Tag Archives: Video

Video: How to start a car with a dead battery without jumper cables

Posted on October 19, 2011 by Zach Bowman

Filed under: Etc., Videos, Russia

Here’s a handy trick: Say you find yourself in the middle of nowhere with a dead battery and no way to roll-start your vehicle. What do you do? If you happen to have enough rope lying around (or belts, for that matter… Continue reading →

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Kid learns who Luke’s father is

Posted on October 3, 2011 by Cory Doctorow

The young lad in this video, four-year-old Faris, is about to learn who Luke Skywalker’s father is. His face should be in Wikipedia under the (nonexistent) entry for “mindblown.” Kudos to young Faris’s parents for capturing this moment for scientifi… Continue reading →

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NONONONO Cat

Posted on September 30, 2011 by Xeni Jardin

[Video Cat]
Today’s weird animal viral video is, like all great examples of the genre, equal parts funny, creepy, cute, and sad. Apparently, the cat in this video is having a fear/anxiety/aggressive reaction to the presence of a young girl (sounds lik… Continue reading →

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Video: Enthusiastic car crash victim gets the Songify auto-tune treatment

Posted on September 22, 2011 by Zach Bowman

Filed under: Etc., Videos, Humor

You can forget Old Faithful. There’s not a more reliable natural phenomenon than the internet. These days, videos mature from the pubescent stages of viral amusement to full-fledged autotuned maturity within hours. Tak… Continue reading →

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Musical spectrum analysis

Posted on September 21, 2011 by Nathan Yau

Jon-Kyle Mohr visualizes the musical spectrum of a song in this mesmerizing video. As the song plays, frequencies bubble up in the 6-o-clock position, and the trace remains as the circle rotates.

[Video Link via feltron]
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Video: Best description of a car accident ever?

Posted on September 20, 2011 by Zach Bowman

Filed under: Etc., Safety, Videos, Humor

In the words of Rick James, adrenaline is one hell of a drug – just ask the unidentified motorist seen above. You see, a local news crew caught up with George Lindell shortly after a fairly spectacular traffic … Continue reading →

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RealVNC demos BIOS-based server at IDF 2011 (video)

Posted on September 19, 2011 by Myriam Joire

VNC (Virtual Network Computing) is one of the of oldest remote desktop solutions around, and while its RFB (remote framebuffer) protocol can require a little more bandwidth than the competition, it’s long been praised for its broad cross-platform su… Continue reading →

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Video: Kawasaki ZX-10R lapping Nürburgring in 7m 50s is scary awesome

Posted on September 5, 2011 by Zach Bowman

Filed under: Etc., Videos, Motorcycle

By now, we’ve all grown a little callous to watching high-strung supercars prance their way around the Nürburgring. Nearly every manufacturer has taken it upon themselves to do battle with the infamous road cours… Continue reading →

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[Eyes-On] Sony unveils the NEX-7 and NEX-5N in Japan

Posted on August 24, 2011 by Daimaou - G-A.G

Good lord! The NEX series was already kicking hard in the XXXs of Micro 4/3rds but with the NEX-7 Sony really want to kill this format all together.
Think of the NEX-7 as a compact A77, and you will pretty much know what we mean by Micro 4/3rd filler… Continue reading →

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Gorgeous machined Stirling engine kits

Posted on August 22, 2011 by Cory Doctorow

Hermann Böhm’s metal Stirling engine kits are some of the most beautiful machines I’ve ever seen, real triumphs. They run about as much as one of them fancy toothpaste squeezers, but they’re about ten thousand times cooler, and somehow don’t have th… Continue reading →

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