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Cave Worms in New Zealand

I’ve been reading Fogonazos a lot lately, and this post really caught my eye. The Waitomo Glowworm Cave in New Zealand is home to an amazing population of Glowworms. The glowworms, Arachnocampa luminosa, are found exclusively in New Zealand and Australia. The worms spin nests out of silk on the ceiling of the cave and [ READ MORE ]

Friday Morning Fun: Recliner Sledding

With winter almost over, at least around my house, I thought I would post a final winter themed video for your enjoyment. [ READ MORE ]

Self healing rubber

An inventor working at the Industrial Physics and Chemistry Higher Educational Institution (ESPCI) in Paris, France, has come up with a new type of synthetic rubber. The rubber can be cut, torn, or ripped, and then pressed back together to form a bond as strong as if it had never been torn in the first [ READ MORE ]

Crystal Organ

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A gravity powered lamp

A U.S. graduate student, Clay Moulton, created a gravity powered lamp as part of his Masters thesis. The entire lamp is only 4 feet high. To light it, a user moves the weights from the bottom to the top of the lamp and into a mass sled. As the sled slowly drops down, it [ READ MORE ]

Antikythera mystery machine solved

Archaeologists and Scientists alike have been puzzled by the purpose of the Antikythera machine since it’s discovery in 1900 in the wreck of a Roman cargo ship. The device was built between 100 and 150 BC. The complex gears and inner workings of the machine have made archaeologists rethink the capabilities of the Greek and [ READ MORE ]

Counting your Presidents

Well, today is Presidents day. A national holiday here in the US where we can reflect on the great leaders we’ve been blessed to have had in charge of our nation throughout our history. In honor of that, I thought the above video of people counting cash(which in the US always has former presidents on [ READ MORE ]

The Theremin Instrument

Found a really great video on Ted of Pamelia Kurstin playing a therimin. Until I saw the video, I had never heard of a therimin. It a futuristic seeming instrument that is played without ever physically touching it. That’s right, you never actually touch the device. You play it entirely by moving your hands through the [ READ MORE ]

Outlets anywhere on your wall

PhysOrg has an article about a new type of wallpaper developed by Philips. The idea is to have the wallpaper contain conducting strips that could be used to power electronics. Everything from TVs to room lights and even general purpose outlets. Since the strips are embedded in the wallpaper, the outlets could be positioned anywhere on [ READ MORE ]

What I’m Listening to: The Bird and the Bee – Polite Dance Song

Okay, I’ll admit the video is a little odd. To say the least. But I love the song. I found it on an indie music blog called , Audio Drums. Since I found it, I’ve been listening to it almost nonstop. Something about the song just fits. The band consists of two artists, Greg Kurstin and [ READ MORE ]