Category: Cool things

100 Tons of explosives

May 15, 2007 - Cool things - by admin - No Comments

A very short video with some very cool events. The shockwave is one thing, but I love the noise from the debris whizzing past the camera. Lovely 🙂

Binaural recordings

May 2, 2007 - Cool things , Geek - by admin - 1 Comment

David Heron has a particularly good example of binaural audio, where two microphones are used to record a stereo track at just the location where your ears are. Only heard with headphones, it’s an incredibly spooky effect that has been around for over a hundred years. Now you can even […]

New TGV Record

April 4, 2007 - Cool things , Trains - by admin - No Comments

Well, the French have done it again. On their world class TGV, they’ve hit 574.8Km/h, the worlds fastest wheeled train, and only 6.2Km/h off the fastest recorded train, a Japanese Maglev. It’s an awesome sight, and goes to show the excellent results that can be produced when a country sets […]

R/C Cam

April 3, 2007 - Aeroplanes , Cool things , Modelling - by admin - No Comments

This author has set up his model aeroplane in such a way that he now has a gyroscopically controlled camera mounted inside the cockpit. With a decent enough VR headset, and a wireless video system, he’s managed to get a cockpit seat inside the aeroplane, and make it seem like […]

BabyBen

April 2, 2007 - Cool things , Friends , Life - by admin - No Comments

A big congratulations and well done to Ben & Heather Thorp. At 7.23pm April 1st 2007 Mira Hope Thorp entered this world. Hope everything works out well, and the future is everything you dreamt of 😀