I can’t recall whether I posted this before, but it doesn’t make a difference: It’s something that can be watched more than once with appreciation. It’s a public service announcement from Sussex Safer Roads in southern England: by … Continue reading
Nifty goshwow physics demonstration from Tel Aviv University involving a superconducting disk and several magnets: A physics professor (Andrea Damascelli of Canada’s University of British Columbia) shows the same effect to his students, with a little more in the way … Continue reading
Sound effects wizard Michael Winslow on the Norwegian talk show Senkveld med Thomas og Harald (Late Night with Thomas and Harald) performing Led Zeppelin’s “Whole Lotta Love” with acoustic guitar accompaniment, taking care of percussion, bass, and vocals and heaven … Continue reading
My friend Ralph Craig pointed out this clip in showing a 29-year-old woman, who had been born deaf, hearing her own voice for the first time: She described the experience on her blog here. by … Continue reading
An impressive bit of puppetry: by … Continue reading
A ball rolling down a carefully constructed stair-step xylophone in a forest plays Bach’s “Jesu Joy of Man’s Desiring”: It turns out to be an ad for a Japanese cell phone. Would that all ads were this interesting! by … Continue reading
My friend Bruce Sherwood recommended this and I think you’ll find it worth watching. It runs only 15 minutes: Here’s a transcript. by … Continue reading
This is really remarkable. Scientists at UC Berkeley used functional magnetic resonance imaging (fMRI) to scan the brains of members of their own team while the subjects watched movie trailers, after which the scans were run through computer analysis to … Continue reading
Listen to at least the first 30 seconds or so of this theremin and piano duet. If you’re not familiar with the theremin, it’s an electronic instrument played by placing a hand near each of its two antennas, one of … Continue reading
A male lyrebird in the Adelaide (South Australia) zoo has learned to mimic the noises of nearby construction work — hammering, sawing, drilling, etc. — mixed in with what sounds like Tarzan movie sound effects. Incidentally, while calling this sound … Continue reading