Category: Cool Stuff
Amazing story of 14-yr-old African boy who built windmill on his own
This is an incredible story of how a 14-year-old boy from Malawi who had to drop out of school was able to generate electricity and eventually change his whole family’s and villages situation by building a windmill on his own out of garbage and scrap: http://www.wired.com/wiredscience/2009/10/kamwamba-windmill/.
His initial desire was to be able to have light for him to use at night after the sun has gone down. Now it has developed in to much more than that.
International Space Station – Construction History
Here’s an interesting, nice graphic showing the history of the International Space Station and how it has grown/evolved over the years.
The Hubble Ultra Deep Field in 3D
Fascinating video about an experiment they did with the Hubble telescope. They pointed the telescope in to a dark, empty part of space about the size of a small grain 0f sand and then left the lens open for 10+ days. This video shows and talks about what they found. In that incredibly small window they found tens of thousands of galaxies each of which contains hundreds of billions of stars. It really gives a glimpse of a perspective of how big and infinite the universe is.
Nova Science: Auto-Tune
How People Spend Their Time
An interesting interactive graphic from the NY Times of how different groups of people spend their time. Link
How Big Is the Universe?
Great picture that shows how big the universe is in comparison to our earth. Click on picture a couple of times to zoom in.
Amazing basketball shots
Someone said their prayers this day!
Can you imagine their thoughts as they exited this plane?
Amazing Sheep LED Art
If you haven’t seen this on youtube yet – it’s worth a look-see:
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