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6 THINGS YOU DIDN'T KNOW ABOUT EVERYDAY OBJECTS
5-Minute Crafts compilation - This video is a treasure trove!
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Don’t Overdo It with the Neti Pot
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UPS tested launching a drone from a truck for deliveries
IainB:
I just read this: Creepy IoT teddy bear leaks >2 million parents’ and kids’ voice messages
It immediately reminded me of the rather eerie short story The Professor's Teddy Bear, by Theodore Sturgeon. That was not a nice teddy bear.
Looks like it might be another case of form-follows-art, or something.
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What if the Earth were a middle-aged adult and other comparisons...
interesting way to put some numbers into perspective
http://kottke.org/17/02/what-if-the-earth-were-a-middle-aged-adult-and-other-comparisons
IainB:
Interesting physics experiment with a dropped spring, apparently misunderstood at first, but then with a correct theoretical explanation kindly provided by Luboš Motl:
Brian Greene's spring trick and his weird explanation based on locality
This is an interesting experiment for school science students.
It's a bit less confuzzling than the rotating gyro that becomes lighter than it was when stationary, after it has been spun up - as per Prof. Eric Laithwaite's demo when he was invited to speak at the Royal Society, and which ensured that he didn't get invited back, as he seemed to be questioning God Newton. Laithwaite was regarded as a heretic after that, and shunned by the RS. (Didn't seem to hold him back from being credited with the invention of the linear motor though.)
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