The Infinite Zoetrope - Smarter Every Day 90
By the way, this video kind of just happened. It wasn’t planned at all. Next up, Dragonflies!
Click to watch his video:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AZzKpDGZr8A
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Smarter Every Day 89 - How to Identify and Handle a Brown Recluse
You can’t kill these with pesticides. Fire. The answer is “handle it with fire.” I apologize if me killing a deadly spider in my daughter’s living space offends you. Check your house and keep your loved ones safe.
Think it through. Burning a very small spider with an exoskeleton increases the pressure inside, and makes it explode… killing it instantly. It’s the quickest way to dispatch it that I could think of. I had the same thoughts…. which is why I burned it with fire.
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Smarter Every Day 88 - Skipping Stones and Mailing Postcards
Please Send Postcards to:
Destin’s Wall Project (or something funny)
Smarter Every Day (Click show more to see address)↘
PO Box 63
Hartselle AL 35640Thanks for considering! I want to know where you live and what kinds of things they put on postcards there!
Kids college fund: http://bit.ly/KidsCollege
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Smarter Every Day 82 - #AskAstro - Can ISS Astronauts spin and stop like cats?
I believe the arching of the back is a critical component of the maneuver. 30 second version of the question is here: http://bit.ly/AskAstroSED
Please retweet so the Astronauts see this: http://bit.ly/DestinAskAstro Also, please click “Like” and share the video which is a response to an official NASA call for question for ISS Astronauts
http://www.nasa.gov/home/hqnews/2013/feb/HQ_13-042_ISS_Google_Hangout.html
Smarter Every Day 80 - Butterflies and Salty Spermatophores
Read more about Puddling, Butterfly spermatophores, etc. here: http://bit.ly/YL8w7X
The camera we used is the Phantom Miro 320S
http://www.visionresearch.com/Products/High-Speed-Cameras/Phantom-Miro-M320S/
The footage we obtained was incredible. I’ll demonstrate that in upcoming videos.Thanks to Rainforest Expeditions for inviting me down, if you’d like to go down to the Amazon Rainforest and see all of this for yourself check them out at http://www.perunature.com
Here’s a butterfly post they made:
http://blog.perunature.com/2012/08/butterfly-basics-part-1.htmlMusic: Pondskipper by Tall Cans. Download here:
http://tallcans.bandcamp.com/
Recorded, Mixed and Mastered by A Shell in the Pit:
http://ashellinthepit.bandcamp.com
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Smarter Every Day 79- Butterfly Takeoff at 2,000 Frames per Second
Who knew such a beautiful thing could occur in less than 100 milliseconds? I shot this free-handed with a Phantom Miro in the Rainforest.
The camera we used is the Phantom Miro 320S http://www.visionresearch.com/Products/High-Speed-Cameras/Phantom-Miro-M320S/
The footage we obtained was incredible. I’ll demonstrate that in upcoming videos.
Thanks to Rainforest Expeditions for inviting me down, if you’d like to go down to the Amazon Rainforest and see all of this for yourself check them out at http://www.perunature.com
Here’s a butterfly post they made:
http://blog.perunature.com/2012/08/butterfly-basics-part-1.htmlDownload the AWESOME SONG “Knight” by A Shell in the Pit Here: http://ashellinthepit.bandcamp.com/track/knight
Gordon had to pay for his flight down to Peru and hasn’t made his money back yet.
Please donate something in exchange for his awesome work!
Smarter Every Day 77 - The “Tailless Whip Scorpion”
Internet, meet the Tailless Whip Scorpion. Basically it’s nightmare fuel.
For more info on this incredible animal, read this: http://bit.ly/VMOJkY
Smarter Every Day 76 - 12 Animals in The Amazing Amazon (with Slow Mo)
Trust me, this series is going to be awesome. Tell your friends.
Download the song “Trilobyte” by A Shell in the Pit Here:
http://ashellinthepit.bandcamp.com/track/trilobyteThe camera we used is the Phantom Miro 320S
http://www.visionresearch.com/Products/High-Speed-Cameras/Phantom-Miro-M320S/
The footage we obtained was incredible. I’ll demonstrate that in upcoming videos.
Smarter Every Day 73 - CRAP Astronauts left on the Moon! ft. MinutePhysics
There’s poop on the moon? MinutePhysics Explains! http://bit.ly/PoopOnMoon
Go Play with a Corner Reflector: http://dft.ba/-cornerreflector
FOLLOW SED ON TWITTER! http://twitter.com/SmarterYoutube
Music Download: http://bit.ly/SED_Album
Is There Poop on the Moon? ft. Smarter Every Day
What else did we leave on the moon? Smarter Every Day explains: http://bit.ly/JunkOnTheMoon
Play with a corner reflector: http://dft.ba/-cornerreflector
US Space and Rocket Center: http://www.spacecamp.com/museumHome
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Smarter Every Day - First Person Machu Picchu - Binaural Audio Walkabout
Gordon and I tried to capture Machu Picchu in a way that you could personally experience. We feel this is as close as you can come to visiting and exploring yourself.
Gordon wrote this:
HYEAH!
“Keep tabs on Gordon’s music, audio nerdery and podcast by liking his facebook page: https://www.facebook.com/pages/A-Shell-in-the-Pit/434739630153”A special thanks to theLarom for the HOURS of work he spent making the maps just right. I’m really greatful for his time, and I think it adds a really neat touch to the exploration.
Also, thanks to Henry for helping me get through a rendering problem I was having.
Play time: 34:25
BINAURAL STEREO Machu Picchu Virtual Walkabout #2
It took us 3 days to get the Highest Resolution image, so I took another walkabout on the second day. Interestingly, I ran into a guy who was repairing some of the wall. He said the Incas used Clay, Sand, and Quarz.
Gordon and I tried to capture Machu Picchu in a way that you could personally experience. We feel this is as close as you can come to visiting and exploring yourself.
Play time: 34:57
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Smarter Every Day 65 - Rocket Bonfire Bullet Time Experiment
Almost everyone in the developed world has a video-capable device in their pocket right now. Once I realized this I came up with the on-the-spot idea to make this video. It was fun.
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Smarter Every Day 64 - Behind the Scenes at YouTube
The YouTube EDU Summit was an awesome summit at YouTube Headquarters where a bunch of us got together and tried to figure out what’s working and what isn’t in terms of online education. Personally, I enjoyed meeting new people and hanging out with friends. Seeing behind the scenes at YT was awfully fun. It’s always interesting to see how things work.
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Smarter Every Day 63 - Underwater Explosions (Science with Alan Sailer!)
This is an extremely difficult Fluid Dynamics problem. It’s very difficult to explain how complicated it is. All fluid dyanamics professors I showed this to were baffled!
Many of you have asked for the Raw Data so you could do your own analysis. Here it is: http://youtu.be/OZtNGJISBls
Artist Info:
Gordon McGladdery wrote & Recorded the song “Armadillo”
“Name your price” and download it by clicking here
http://ashellinthepit.bandcamp.com/track/armadillo
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Shock Induced Cavitation:
http://www.dtic.mil/cgi-bin/GetTRDoc?AD=ADA231975
Oscillations of a fluid in a pipe (kind of like a drinking straw)
What’s interesting is that the deeper the straw is in the water, the more oscillations you’ll have because the pressure difference is higher!
http://www.pmmh.espci.fr/fr/gouttes/Publications_files/Gravitational%20oscillations.pdf
Also, read this:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Depth_charge
Smarter Every Day 62 - How Bird Wings Work (Compared to Airplane Wings)
To learn more click here — http://bit.ly/DeepDiveBirds — To take a DEEP DIVE into how wings work!
I hope you never look at a bird in flight the same way again. I know I won’t!
by Destin.
