nitro glycerine.

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September 28, 2015 at 9:23 am

11 Photos of the Super-Mega-Ultra-Blood-Moon-Eclipse That You Probably Didn’t See

11 Photos of the Super-Mega-Ultra-Blood-Moon-Eclipse That You Probably Didn't See

“Ahhh so that’s what that amazing celestial event, that I totally couldn’t see, looked like!” – me every time

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September 21, 2015 at 10:26 am

Using Lasers to Tell If You’re Drilling Straight

Using Lasers to Tell If You're Drilling Straight

The ‘BullseyeBore’ is a nifty gadget that uses lasers to tell if you’re drilling straight. The attachment can be affixed to any drill.

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September 18, 2015 at 4:04 pm

A Senior Learning to Use the Internet Just Wrote This Letter to Her Teacher

A Senior Learning to Use the Internet Just Wrote This Letter to Her Teacher

This hit me right in the feels.

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September 17, 2015 at 10:21 am

A Hiker Found a 2-Year-Old GoPro that was Launched Into Space and the Footage is Awesome

A Hiker Found a 2-Year-Old GoPro that was Launched Into Space and the Footage is Awesome

In 2013, Stanford students launched a weather balloon into space. Two years later, a hiker found the lost payload and returned the footage.

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