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Homemade Capacitors

Making a working homemade capacitor with mica, aluminum foil, and a 3D printer. Continue reading

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Redefining the word innovative…

Take a look at the work of Theo Jansen. This guy is a paleotech artist par excellence — creating animal-like mechs out of hollow pipes, bottles, and plastic tubing. His “strandbeests” (“beach creatures”) are fascinating; he claims to have actually … Continue reading

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Coolest. App. EVER.

I’ve just discovered Crayon Physics. Remember playing with crayons as a kid and imagining your drawings coming to life? Well, imagine no longer. This is an excellent example of why computers are so cool. I’ve known about this for maybe … Continue reading

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In Soviet Russia…

…memes perpetuate you! OK — how I wound up having the “first” comment on the first video on YouTube, I’ll probably never know. Especially since I know for a fact that I wasn’t the first to comment (click the button … Continue reading

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