An animation using only Google Docs.
You say “Google Doc”, I say “Awesome”
Posted by Ben on December 19, 2010
https://www.swordbilled.com/you-say-google-doc-i-say-awesome/
Aliens, astronomers, or super-intelligent aardvarks?
You decide. Whatever the case, it’s kind of amazing. (via Ectoplasmosis)
Posted by Ben on August 26, 2009
https://www.swordbilled.com/aliens-astronomers-or-super-intelligent-aardvarks/
A search engine that predicts the future
The future: …which is even stranger when you consider that it’s predicting the release of itself. Stay tuned. I’ve been playing around on the preview, and while I’m not as impressed as I was by the initial (guided/rehearsed) demo searches, I’m still mighty curious. As long as WolframAlpha survives, it certainly won’t get worse. And […]
Posted by Ben on May 12, 2009
https://www.swordbilled.com/a-search-engine-that-predicts-the-future/
Self-reassembling robot
In spite of the “crudeness” of this demonstration, it’s still amazing (if still mercifully short of the reassembly skills of a terminator): Comical, also. (Wait for the surprise ending.) (via BoingBoing)
Posted by Ben on February 27, 2009
https://www.swordbilled.com/self-reassembling-robot/
Leaves doing what leaves do best… sort of
Maybe it’s pop culture eroding my brain, but “Functionalized Nanoporous Gold Leaf Electrode Films for the Immobilization of Photosystem I” doesn’t have quite the same kick as “cyborg leaf”. Good work making science relevant to modern society, NewScientist! (Don’t expect electricity-generating houseplants anytime soon — but still, it’s interesting work.)
Posted by Ben on January 16, 2009
https://www.swordbilled.com/leaves-doing-what-leaves-do-best-sort-of/
Robots of the future, break out of your cells
Say what you will of Lockheed-Martin’s take on Terminator: Sarah Connor Chronicles-as-documentary; this proof-of-concept (if that’s the right phrasing) test video is eerily captivating. (References: http://www.mda.mil/mdalink/html/mdalink.html, http://www.schneier.com/blog/archives/2008/12/killing_robot_b.html, http://www.thirdeyeconcept.com/news/index.php?page=336)
Posted by Ben on December 19, 2008
https://www.swordbilled.com/robots-of-the-future-break-out-of-your-cells/
Finally, humans can rest easy
(via MAKE)
Posted by Ben on August 17, 2008
https://www.swordbilled.com/finally-humans-can-rest-easy/
Sheep are not meant to have six legs
…or are they? This is terrifying, but in a comical sense. (via BoingBoing Gadgets)
Posted by Ben on July 18, 2008
https://www.swordbilled.com/sheep-are-not-meant-to-have-six-legs/
Curiously elegant
Yet awkward in its own way. (via MAKE Blog)
Posted by Ben on June 12, 2008
https://www.swordbilled.com/curiously-elegant/
Turn up the volume…
…on soil remediation! Researchers have developed a prototype that cleans soil by making mud of it and blasting it with ultrasound: Sound waves travel through water as a series of high pressure waves with low pressure areas in between. The low pressure causes the water to boil and form microscopic bubbles. The high pressure then […]
Posted by Ben on March 20, 2007
https://www.swordbilled.com/turn-up-the-volume/