"Photo Grandpa" Makes Ultra High Speed Photography Rig |
- "Photo Grandpa" Makes Ultra High Speed Photography Rig
- Pentagon Funds Real Life Spider-Man Technology
- Make-It-Yourself: Delicious Snow-Cream
- Robot Solves Rubik's Cube Wicked Fast!
| "Photo Grandpa" Makes Ultra High Speed Photography Rig Posted: 16 Feb 2010 07:00 AM PST "Photo Grandpa" aka Fotoopa (that's photograndpa in Dutch) has created an amazing laser rig for ultra-high speed photography. Says Gizmodo, "His setup includes his own custom shutter—which can fire at five microseconds—made around an Arduino controller and custom aluminum parts, extra lenses to search for insects in focus, and a reflected laser light system that allows him to move around anywhere to shoot his photos. The rig can work in broad daylight or total darkness, and it doesn't need any setup except adjusting the sensitivity of the lasers depending on the ambient light. The whole ...more Related: |
| Pentagon Funds Real Life Spider-Man Technology Posted: 15 Feb 2010 04:00 PM PST Chemical engineers at Cornell have created a small device that may one day turn troops into real life spider-men. The device would cradle in the palm of the hand, allowing troops to scale walls. It uses an adhesive inspired by the Floridian leaf beetle, an insect that "can adhere to leaves with power 100 times stronger than its own body weight". Via Wired's Danger Room, "The gadget consists of a three-layered plate powered by a common 9-volt battery. The electric field pumps water through each layer, causing droplets to pop through tiny holes in the top layer. Each water droplet yields ...more Related: |
| Make-It-Yourself: Delicious Snow-Cream Posted: 15 Feb 2010 01:00 PM PST What to do with all that leftover snow? Find a clean, fresh fallen patch and make snow ice cream! Kat Odell of recipe site Good Bite shares her recipe for Snow Cream, a delicious ice cream dish made of snow. All you need is milk, sugar, and vanilla. Snow Cream About a gallon of fresh snow (it will reduce in volume) Pour snow into large bucket or bowl. Fold in sugar and vanilla. Add milk/cream and carefully fold in. ...more Related: |
| Robot Solves Rubik's Cube Wicked Fast! Posted: 15 Feb 2010 10:30 AM PST Self proclaimed, "The Worlds Fastest Lego Mindstorms RCX Speedcubing Robot", this little guy is built entirely from LEGOs. Apparently the Cubestormer can solve any 3x3x3 Rubik's cube combination in under 12 seconds, and the last single solve in the video happens in just 4:01 seconds! Compare with a human. The second video in the gallery below shows world record holder Erik Akkersdijk solve in just 7.08 seconds. Incredibly impressive. Previously, Swede Concocts Rubik's and Sudoku Brainiac LEGO-Bots. Make a Rubik's Cubewich. ...more Related: |
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