Old Cool stuff

Balancing inverted pendulums- Not just one, but two!

Eat My Cloud Turbines

Amazing shot of some wind turbines kicking up dust and moisture from there turbulence.

Here is a very crude illustration of what is happening.

Fig. 1:Generic wind flow around a Windmill. The incoming column of air from the left passes through the windmill (shown in the middle), decreasing the air speed and increasing [...]

Robot hands you your ass at beer pong

Guess who built this contraption? You’re right, college students. But as much as we like to make fun, the subject of Beer Pong is our addition, not theirs. The device uses an air stream that can be directed along two axis to control and sort ping-pong balls.

Unlike the lethal ping-pong ball launcher, the [...]