9 May, 2011

Feel the sensation from your sofa

This film gives a very nice picture. Ski-pro Matthias Giraud takes a ride with his camera helmet and parachute. After about 1 minute he falls down the abyss and you will feel it in your belly. This (commercial) film was recently introduced in the French Alps, somewhere between Megeve and Les Contamines. Giraud explains on […]

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Humans, Nature, Video, Weblog
9 May, 2011

Amazing antsraft

It is well know that ants have supernatural powers; they can lift 50 times their own weight. However, ants also posses a very different feature: the ant raft. Dump a bucket of water over fire ants and they will quickly form a living raft, which they can sustain for a week! By grabbing each other […]

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Humans, Nature, Video, Weblog
9 May, 2011

Slowmotion parachute jump

In February 2011, the five times world champions Fred Fugen and Vince Reffett from Soul Flyers were invited to Melbourne to provide advanced 3D coaching to some of Australia’s leading Skydive athlete talent. Experience Human Flight with the Melbourne Skydive Centre. http://melbourneskydivecentre.com.au/​ [vimeo clip_id=”22428395″ width=”700″ height=”400″]

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9 April, 2011

Time-lapse of the Canary Islands

‘Astrophotographer’ Daniel López pointed his camera to the sky of Tenerife for a whole year. He filmed stars, clouds and the sun on an altitude of 2000 meters above sea level. As a total, he created this beautiful time-lapse. [vimeo clip_id=”23205323″ width=”700″ height=”400″]

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1 March, 2011

9 inspiring animals that use prosthetics

Prosthetics help people regain their mobility. But they don’t only help people. Also animals can regain their mobility with some nifty prosthetics. This site shows different ways prosthetics can extend life of some animals. Among the most inspiring stories involving an animal prosthesis is the story of Cassidy the dog. Cassidy was originally found living […]

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Humans, Nature, Robotics, Weblog