Hawking unveils 'strangest clock' via /. A ?1m clock called the "time eater" has been unveiled at Cambridge University by Professor Stephen Hawking.
Via Makezine | Posted on 2008.09.21 at 03:01
Trilobite beetle of Laos
Mad Maxine sent me a great bug link - QuaoArlo has a great collection of videos he's taken - he's quite the world traveler and really knows his bugs.
Via Makezine | Posted on 2008.09.20 at 08:31
Jamie and Adam of Mythbusters will be doing 2 shows in Seattle on October 4th. Jamie Hyneman and Adam Savage take you on a behind-the-scenes look at the Discovery Channel's Mythbusters with a hilarious and entertaining Inside The Scientist's Studio style presentation.
Via Makezine | Posted on 2008.09.19 at 18:02
Artist David Rogers makes these wonderful ginormous sculptures of bugs. He started constructing things and learned to weld when he was only 13! His bugs are well-traveled; looks like they're currently at the New England Wild Flower Society's Garden in the Woods in Massachusetts.
Via Makezine | Posted on 2008.09.19 at 09:25
Curious minds @ NYC Resistor experiment with audio synthesis from a simple bike wheel alternator - fun stuff! We'll be on the lookout for the next report of their findings - The Sound of Electricity.
Via Makezine | Posted on 2008.09.19 at 06:10
Remember seeing this thing on YouTube a while back? A lot of people thought it was fake, but it's a real critter, an Asp Caterpillar, Megalopyge opercularis, otherwise known as the puss caterpillar.
Via Makezine | Posted on 2008.09.18 at 09:45
I've been curious about raising praying mantises for a while; according to Wikipedia, there are 2,000 species of mantids; only 20 of them are native to the United States.
Via Makezine | Posted on 2008.09.17 at 10:00
The expansive ash tendrils created by mercury thiocyanide decomposition are nauseatingly amazing! I'm guessing this reaction could have inspired Tetsuo's animated affliction.
Via Makezine | Posted on 2008.09.17 at 07:05
This simple project combines a touchscreen mounted on some servo motors so that it maintains the balance of a ball bearing centered on its surface as it tilts.
Via Makezine | Posted on 2008.09.17 at 06:32
The sight of these non-traditional gear configurations might seem unreal to the untrained eye - but in fact these are used in a variety of industrially applications.
Via Makezine | Posted on 2008.09.11 at 07:53