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Posts Tagged: video
20
Jun 10
Magnetic levitation and ferrofluid
I made this video to demonstrate how you can levitate something using diamagnetism. The video is pretty self explanatory but leaves out some details... Continue reading →
4
Mar 10
Video definition of the word Definition
Here's another little video by my comedy partner Gemma Arrowsmith and me for wordia. Even more self referential than the last. Here it is (opens in a new window):
It's silly. Any other words you'd like us to do a video definition of? Let me know in the comments.
1
Mar 10
Recursive video definition of the word recursion
As I've mentioned before, I'm a big fan of recursion. So when my comedy partner Gemma Arrowsmith showed me a website called Wordia we cooked up a plan to create a recursive video definition of the word recursion. The results are below (opens in a new page, you'll understand why I didn't want to embed it when you watch the video):
Any other words you'd like us to do a video definition of? Let me know in the comments.
You might also like this post about recursive images.
15
Jan 10
How 3D cinema works
I recently saw Avatar in 3D and 'forgot' to hand my glasses back in at the end. I thought I knew how this technology worked so I was very surprised when I started doing some experiments.
I saw Avatar at a Vue cinema that recently had 3D installed and the way it works is quite different to the IMAX. Continue reading →
13
Nov 09
Burning paper with giant steel balls
I bought these enormous ball bearings from this guy. They're fantastically heavy. When you whack them together you get a lovely sound. But for that brief moment and in that small space you also get really high temperatures and you can easily burn holes in paper. Here's a video:
23
Sep 09
50p coins make great wheels
50p coins are too pointy to use as wheels. Or so I thought. Continue reading →
