I don’t usually post videos that have already been on Fark, but this one was too cool not to:
I’d seen superconducting magnet demonstrations before, but never with the adjustable “locking” they demonstrate here.
Posts Tagged ‘technology’
Quantum Levitation
Monday, October 17th, 2011Well Crap: Steve Jobs, RIP
Wednesday, October 5th, 2011Sort of humbling to consider he was only ten years older than I am.
Very few people can say they truly changed the world. He did.
And, in the interest of providing actual content:
And this seems appropriate:
And here’s his commencement address to Standford University in 2005:
Giant Mechnical Spider
Sunday, June 6th, 2010I like to think of Futuramen as a “go to” blog for giant spider news. I mean, after all, if I’m not going to do it, who will?
So when two guys actually build a functioning mechanical spider to ride in for $15,000, you know I’m going to be all over that.
And here’s a video of it running around Burning Man at night:
Lots more video here.
(Hat tip: Fark.)