The highest jump ever (from space) – Free Fall – Joseph Kittinger
Joseph William Kittinger II – On August 16, 1960, Joseph Kittenger made the jump from the Excelsior III at 102,800 feet (31,300 m).[2] His free fall lasted for four minutes and 36 seconds, reaching a maximum speed of 614 miles per hour. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joseph_Kittinger
Rube Goldberg Machine to Turn Pages. – Joseph Herscher
This is a great video. Love the way he uses the steam from the boiling liquid to wet the sponge enough to make it heavy.
Facebook Timeline – How to
If you want to get Timeline going on facebook, simply login and click this link. Then click the “get timeline” link. and you are done.
My Favorite Commercial of 2011 – Gas Powered Everything
This commercial shows us that maybe we are not embracing change in some of the areas that we should be.
#2 Best Commercial of 2011 – Chipotle – Adweek
The ad features a 78 yr old Willie Nelson singing a cover of Coldplay’s “The Scientist”. All proceeds from the sale of Nelson’s song on iTunes going to the Chipotle Cultivate Foundation. Chipotle is trying to show its green philosophy in an artful and meaningful way. The commercial tells the story of a farmer who ...
Steve Jobs Action Figure From In Icons
This is just odd. Some genius has decided to produce Steve Jobs action figures. Check out the whole story on the Huffington Post http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/01/03/steve-jobs-action-figure-in-icons_n_1181227.html
photo of car on end in snow storm
Not sure where this pic came from but if its real its amazing. Looking at how much of the car is buried it looks like it may be possible.
Cool multi level parking in NYC
I ran across this photo the other day and thought I would post it here on my site. Im sure it’s not that unusual to people in large cities but I thought it was very cool.
Science stunts for parties….. That will be some Party!
Check out this guys ideas for cool science tricks for parties. My favorite is the water into the glass from the plate.
M.I.T. Camera Captures Speed of Light: A Trillion-Frames-Per-Second
Capturing video at the speed of light — one trillion frames per second