A long beaded chain is looped over a motor pulley. When the motor is turned on, a disturbance in the chain causes waves to propagate through it. When the motor is brought up to full speed and the chain is knocked off the pulley it will maintain its shape for a few seconds and appear to “walk”. Watch it full screen to appreciate better.

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Don’t confuse this with a quantum computer. Scientists at Stanford University have created the first working computer using carbon nanotube transistors. The single atom cylinders are more efficient and smaller than traditional transistors, but making processors out of them has been plagued with problems, not least of which the fact that they’re quite unreliable — often simply operating as wires rather than switches.

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A forest floor that behaves like a bouncy trampoline has left scientists baffled. The phenomenon, which is thought to be natural, enables people to bounce upon a patch of earth, but scientists are struggling to explain why the ground is behaving as it is. A pair of hikers came across the unusual spot close to a river in a forest in St Jerome, Quebec in Canada.

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Neptune Pine, the definitive all-in-one smartwatch. Voice calls, video chat, full keyboard, GPS & much more. Looks and sounds much better than anything on the market right now.
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For about $2500 you could order yourself a copy of yourself with a stick, wheels and an iPad as a face. Turn you into a robot and be anywhere from the comfort of your home. Don’t even go to work, why go while you can just be home? Double is the ultimate tool for telecommuting. From anywhere in the world, you have a physical presence in the office and can speak to co-workers at anytime. Double is a remotely controlled, mobile teleconferencing system, enabling conversations to happen anywhere and anytime. Do you think this is creepy? It freaks me out…
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In this episode of SciShow, Hank talks about a crater in Turkmenistan that has been on fire for decades and has earned itself the title of: The Door to Hell!

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Nothing like the Potato Bazooka, the Tennis Ball Cannon, Airsoft Machinegun or the Fireball Launcher but this candy cannon would be ideal for kids. The cool part about it is that you can make your own!
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Punkin Chunkin has officially gone big time. DNews drops by the 2013 Punkin Chunkin World Championships to find out how these truly awesome pumpkin launchers are built.

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Tail Lights are a revolutionary LED lighting system for horses that uses color, and style, to keep horses and rider visible during any type of weather or lighting levels. Technology serving horses is just a beautiful thing.
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Remember StarTrek’s tricorder? TellSpec is a light, portable, convenient, and fast, wireless device that connects with your smart phone to tell you the allergens, chemicals, nutrients, calories, and ingredients in any food. Just aim it at the food and press the button until it beeps. You can scan directly or through plastic or glass. TellSpec is an inexpensive, simple, and easy to use way to learn what’s in your food.

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The amazing speed difference between racing GT cars and Formula One! I don’t understand why anyone would want to be a F1 driver, that thing looks as scary as hell.
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Well, thanks to the internets of the webz I learned another astonishing thing today. When the sun sets, it is slightly green at the top and it is called the green flash. I guess I haven’t seen enough sunsets to know, for that I need a girlfriend. Or no, let me take that back, I rather not see the sun than have a girlfriend. Ha !
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Why does sand look and feel the same pretty much everywhere on the planet? It’s all about quartz and minerals and time of course. Oh, I can’t wait to go back to Cuba, Varadero.
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This is just a reminder of how fragile our planet is. The density of the air pictured here corresponds to its density at sea level (one atmosphere.) Image made by Globaia.
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Volkswagen Golf GTI + Underworld have collaborated on a project that synchronises driving and music in real time. Play the road generates music via a phone app that’s connected to the GTI’s onboard computer, reading the driver’s location and movements to compose music live. Could this be a genius app or something extra to get idiots into accidents?
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