Science

Tue, May 26 2009

The NoPoPo: Charge your flashlight with beer,cola, or even urine

Also in: Design, Misc., Odd

Use the included syringe to suck water into the NoPoPo battery Place the NoPoPo battery into the mini lantern Switch on ! If you plan to do a hardcore trip in jungle or whatever this summer, you... 

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Wed, May 13 2009

Weird Animal #1: The Tardigrade: Beyond Life And Death

Also in: Misc., Weird Animals

Tardigrades (commonly known as Water Bears) are polyextremophiles and are able to survive in extreme environments that would kill almost any other animal. Some can survive temperatures close to absolute... 

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Mon, May 11 2009

The Amen Break

Also in: Misc.

The “Amen Break”, “Amen”, or imitations thereof, are frequently used as sampled drum loops in hip hop, jungle, breakcore and drum and bass music. It is 5.20 seconds long and consists... 

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