I gave a talk on my Masters Thesis Project in Architecture focusing on Altering Soundscapes in Exterior Environments using Helmholtz Resonators in Ceramic Bricks to absorb Low Frequency Traffic Noise. ... continue reading

posted by newtboy 4 months 1 week ago • 80 views • 34:05

Enter the world of an undertaker whose family for three generations has cared for both the living and the dead in a small Michigan town, as families navigate loss, grief and mortality. (Aired 2007) ... continue reading

posted by BSR 1 year 7 months 1 week ago • 52 views • 53:38

Throughout the month of October, Saildrone performed a 30-day proof-of-concept demonstration for the United States Coast Guard to show how uncrewed surface vehicles (USVs) could be used to provide persistent... continue reading

posted by newtboy 2 years 7 months 3 weeks ago • 316 views • 3:07

A man tries hard to fill his Tesla with gas.

posted by newtboy 3 years 7 months 2 weeks ago • 769 views • 1:41

From Youtube, "The launch of SpaceX's DM-2 mission taking NASA astronauts to the Space Station was the culmination of years of development, and more importantly years of political and management decisions... continue reading

posted by w1ndex 3 years 11 months 3 weeks ago • 45 views • 15:55

YouTube description: The story of Apollo 13 goes beyond a tale of survival. The mission also successfully completed a science investigation that is still helping to inform our understanding of the Moon... continue reading

posted by Aard Vark (oritteropo) 4 years 1 month 2 weeks ago • 69 views • 2:46

"... I love coffee. Like, a lot. You know who else loves coffee? Astronauts! And also the people who help them do awesome things in space (I think NASA might be powered by coffee). But how do astronauts... continue reading

posted by ant 5 years 3 weeks ago • 124 views • 11:39

"Behavior of mice aboard the International Space Station 20 female mice were transported to the International Space Station by SpaceX CRS-4 Dragon spacecraft. On NASA’s Rodent Habitat, the mice engaged... continue reading

posted by ant 5 years 1 month 1 week ago • 16 views • 3:42

This successful test of the upgraded and now human rated Dragon capsule is the first step towards the USA being able to send astronauts to the ISS without hitching a lift on Russian Soyuz spacecraft. ... continue reading

posted by Aard Vark (oritteropo) 5 years 2 months 2 weeks ago • 516 views • 4:57

n Porthcurno, Cornwall, there's an old telegraph cable landing station. It's how Britain talked to the Empire -- and it's now a museum. But the technology here isn't quite as obsolete as you might think.

posted by nanrod 5 years 9 months 1 week ago • 329 views • 3:57

In the far north of Canada sit the DEW Line stations: "Distant Early Warning". Built in the 1950s, these were the sites that would have sounded the alarm if the Soviet Union ever attacked North America.... continue reading

posted by Mordhaus 5 years 10 months 3 weeks ago • 22 views • 2:59

The European Space Agency (ESA) is part of an international effort to monitor and – ultimately – tackle space debris. This junk – accumulated in orbit since the dawn of the space age sixty years... continue reading

posted by newtboy 6 years 3 months ago • 136 views • 3:37

From YT: 2014Footage of the rare event when the Space Station crosses the face of the Moon. The station flies at a speed of 30000km/h, meaning it takes about half a second to traverse the Lunar face.... continue reading

posted by Nephelimdream 6 years 5 months 3 weeks ago • 734 views • 1:12

Destin and friends calculate where best to catch the ISS transitting the sun during the 2017 eclipse.

posted by nanrod 6 years 9 months 1 week ago • 754 views • 8:39

John Oliver is not afraid to put his money where his mouth is. Back in February, realizing that President Trump gets most of his ideas from cable news, the Emmy-winning Last Week Tonight host purchased... continue reading

posted by newtboy 7 years 1 month 2 weeks ago • 601 views • 1:37

It was just a routine workers’ compensation fraud case for Ken Sheppard. Show up for a spot check, do some surveillance of the subject and keep it pushing. But on March 3, 2014, it was anything but routine... continue reading

posted by newtboy 7 years 1 month 2 weeks ago • 1,157 views • 5:01

YouTube description: Osaka's Gate Tower Building is an amazing sight to see because ... well, how should I put this? A highway goes through the building. It literally does, and there is a story behind it. ... continue reading

posted by Aard Vark (oritteropo) 7 years 2 months 2 weeks ago • 1,610 views • 5:48

At Qaanaaq, in Greenland, there's IS18: an infrasound station that's quietly listening for nuclear tests — or any other large bang. Here's what, why, and a few words the man who, for years, has been... continue reading

posted by Mordhaus 7 years 8 months 2 weeks ago • 222 views • 4:08

In the winter, the entire place is trying to kill you!

posted by Mordhaus 7 years 9 months 1 week ago • 890 views • 5:21

YT: As the world switches to renewable energy - and we are switching - there's a problem you might not expect: balancing the grid. Rotational mass and system inertia are the things that keep your lights... continue reading

posted by Fantomas 7 years 9 months 1 week ago • 828 views • 4:06