DARPA is holding a competition to find ten large weather balloons. Winner gets $40,000!
To mark the 40th anniversary of the Internet, DARPA has announced the DARPA Network Challenge, a competition that will explore the role the Internet and social networking plays in the timely communication, wi... More.
Dave sez, "As part of Sesame's 40th anniversary, we have a 5-week poll in which Sesame Street fans can vote for their all-time favorite segment over the past 40 years. Each week for four weeks, fans will vote for their favorite video from a selection of pre-selected 40 videos. In the fifth and fi... More.
Kirby sez, "The December 2009 copy of Garden Railways magazine features an article about the Castle Peak & Thunder Railroad, a Disneyland Park themed, 1370 sq. foot, 1:24 scale model backyard railroad. The CPTRR, like its inspiration, is located in Anaheim, CA.
It was built by Dave Sheegog, an ar... More.
"NASA to Start Radiating Monkeys," noted Chris Baker (of Wired), "The kind of headline that should be followed by 'NASA to Fire PR Firm.'"
The experiments will bombard squirrel monkeys (like the lil guy above) with radioactivity to explore the possible effects of radiation in space on human a... More.
Enjoy Вивальди "времена года" Лето-3часть, the Russian boy accordion genius. It's all in the head shake. Once you get that down, the rest is easy.
Previously:Afghanistan: Peace Through Accordions - Boing Boing
Video of accordion player from Minority Orchestra - Boing Boing
London Monument to dis... More.
The liquid does not need to be boiling - the spoon will also bend if placed under the hot tap.
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Here are a couple of links, both affiliated with James Randi:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-9FjjrbQabw
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M9w7jHYriFo
After the bearded guy babbles, the clip is shown (I think in its entirety):
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4YJDh1xjSeU
Here's another link:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-9FjjrbQabw
The magic here is nitinal. Anyone fascinated by the physical properties of matter love the stuff. It has a very powerful thermal memory that works with a relatively small change in temperature. It is still a sleeper looking for more applications and I am glad to see this product. When Geller hit the scene He put out a LP album. I picked one up for 25 Cents at a street sale, took it home, put on my earphones, adjusted my bio-chemistry and let Him in. When I got to the place , spoon in hand, where he was using his sirupy hypnotic voice telling Me to say "Bend spoon Bend" I fell over laughing. Why screw up a perfectly good spoon??
Uri Geller, eat your heart out.
Mark didn't mention it, but the teaspoons are from Hendrik Ball's wonder emporium-esque shop, Grand Illusions.
http://www.grand-illusions.com/
Fields metal (Bismuth/Gallium/ teaspoons are neat also.
Mark, I'm disappointed in you for being so uncritical of Uri G--oh I get it, nevermind.