Hello eceblogger readers!
I am an avid reader of the news site slashdot.org (commonly known as /.) which had an article I thought to share with you all. It was a link to sciencehack.com which is a site that contains links to videos submitted by the public on the popular site youtube and Metacafe. One thing they do differently however, is that before the videos go live, it is reviewed for accuracy by someone specializing in the field of the topic of the video. It is a new site with already quite a collection of interesting videos.
Some cool videos that emerged in my browsing of the site, is the answer to the problem that has troubled me and many others is how to solve those silly Rubik’s cubes. A cool solution to dead AAA batteries was also posted here. All I ever did was wind wires around the two electrodes of the 9V batteries, and watch the battery heat-up/melt/explode. Important topics like vectors are also explained. There are other interesting and valuable videos on the site that make you a smarter person, or force your parents to kick you out of their basement. Either way, it is definitely worth checking out.
Andras Fekete
3 comments
nathanpurmort says:
July 5, 2007 at 10:20 am (UTC -4)
that site is an interesting concept. I was disappointed however, to see no coverage of the Turboencabulator (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pbVY5teBzlg). Perhaps this is because of the difficulty of finding someone well-versed in their operation to review the video.
andrewkun says:
July 6, 2007 at 9:54 am (UTC -4)
Interesting. One question I have is who the scientists reviewing the videos are. They don’t say anything about this on the website.
Andrew Kun
Fekete Andras says:
July 11, 2007 at 2:26 pm (UTC -4)
According to the website (http://sciencehack.com/posts/index) a “scientist” is a “a university student or a university graduate with a major in a science related field, examples: applied science in physics and electrical engineering”.