Tuesday, December 23, 2008

Ornithopter



Slow motion (high speed) video is just so doggone amazing - revealing life's hidden mysteries.

Take for example the lowly ladybug. For all of recorded history we simply marveled at the lovely black spots on her red shell, and watched her fly away (because her house was on fire). Little did we realize that behind the beauty there were complex mechanisms at work - allowing the wings to be hidden but elegantly released when required. Wohba! Link.

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Wednesday, December 10, 2008

Santa's Helper



Top Men and Top Women hate shopping, but it would certainly liven things up to shop with this flaming, torso-less, robot shopping cart.

Who thinks this stuff up?

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