Published Wednesday February 06 2013 9:09 pm.
Video of arrival of erupting volcanos in Kamchatka Peninsula in the far east of Russia. Recently Russian photographers landed in a helicopter on a dangerous trip to get images of volcanoes erupting simultaneously with beautiful lava flow. AirPano is a Moscow based group of photo enthusiasts, dedicated to creating hi-resolution aerial panoramas. Enjoy this beautiful [...]
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Published Saturday December 22 2012 4:01 pm.
GravityLight: lighting for the developing countries from Therefore on Vimeo. GravityLight is a revolutionary new approach to storing energy and creating illumination. It takes only 3 seconds to lift the weight which powers GravityLight, creating 30 minutes of light during the descent of the weights. For free — no energy cost. The light device is [...]
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Published Friday December 21 2012 3:00 pm. Tags: 3D Printing, gun manufacturing
Cody Wilson, a University of Texas Law Student, talks about the capability to make a gun with a 3D printer, even though it is not legal to make a complete gun. A stranger twist in the national conversation of preventing gun violence. There is technology that is closer to reality that will bring the capability [...]
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Published Monday October 15 2012 3:27 am. Tags: Chuck Yaeger, Felix Baumgartner, Mach 1, sound barrier
The first pilot to break the sound barrier in an aircraft did it again on Sunday. General Chuck Yeager flew faster than the speed of sound, exactly 65 years after his historic flight. Sixty-five years after becoming the first human to fly faster than the speed of sound in an aircraft, retired Air Force Brig. [...]
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Published Sunday October 14 2012 12:54 pm. Tags: manned balloon flight, Red Bull, Stratos
Felix Baumgartner broke the record for manned space flight in a balloon at about 123,000 feet and still climbing. At about 127,000 feet Felix Baumgartner prepared for egress from the capsule. Prior to jumping from the space capsule platform, the space capsule is depressurized and Baumgartner’s space suit is automatically pressurized. Felix Baumgartner landed safely [...]
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Published Sunday October 14 2012 11:15 am. Tags: Red Bull, Stratos
Up 2.5 Hours; Down 13:30 (3:30 minutes freefall and 10:00 minutes controlled parachute descent). Excerpts of the mission Sunday when Fearless Felix Baumgartner jumped from the platform of a space capsule that had reached an altitude of 128,100 feet above the Earth. The entire mission was broadcast on LIVE STREAM with over 8 million people [...]
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Published Sunday October 14 2012 11:12 am. Tags: human endurance, Stratos, supersonic
2.5 Hours Up; Excerpts of the mission Sunday when Fearless Felix Baumgartner jumped from the platform of a space capsule that had reached an altitude of 128,100 feet above the Earth. The entire mission was broadcast on LIVE STREAM with over 8 million people watching on YouTube http://www.youtube.com/redbull and http://www.redbullstratos.com CGI Graphic simulation of Supersonic [...]
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Published Tuesday October 09 2012 10:37 am. Tags: human endurance, Straos, supersonic
CGI Graphic simulation of Supersonic Freefall. Red Bull mission control reports they’re on a weather hold due to winds at 700ft – the top of our giant balloon. Next update expected soon. Launch not possible before 1:30 EDT/12:30 CDT/11:30 MDT/17:30 GMT. UPDATE: Postponed again because of wind. Red Bull Stratos — First Attempt of Parachutist [...]
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Published Thursday September 06 2012 5:42 pm. Tags: Big Dog, BigDog, Boston Dynamics, Cheetah, DARPA
DARPA four-legged robot clocks it at 29.3 mph. DARPA’s Cheetah robot—already the fastest legged robot in history—just broke its own land speed record of 18 miles per hour (mph). In the process, Cheetah also surpassed another very fast mover: Usain Bolt. According to the International Association of Athletics Federations, Bolt set the world speed record [...]
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Published Tuesday April 17 2012 5:49 pm. Tags: Space Shuttle Discovery, Washington D.C., Washington Dulles
The space shuttle Discovery makes one final flight, on top of a Boeing 747, flying low and slow over much of Washington, D.C. The sight drew masses of people looking to the skies at places like the National Mall, as the AP’s Lee Powell found. Discovery departed just after sunrise and arrived in the Washington, [...]
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Published Thursday December 08 2011 5:25 pm. Tags: California, cannon, cannon ball damage, cannonball, cannonball damage, Dublin, experiment gone wrong, Mythbusters
The stars of the TV show ‘Mythbusters’ visit a California neighborhood to survey the damage after one of their experiments went bad. A cannonball missed its target and careened into homes, knocking holes in walls. Mythbuster host Jamie Hyneman: “There will be no cannons fired in this area — at least by us – again.”
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Published Wednesday November 30 2011 9:16 am. Tags: education, science, space, Stephen Hawkings, YouTube
Extraordinary Partnership with Space Adventures and World Renowned Space Agencies Ignites Students’ Passion for Science, Space, and Technology YouTube and Lenovo, in cooperation with Space Adventures and space agencies including the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA), the European Space Agency (ESA), and the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA), today announced YouTube Space Lab, a [...]
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