How to Turn Water into Wine - Science Trick
Adults Food ScienceTurn water into wine! This simple science experiment demonstrates how fluids with different density can switch places. Fun to use as a magic party trick or as a demonstration for a physics experiment. Watch as the water switches place with the wine, because water has a higher density then wine. You could try using a playing card instead of the thin plastic spacer.
World's First Wireless MIDI Guitar Controller for Acoustic Guitar - ACPAD
Adults Music TechnologyIs this world first wireless MIDI guitar controller for acoustic guitar gonna change the music world? Keep an eye on it!
Just a nice fluteboxing
Adults Creativity Internet Culture MusicBecause Beatboxing Is Too Mainstream, He Presents You The "Fluteboxing"
The Surprising Places We Waste Energy
Adults Global Warming Science TechnologyWe use a LOT of energy, but we waste a lot too. Where that waste happens might surprise, you though. We don't just waste energy when we leave the lights on or the thermostat cranked down too low. It happens at the dinner table and the water faucet as too!
Miniature Origami Robot
Adults Art Technology"An Untethered Miniature Origami Robot that Self-folds, Walks, Swims, and Degrades," by Shuhei Miyashita, Steven Guitron, Marvin Ludersdorfer, Cynthia R. Sung, and Daniela Rus from MIT and TU Munich, was presented at ICRA 2015 in Seattle.
The secret life of plankton
Adults Environment NatureNew videography techniques have opened up the oceans' microscopic ecosystem, revealing it to be both mesmerizingly beautiful and astoundingly complex. Marine biologist Tierney Thys teamed with Christian Sardet (CNRS/Tara Oceans), Noe Sardet and Sharif Mirshak to use footage from the Plankton Chronicles project to create a film designed to ignite wonder and curiosity about this hidden world that underpins our own food chain.
Weather Box
Adults Gadgets Software Engineering WeatherKen Kawamoto, a software engineer by day and gadget inventor by night, likes to "break the barrier between the digital world and the real world ," and he has done just that with his latest invention - the Tempescope. This little box can create real raindrops and clouds and simulate lightning and sunlight to show you the weather forecast or real-time weather display. Photos
The wars that inspired Game of Thrones
Adults Books Film HistoryBeginning around 1377, medieval England was shaken by a power struggle between two noble families, which spanned generations and involved a massive cast of characters, complex motives and shifting loyalties. Sound familiar? Alex Gendler illustrates how the historical conflict known as the Wars of the Roses served as the basis for much of the drama in Game of Thrones.
How batteries work
Adults History Physics TechnologyBatteries are a triumph of science-they allow smartphones and other technologies to exist without anchoring us to an infernal tangle of power cables. Yet even the best batteries will diminish daily, slowly losing capacity until they finally die. Why does this happen, and how do our batteries even store so much charge in the first place? Adam Jacobson gives the basics on batteries.
Jet Ski Motosurf with Mark Gomez
Adults Sports TransportationSurfing meets Freestyle Motocross as Professoinal Jet Ski Freerider, Mark Gomez, takes us along for an epic shred session in Southern California.
Why Do You Forget Their Name?
Adults Neuroscience RelationshipsWhy is it so hard to remember someone's name?