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No More Styrofoam!

If you have a ton of Styrofoam that you don’t just want to throw out, maybe from packing peanuts or just some disposable plates or cups, you can melt them into seeming nothingness with just a bit of acetone (available at any hardware/paint/walmartesque store) or some nail polish remover… but I’d recommend going strait for the acetone, you get a much cooler (and faster) reaction.

I was reminded of this from, of all places, Attack of the Show (subscribe here), check out their video here to see just how fast you can get rid of that polystyrene.

Thanks to Alibaba for the above pic.

Dany

July 2, 2008 1:07 am Posted by master1228 | clips, nature, podcasts, science, technology, tv | | No Comments

Ant Whisperer - Nova

If you want to watch an interesting short video that explains how ants are able to communicate with one another, check out this Nova (subscribe here) video called The Ant Whisperer.

It is an interesting view of how these extremely intelligent creatures interact using chemicals and even ignoring what’s visually apparent. If you like this short video, check out the full production (Lord of the Ants) from PBS Nova’s site here.

Enjoy

Dany

May 23, 2008 4:19 pm Posted by master1228 | clips, nature, podcasts, tv | | No Comments

Research Robots Powered By Gecko Knowhow

There were two videos released on CNET TV (get the CNET News podcast here) where Kara Tsuboi interview the researchers at Stanford, who have been studying how geckos are able to scale walls without falling (watch the video here) and have taken that and adapted a robot they call Stickybot (watch that video here).

Maybe some day the idea of seeing Spiderman scaling walls will not just appear in comics and movies, a person could go to a store and pick up a gecko inspired suit and could add this to their set of rock climbing equipment or something.

Thanks to Stanford for the above pic.

Dany

April 2, 2008 12:23 am Posted by master1228 | cartoons, clips, college, nature, podcasts, robots, technology, toons | | No Comments