Tag Archives: Wired
Throwback Thursday #17
It’s Thursday, so it’s time for another Throwback! First up are some translucent ants eating a coloured liquid, colouring themselves in the process (Colossal). It looks pretty cool, especially the ants that create new colours by sampling several of the different liquids. From … Continue reading
Throwback Thursday #14 – Magic
Today’s Throwback Thursday is all about magic, science, and mathematics. Above is a fantastic video showing a little wooden automata performing magic, created by Per Helldorff. Using a simple turning lever, a ball appears to teleport before your eyes. I … Continue reading
Throwback Thursday #12
After last week’s down-to-Earth living in Brighton special Throwback Thursday, this week we take the stars. I can’t remember where I got the above image from (probably Twitter), but it’s awesome. Around our planet, we have one moon (you may … Continue reading
Throwback Thursday #9
“Welcome to Good Job. Our new show where we look at the well known, and not so well known jobs in the video game industry. Today we’re talking to the guys from Wabi Sabi Sound where they show us some … Continue reading
Throwback Thursday #4
To start off this week’s Throwback Thursday, we have an interesting video on how Google and Facebook are tailoring the results and information they give us, showing us only what their algorithms think we want to see. Concerning what we … Continue reading
Throwback Thursday #3
Whereas last week’s Throwback Thursday was about words, today’s is all about films. We start off with Cinemetrics, which “is about measuring and visualising movie data, in order to reveal the characteristics of films and to create a visual “fingerprint” for … Continue reading
Tesla Unveils The D
It sounds weird to say, but I think I’m in love with the Tesla Model S. Elon Musk has just revealed the D that he hinted at a few days ago, and the D in this case is Dual Motor. … Continue reading
The Physics Of Doing An Ollie On A Skateboard
Doing an ollie on a skateboard is hard. Sure, people who can do it make it look easy, but for those who can’t do it, it seems like magic. But it’s not magic. It’s physics. Over at Wired, they have … Continue reading
British Soldiers’ Inventories 1066 – 2014
Soldiers have always carried a lot of equipment and gear into battle, to help them deal damage, survive damage, and generally survive whilst out in the field. Thom Atkinson has a collection of excellent photos of what British soldiers carried … Continue reading
Spiders & Insects Eating Each Other
The insect world is a weird, wonderful, and wildly violent place to exist in. Spiders and insects use a variety of different methods to eat each other, and photographer Nicky Bay has captured many of these in some truly excellent … Continue reading
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