The US Navy will publicly show their formidable railgun at the Naval Future Force Science and Technology Expo in Washington D.C. on February 4. The formidable electromagnetic cannon launches solid projectiles over 100 nautical miles at more than six times the speed of sound. You can see it in action here: Read more…
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US Navy to publicly show their amazing railgun for the first time ever
This is the Pieter Schelte, which is now the largest ship sailing the seas, surpassing even the Maersk Triple-E*. Built by Daewoo in Korea, this catamaran is so huge that it can lift entire oil platforms off their base, pick up the base itself, and then transport it all to port—which is exactly what it’s designed to do. Read more…
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This is now Earth’s largest ship—so big it can lift oil rigs off the sea
Afghanistan veteran Sam Arnold uploaded this spine-chilling video of a US Marine getting a direct headshot from a Taliban sniper—only to be saved by his kevlar helmet. It’s incredible to watch, especially the face of relief and disbelief of the impact victim. That was a really close call. Read more…
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Video: Marine survives Taliban sniper headshot thanks to helmet
Tony Stark and Bruce Wayne would feel at home inside DARPA’s GXV-T missile-dodging superbuggy. This video shows how the Pentagon’s research arm wants t he cockpit to be: Closed, with high-definition touch screens providing wide-angle visibility and displaying combat information in augmented reality . It’s really impressive. Read more…
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Sitting inside DARPA’s missile-dodging buggy is just like a video game
You are looking at the Alpha Magnetic Spectrometer onboard the ISS. The news is that, “after accumulating years of data, there are significantly more positrons than expected at the highest energies detected.” Scientists believe their origin may be the destruction of dark matter, which is amazing. Read more…
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Unbelievable view of the International Space Station
Explorer Sam Cossman just uploaded this shocking video to Youtube showing his expedition to the bottom of the Marum Crater. An active and very dangerous volcano located in the Republic of Vanuatu, in the South Pacific Ocean. The images captured are both impressive and terrifying. Read more…
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Unbelievable video shows man getting into boiling volcano
Behold the spectacular trailer for Master Jiang and the Six Kingdoms, a new Chinese animation feature that feels like a wild magic mix between Seven Samurai, Ran, and Lord of the Rings through a Studio Ghibli lenses. It looks amazing and, the cel animation was done by just two animators: Li Wei and Pei Fei. Read more…
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I can’t wait to see this awesome Chinese animation movie
This is an induction heater, an electromagnetic thingamajig that can make metal to levitate and—with enough power—melt it. In this case, the metal is a 2.6-gram piece of aluminum that reaches a temperature of 2192 F (1200 C) before the machine is turned off. Read more…
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Watch a piece of aluminum levitate and melt at the same time
The numbers may be shrinking a bit in recent years but, when you look at it, the sheer aggregate of people who’ve made a toon, joined a raid or bought a pet in World of Warcraft is still mind-boggling. Read more…
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World of Warcraft’s Impressive First Decade, By the Numbers