Archive for the 'Science' Category
Run The Jewels: NPR Music Tiny Desk Concert
• May, 2022Mina Tavakoli | February 6, 2017 — Like any good pair of twins, Run the Jewels have a freaky sort of unspoken fraternity. When El-P and Killer Mike strode in with their usual uniforms — Mike in a gold chain as thick as a garter snake, El in a fitted Yankees cap and pair of blue-mirrored sunglasses — the two didn’t have to do as much as nod to one another before upending three tracks from their latest LP, RTJ3, in strange and perfect symbiosis.…
Baalbek Megaliths
• October, 2020Trilithons and megaliths of ancient Baalbek are the largest stones ever used by man in construction. The film tells in detail about this mysterious megalithic structure that lies at the base of the temple of Jupiter in Baalbek. Film by Igor Alekseev Music Dmitry Letakhovsky https://kajio-no.bandcamp.com/album/baalbek-megaliths?fbclid=IwAR2Z2xdKWzIgSfIDadx9VFjUl72fc3UIFnZQ6ds0CxopU1Bh_I92E0OFya8 Voice Over by Dasound.net ombio@yandex.ru arcanafactor.org https://vk.com/arcanafactor
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• April, 2020Adam Savage’s Spot Robot Rickshaw Carriage!
• March, 2020Love the rickshaw? Check out our shirts! https://teespring.com/stores/adam-savages-tested Adam’s first project with Boston Dynamics’ Spot robot gives it a novel purpose: pulling a custom-built carriage with Adam as its passenger! Watch Adam give Spot some Victorian flair and the interesting problems that arise in marrying cutting-edge robot technology with vintage transport. Thanks to Zach Radding for his help with this project! Find his work at http://buildcoolstuff.com Don’t miss out on our Year with Spot videos! Subscribe (and click the bell for notifications): http://www.youtube.com/subscription_center?add_user=testedcom Shot and…
Joe Rogan Experience – Elon Musk #Tesla #Rogan
• September, 2018Wikipedia excerpt: Elon Musk:: Elon Reeve Musk FRS (/ˈiːlɒn/; born June 28, 1971) is a business magnate, investor[7][8] and engineer.[9] He is the founder, CEO, and lead designer of SpaceX;[10] co-founder, CEO, and product architect of Tesla, Inc.;[11] co-founder and CEO of Neuralink; and co-founder of PayPal. In December 2016, he was ranked 21st on the Forbes list of The World’s Most Powerful People.[12] As of August 2018, he has a net worth of $20.2 billion and is listed by Forbes as the 46th-richest person…
3 Boston Dynamics videos to remember this year
• December, 2017Handle Atlas – Cross-fit??? The New SpotMini …and for all times sake (bonus video!)
Rule from the Shadows – The Psychology of Power – Part1
• February, 2014The pursuit for dominance is the primary propellant of history, always has been, always will be. Those who don’t identify this assumption are not excused in the grand chess game, but instead are displaced and exploited by forces they do not comprehend.
How Long is a Piece of String?
• December, 2013Alan Davies attempts to answer the proverbial question: how long is a piece of string? But what appears to be a simple task soon turns into a mind-bending voyage of discovery where nothing is as it seems. An encounter with leading mathematician Marcus du Sautoy reveals that Alan’s short length of string may in fact be infinitely long. When Alan attempts to measure his string at the atomic scale, events take an even stranger turn. Not only do objects appear in many places at once,…
Rupert Sheldrake – The Science Delusion
• October, 2013Banned TED Talk. RUPERT SHELDRAKE, Ph.D. (born 28 June 1942) is a biologist and author of more than 80 scientific papers and ten books. A former Research Fellow of the Royal Society, he studied natural sciences at Cambridge University, where he was a Scholar of Clare College, took a double first class honours degree and was awarded the University Botany Prize. He then studied philosophy and history of science at Harvard University, where he was a Frank Knox Fellow, before returning to Cambridge, where he…
Culture in Decline | Episode #6 – Tale of Two Worlds
• September, 2013In this final episode of the season, Dr. Peter Joseph shows off his fresh new Time Machine, guiding the audience through a vision of two possible futures. The first exploring the current trends that just may lead us all into vast new levels of decline; The second showing what the world could be…if anyone actually gave a damn to make it happen. ;) Louie the Logic Gremlin is sleeping; Bob is Dead.
Taylor Wilson: My radical plan for small nuclear fission reactors
• May, 2013Taylor Wilson was 14 when he built a nuclear fusion reactor in his parents’ garage. Now 19, he returns to the TED stage to present a new take on an old topic: fission. Wilson, who has won backing to create a company to realize his vision, explains why he’s so excited about his innovative design for small modular fission reactors — and why it could be the next big step in solving the global energy crisis.
Amazonia – Healing With Sacred Plants
• May, 2013Alberto Villoldo, psychologist, anthropologist and bestselling author, has studied the shamanic healing practices of the Amazon for over 25 years. In this beautifully filmed documentary he reveals secrets of the jungle’s sacred plants and the healers who administer them, deep in the Amazon rainforest.
Every Fucking Day of My Life
• March, 2013youtube excerpt: Originally produced two years ago as “One Minute to Nine,” this documentary finally arrives at HBO with a somewhat more in-your-face title — and, in a stark, spare way that has come to characterize the pay channel, delivers a pretty bracing wallop. A harrowing portrait of domestic abuse, the project draws heavily on video shot by the dead abuser, as his wife, Wendy Maldonado, spends her final days of freedom before going to jail for his murder. The net result is every bit…