MetaFilter posts tagged with science! and nerdporn

Set phasers to... popping balloons of a specific color!

loquacious — Sun, 25 Apr 2010 19:42:25 -0800

Here's a mostly working replica Star Trek Phaser. Original series, of course. Build pics and description here.

Inside Out

loquacious — Tue, 28 Aug 2007 22:18:42 -0800

Inside Out A topographical bedtime story. (Warning, contains spheres!)

COFFEE! LASER!!

loquacious — Mon, 26 Mar 2007 16:33:07 -0800

Coffee + laser = instant awesome!

Physics simulators. Lots of physics simulators.

loquacious — Sat, 03 Feb 2007 09:47:41 -0800

PhET - Physics Education Technology offers this astoundingly large library of online physics simulations. Play orbital billiards. Land on a cheesy moon. Experiment with sound. Or try more advanced quantum physics simulators. Still bored? Try the "cutting edge" catagory. Here's the complete index. (Warnings: Frames, Flash, Javascript, Java applets, graphics, sound, quantum timesuck.)

High Speed Slow Motion Video Gallery

loquacious — Wed, 31 Jan 2007 03:52:57 -0800

Please now enjoy this ginormous gallery of slow motion videos from a high speed digital camera.

Wired: What We Don't Know

loquacious — Fri, 26 Jan 2007 01:07:28 -0800

Wired: What We Don't Know How did life begin? What's the universe made of? Why do we sleep? Is the universe actually made of information? How does the brain produce consciousness? Why do we still have big questions? 42 of the biggest unanswered questions in science.

Unique aircraft testing videos.

loquacious — Mon, 22 Jan 2007 02:24:07 -0800

Load testing a Boeing 777 wing. To failure! Also, engine testing, and maximum rejected takeoff.

Physikshow! Boom! Zap!

loquacious — Thu, 11 Jan 2007 16:30:00 -0800

Liquid Nitrogen bomb! A ship floating on invisible hexaflourid gas! Smoking can kill you and weld metal! Nuclear Chain reaction... with balls! Detonating gas in a can!! Water flowing uphill! 100,000,000 volts and a Faraday cage! And more from Physikshow at University of Bonn.

Vein Viewer Infrared-absorption interactive "X-ray" gadget.

loquacious — Wed, 20 Dec 2006 23:59:21 -0800

VeinViewer is an infrared-absorption interactive "X-ray" device using advanced real time signal processing and a projector. Google video. YouTube video with short explanation.