'YouTubing' Category
Casual Friday — the Known Universe, in HD
Courtesy of the American Museum of Natural History comes this video taking you to the end of the known universe and back again…
Casual Friday — Change blindness
Think you see with your eyes? Guess again — you really see with your brain, and it takes some shortcuts…
Casual Friday — The Muppets cover Bohemian Rhapsody
Not a drop of science in this one, but it’s a blast to watch — a Muppets (anybody remember the Muppet Show?) video cover of Queen’s Bohemian Rhapsody…
Casual Friday — How’s a USB flash drive made?
USB flash drives are so common and cheap that it’s easy to forget there’s actually a lot of expensive equipment involved in making them…
Casual Friday — Monkey showers
It turns out that Capuchin Monkeys use citrus to get rid of skin parasites and help keep themselves clean. Better keep a sharp eye on your lunch…
Casual Friday — “The Matrix” as a silent movie
A fun skit from the Russian actor’s group “Big Difference” (Bolshaya Raznitsa), postulating what “The Matrix” would have looked like if it had been made back in the silent movie era…
Casual Friday — thermite welding
Today you get a “two-fer” — two videos showing the process of thermite welding…
Casual Friday — world’s smallest working model train layout
The world’s smallest working model train layout, all of 0.125″ x 0.2″ across — a model of a model…
Casual Friday — going deep…
I’ve posted some “Scientific tourist” shots from Carlsbad Caverns in southern New Mexico. But thanks to BBC’s “Planet Earth” series, you can see video of a nearby (still in the boundaries of the National Park) and far larger / deeper (deepest in the U.S.) cave — Lechuguilla…
Casual Friday — the ultimate pocket watch
Anybody that’s at all familiar with the steampunk ethos will be comfortable with the idea of melding old and cutting edge technologies. But here’s one take on the idea I didn’t see coming — an LED pocket watch…
