Category: Human Interests
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iPad Survives Undamaged After Extreme Fall
Introduction It’s becoming quite popular to send cameras up to the edge of space for one reason or another. This is one of the latest which an iPad survives undamaged. See How An iPad Survives Undamaged After An Extreme Fall. NOTE: The article quotes, “….with the blackness of space and the bright curve of Earth providing a…
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How many times can you fold paper? How about 13?
Students Attempt To Fold Paper 13 Times Doesn’t paper folded enough times create a stack that reaches to the moon? Well it doesn’t here. However you would need a suitcase to carry it around if you wanted to protect yourself against being taken short. (It is toilet paper after all.) The students at St. Mark’s School…
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A Little Bit of Banksy Does You Good
You can find a selection of work by Banksy over the years in this little celebration of his “War on London.”
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Excel Body Weight Templates To Record Your Weight
“Happy New Year! In 2012 I resolve to lose weight (again).” Well I resolved to lose weight every year since at least 2005 and some years I succeeded. One tool I require for this is a spreadsheet to accurately record of my weight. I use Excel for this and I’ve produced some Excel Body Weight Templates…
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Invisibility Cloak? Here’s A Man Really Wearing One
“Harry Potter, Predator – eat your hearts out.” Here’s a man wearing a real invisibility cloak. Can You See Chinese Artist Liu Bolin Hiding Inside His Invisibility Cloak In This Picture? Adopt the art of the Chinese Artist – Liu Bolin and you too could hide from the boss by wearing a real invisibility cloak.…
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Stig of Bus Drivers In Saltburn-By-The-Sea
Stig of Bus Drivers Controls The X4 This must be the Stig of bus drivers getting his bus up this steep hill in one go without sliding all over the place. He did it in these snowy winter conditions on 9th November 2010. This is miraculous driving of the X4 service single deck bus shown here going up…
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iPods Magically Used In A TED Lecture
The Magic of Truth & Lies on iPods From Marco Tempest This video shows Marco Tempest conjuring with three iPods. He does it synchronised with the images on their screens to make it look as if those images move from one phone’s screen to another. Occasionally he introduces some real artefacts into the process so it…
