Now you’re armed for a food fight.Here, NightHawkInLight expands on his previous YouTube cannon builds by taking the potato gun to its logical conclusion: a potato-slicing gun. Over the course of the clip he builds a cannon with a fruit-slicing blade affixed to the end so that whatever blasts through it—potato, apple, or other delectable projectile—is shredded into a litany of pieces on the way out.It’s a pretty clever little project....
SpaceX achieved a critical milestone on Saturday night when its Crew Dragon space capsule successfully docked with the International Space Station. The feat marks the first time a commercial space craft capable of carrying humans hitched itself to the ISS, and the implications for Elon Musk’s rocket business and the U.S. space program are equally huge. The Crew Dragon capsule launched from NASA’s Kennedy Space Center at 2:49 AM on Saturday morning, ferrying 450-pounds of cargo and a dummy astronaut named Ripley....
.The Decade, Reviewed looks back at the 2010s and how it changed human society forever. From 2010 to 2019, our species experienced seismic shifts in science, technology, entertainment, transportation, and even the very planet we call home. This is how the past ten years have changed us.In the early years of the 2010s, the world waited breathlessly for NASA to make the call. For nearly 35 years, two intrepid spacecraft surged past the planets in our solar system, snapping pictures of Jupiter, Saturn, and Neptune among other photogenic worlds....
Today they might play largely ceremonial roles, but for hundreds of years swords were perhaps the most important weapon in any army’s arsenal. The development of new sword-tech was, accordingly, crucial to the unfolding of history. The earliest steel swords in particular were game changers. YouTuber Shadiversity, eccentric expert in castles and other medieval tech, offers a terrific overview of the several properties needed to make a good ancient sword. Beyond that, he’s built a recreation of what one of those swords looked like....
Drones are a growing presence on the battlefield and recognizing that trend, the Russian Defense Ministry has ordered that all branches of its military begin training in anti-drone combat.Russian newspaper Izvestia reports that the first test of these new tactics came in October during training exercises on the Black Sea. Ground forces will also begin training to repel drones.The shift in training comes from the Russian military’s experience in Syria. In January 2018, over a dozen drones armed with explosives attacked a number of Russian targets in the region....
A hundred years ago this week, British and German tanks made history on the battlefields of World War I. In the last year of war, at the French town of Villers-Bretonneux, the two sides clashed in the first tank-on-tank battle in history. Related StoryThe Evolution of the American TankLooking back at the battle, and the tanks on both sides, illustrates just how far armored warfare has progressed over the past century....
The U.S. Navy is swapping out an amphibious assault ship forward deployed in the Western Pacific with an improved version capable of carrying many more F-35B fighter jets. USS America, a warship designed to hurl waves of Marines over the beach in helicopters and tiltrotor aircraft, is also designed to function as a “Lighting Carrier”, embarking nothing but fighter jets to act as a sort of “aircraft carrier lite”. The U....
We finally have a firm answer to one of the biggest mysteries of Mars. Not only did the Red Planet have water in the past, but it has it right now, flowing in a briny mix that keeps it in a liquid state. This confirms decades of observations.In an article published in Nature Geoscience, a team led by Lujendra Ojha of the Georgia Institute of Technology confirms that seasonal flows in mountainous regions of the planet correspond with the presence of briny water....
The Thunder Child is a high speed, wave-piercing boat that’s built to be uncapsizable. The boat was designed by Safehaven Marine for use by Navy, law enforcement, and other groups who sail in high-pressure situations. The boat can fit 10 crew members on board and has a sleeping cabin. It’s built to absorb shocks from rough seas. But by far the most impressive thing about the Thunder Child is its ability to right itself even if it is completely capsized....
Media Platforms Design TeamFor nearly 50 years, the Ford Mustang has stood for accessible and affordable American speed. Numerous challengers have come and gone through those five decades, yet Ford’s Mustang is the original and still the only one that has been in production for all this time. The Mustang has always been a fun machine that grabbed the soul of the driving enthusiast (we’ll look past those soft core “King Cobra” ‘Stangs of the 1970s)....
Have you ever seen someone beat Castlevania on the NES in less than 15 minutes? What about someone racing through Super Mario World without ever touching a single mushroom? No? Curious how that’s even possible? Summer Games Done Quick (SGDQ) is going on now, and it’s your chance to find out. SGDQ, and its wintertime twin Awesome Games Done Quick, is a days-long livestreaming event dedicated to the impressive, alien art of video game speedrunning....
At least one buyer of China’s copy of the famous Predator is none too happy. Jordan is selling off its fleet of CH-4B “Rainbow” drones after owning them for just two years. The Middle Eastern kingdom was reportedly not happy with the drones’ performance and is seeking to unload them at auction.The CH-4B drones first surfaced in public media in 2016. Built by China Aerospace Science and Technology Corporation (CASTC), the CH-4B appears very similar to the General Atomics MQ-9 Reaper armed unmanned aerial vehicle....
Media Platforms Design TeamUP Two-Disc Deluxe Edition (2009)Media Platforms Design TeamUP is Pixar’s 10th straight critical and commercial triumph, a feat not seen since the golden age of Walt Disney animation. Directed by Pete Docter (Monsters, Inc.), UP is also the first Pixar film to be presented in Disney Digital 3D. Drawing inspiration from such disparate films as the classic technicolor marvel, The Wizard of Oz, to Werner Herzog’s cinematic portrait of obsession, Fitzcarraldo, UP is a tribute to love, loss and following dreams....
Marc Spagnuolo, better known as The Wood Whisperer, has raised more than $80,000 for cancer charities since 2010 through his organization called Woodworkers Fighting Cancer. No matter your woodworking skill, there are ways you can help support this great cause. If you’ve ever searched for a woodworking project online, there’s a good chance you’ve come across one of Spagnuolo’s how-to videos or tutorials. He’s been sharing his knowledge of woodworking since 2006 and has amassed an incredible following....
Looking for a health-conscious activity to fill those frigid winter weekends? Instead of dusting off the StairMaster, why not just throw on a Ben Stiller DVD and tuck into a Dove bar? New studies show that watching comedies and eating certain types of cocoa can improve blood flow to the heart.For a study published in the February issue of the journal Heart, 20 young adults watched short segments of sad and funny films, including Saving Private Ryan and There’s Something About Mary....
Saws have a place in every workshop, but each type of saw is specially designed for a certain material and to be handled in a certain way. Make just put out a great piece highlighting their 10 different saw types you should know, and we’ve highlighted the top 5 most common.Make MagazineThe iconic handsaw is the most popular saw in most workshops. It’s been in use for thousands of years and is currently the go-to saw for miter boxes and basic carpentry....
You could carry a water bottle to stay hydrated, or you could wear a backpack with a hydration pack. But now 686 is offering a third option: the first jacket with a built-in hydration pack, allowing you to wear your water supply in your garment.The 686 Reservoir hydration jacket, which launched this fall, uses what the company calls its Hydrastash technology. The system carries the weight of the water in such a way that the skiiers and snowboarders for whom it was built won’t be thrown off balance, according to 686....
Space is mostly empty, but the space directly surrounding the Earth is increasingly crowded. Every satellite we launch into space eventually becomes another piece of debris orbiting the planet, and over time that debris piles up. The more debris there is, the higher the chance that a piece will hit a functioning satellite, damaging or destroying a multimillion-dollar investment.Every space agency has a plan to get rid of space junk in the future....
Media Platforms Design TeamIn a series of sketches released a few weeks ago, Chrysler teased what its Mopar parts and service arm could do with the automaker’s full stable of vehicles. Today, Chrysler delivered more: It offered a preview of the 24 vehicles that will be on display at SEMA later this month, and Mopar’s Head of Motorsports Design, Mark Trostle, introduced five “Moparized” cars. (We’ll be at SEMA, too. Look out for the PopMech Editor’s Choice Awards....
Are your fingers too small to use a regular phone? Perhaps your arms are too weak to lift your massive phablet up to your ear to have a conversation. Or perhaps you simply enjoy using impossibly tiny versions of normal-sized things. Either way, U.K. company Zanco has the phone for you.View full post on YoutubeThe Zanco tiny t1 is (probably) the world’s smallest functional phone. At less than 2 inches long, it’ll fit just about anywhere, and you’ll be able to use it to make calls and send texts, too....
