Published by Jack Everest on 03 Mar 2010
Flying Homemade 2 Seater Hovercraft (Amazing Video)
Not sure I would want to be a test pilot on this thing, but the cute TV newswoman takes a chance…
Archive for the 'Science/Technology' Category
Published by admin on 10 Dec 2009
What Ant’s Subterrain Structures Looks Like
This an amazing video!
And it is amazing just how much humans underestimate the power, intelligence, and complexity of our fellow inhabitants of this planet…
more about “What Ant’s Subterrain Structures Look…“, posted with vodpod
Published by admin on 24 Apr 2009
How the Scuderi Air Hybrid Engine works (video)
The Scuderi Engine (see video demonstration below) claims to offer revolutionary improvement in the efficiency of the internal combustion engine. It is certainly an interesting concept (i.e. we await proof) and has sufficient promise to have raised $20,000,000 new venture funding as of January 2009.
The following is an excerpt from CNET News…
Most conventional internal combustion engines operate using the Otto Cycle. The Otto Cycle uses four strokes of a piston–intake, compression, power, and exhaust–that fire in quick succession using two revolutions of the crank shaft to complete the cycle. This process is only 30 percent efficient, which means you get only 30 percent the energy contained in a gallon of gasoline.
In the Scuderi Split-Cycle Engine, the four strokes are divided over two paired cylinders–one intake/compression cylinder and one power/exhaust cylinder. On a conventional engine, the combustion occurs as the piston is going up. But in the Split-Cycle engine, the piston pair fires after top-dead center, and combustion occurs as the pistons comes down, producing more efficient, cleaner combustion with one cylinder pair and compressed air in the other.
Here is the video which rather clearly demonstrates how the engine works…(Click Here)
Published by admin on 04 Apr 2009
The 2012 Pelosi GTxi SS/RT Sport Edition (video)
Published by Jack Everest on 10 Feb 2009
Water-propelled jet-pack (Jetlev training videos)
Published by Jack Everest on 03 Feb 2009
Amazing Water-Propelled Jet Pack (video)
UPDATE: Link to new post: Water-propelled jet-pack (Jetlev training videos)
Thought this video was quite interesting…
Published by Jack Everest on 03 Feb 2009
Robotic surgery demonstration (da Vinci video)
Here’s the best video I have come across that demonstrates how the da Vinci Surgical System works. It’s impressive (but not for the squeamish)…
Published by Jack Everest on 15 Jan 2009
NASA to announce proof of life on Mars? (Fox News)
NASA is expected to announce Thursday that they have proof of life on Mars. The proof in this case is the discovery of large methane clouds in the atmosphere that could only have been emitted by living organisms (most likely of the subterranean microbial variety). As an aside, the methane might have otherwise been produced by volcanic activity, but there are no known volcanoes on Mars.
You can catch the announcement at 7 pm EST on NASA TV.
Per Fox News (excerpt)… Continue Reading »
Published by Jack Everest on 26 Sep 2008
Jet-man Crosses Channel (video embeds)
Here are some of the first videos released of the crossing…
VIDEO EMBED ON NEXT PAGE… Continue Reading »
Published by admin on 22 Sep 2008
Jet-man to fly across English Channel (video embeds of Yves Rossy)
A while back we posted a video of Yves Rossy, the Jet-Man, on his ground-breaking flight in the Alps. Here it is again followed by a recent video release in which he discusses his plans to fly across the English Channel…both are fascinating videos. Read the story in the Times UK today and here’s a link to the official site of Jet-Man.