Michigan-based Adam Shomsky used a Redlake N3 high speed camera to capture these uncommon skateboarding tricks in slow motion at 1000 frames per second.
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“We went to the Moon, and we discovered Earth.” So true. Listen to Neil deGrasse Tyson talking about the simple fact that “you can’t put a price on space exploration.” It will really give you chills.

Listen carefully as he talks about the defining effects that watching Earth from the Moon had on humans. Especially if you weren’t around when it happened.

Objectively—and anthropologists and sociologists studied this in the wake of the Apollo program—the mere image of the entire Earth from space … Read More → "This video will remind you why we need space exploration—badly"

Whether you want to practice your Entrapment break-ins or just secure your own toys, the SpyNet Laser Trip Wire is the most fun way to do it. 
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If an RV could get the same gas mileage as a van would you buy one? In the future, you just might have that option.

As gas prices have risen and the green movement has pushed environmental concerns to the forefront of the social conscious a few RV producers have … Read More → "Hybrid RV’s: Concept to reality?"

What do you know about the National Reconnaissance Office? Did you know that the shadowy space agency has two spy telescopes more powerful than the Hubble that they’re simply not using anymore? And did you know that it gifted them to NASA for studying the secrets of the universe? Yep, that’s exactly what happened.
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Back In 2004, we Earthlings got to watch Venus pass between ourselves and the Sun for the first time since 1882. It’s going to happen again on Tuesday, and if you miss it, the next chance you’ll get to see it is in 2117, and, well, good luck with that. Here’s now to make sure you catch all the action.
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Corning, the venerable creator of Gorilla Glass, is making a big deal showing off its latest creation. Meet Corning Willow Glass—the ultra-thin, flexible glass that bends and rolls like plastic.

Willow Glass is only 100 microns thick and designed to work with electronics like touch sensors.
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Little satellites grow up to be big satellites. At least, that’s what will happen if Surrey Satellite Technology Limited (SSTL) gets its way. Working in conjunction with the University of Surrey, the UK-based company plans to launch a pair of nano-satellites into orbit equipped with Kinect motion-control sensors that will allow the minisats to seek each other out and dock to form a new, larger satellite. If this … Read More → "Tiny satellites will use Kinect to dock with one another"

The to-do list might be the secret to willpower, and it is certainly an essential tool of creativity, as anyone from Leonardo da Vinci to John Lennoncan attest. After peeking at the notebooks and sketchbooks of some of history’s greatest creators, here comes a rare glimpse of 41-year-old Thomas Edison’s to-do list circa 1888, found in The Papers of Thomas A. Edison: Losses and Loyalties — the seventh volume of Rutgers University& … Read More → "Thomas Edison’s To-Do List, 1888"