I cannot wait to watch this in the theaters.
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Knock out drones with AUDS
I want one of these. It tracks incoming drones with radar and aims a narrow beam of RF at the drone to interrupt its controls.
Hydrogen from water
A Stanford chemistry professor has developed a way to extract hydrogen (and oxygen) from water using a 1.5V AAA battery. This is fantastic. Hydrogen is a great fuel. Faster, please!
Spinning levers
Another Jam Handy video from the 1930s. This is very well done. It explains how powerful a lever (one of the six simple machines).
Towards the end, to demonstrate the utility of synchromesh transmission, they get a car going 60 MPH down hill. “[The driver] will shift into second speed and bring her car easily and safely under control before it reaches the bottom of the hill.” Cars where much harder to drive 80 years ago.
New Boss on Construction Sites Is a Drone
From MIT Technology Review:
Drones are being used to capture video footage that shows construction progress at the Sacramento Kings’ new stadium in California.
Are we creating the world that we want to live in?