Meet The Woman Who Wants To Grow Clothing In A Lab

I never would have guessed you could grow leather in a test tube and produce something commercially viable.

http://www.popsci.com/meet-woman-who-wants-growing-clothing-lab

Do we trust our computer chips too much?

This article takes about 15 minutes to read, but talks about how easily the computer chips we trust for ever-more important roles in our lives are prone to attack, and vulnerable. 

http://www.popsci.com/nowhere-to-hide

Cool! Chemical reactions in slow motion.

http://beautifulchemistry.net
http://beautifulchemistry.net/reactions.html

The Archer's Paradox in SLOW MOTION - Smarter Every Day 136

A little science about shooting arrows, and making use of their lengthwise vibration.

http://youtu.be/O7zewtuUM_0

UBC's New Student Union Building

Architectural rendering SUB building UBC campus; I really like how people are rendered... Lifelike but all white so they're not distracting, give a sense of scale and realism without distracting your attention.

http://youtu.be/50L8GIbVnkQ

Fastest Workers Crazy workers Compilation 2013

Fast hands!

http://youtu.be/4PLQlGG0LDs

How Jump On Flyaways aims to be the Uber of the skies

I agree there are other models for "optimizing unused assets" like car2go, airBnB, and Uber, but I'd be surprised if airline flights are something people are willing to take a bet on if these services have to cancel flights a week beforehand if their plane isn't filled. There are just too many associated costs with travel that you'd be giving up, like hotels and excursions, and the alternative to a missed flight is expensive. (If you fail to find a carshare vehicle, you can just get a bus or a taxi. But a last-minute flight is a very expensive backup option if this flight falls through.)
I don't think I'll buy shares...


http://www.financialpost.com/m/wp/blog.html?b=business.financialpost.com//entrepreneur/how-jump-on-flyaways-aims-to-revolutionize-the-airline-business-with-flight-sharing

Similar schemes like booking on deadhead private jet runs discussed here: 
http://mobile.nytimes.com/2015/02/17/business/despite-steep-fees-and-first-class-prices-private-jets-are-available-to-more.html
"...To make travel easier, and to avoid the headache of commercial flying, he often uses Flyxo.com, a start-up service that, for an annual membership fee, allows him to fly on so-called empty legs, or private jets flying without passengers on their way to pick someone up.

Call it ride-hailing for the jet set...

"...In some cases, the flights end up costing the same or less than first-class tickets on a commercial airliner...

"...Among the start-ups is Magellan Jets, which offers a subscription-based model where passengers can buy blocks of flight time and then get matched to planes through an iPhone app...

"...Another start-up is BlackJet, which pairs customers with empty seats on nearby private aircraft.  Formerly called GreenJets, BlackJet notes that its tickets cost about the same as first-class airline seats. But the similarities end there, said BlackJet’s chief executive, Dean Rotchin.  Private jets “are much more reliable,” he said, noting that about half of BlackJet’s customers are business travelers. “It takes off when it’s supposed to take off. You drive up to the airplane. Fifteen minutes and you’re in the air...”

Shrimp containing antibiotics

In their tests, Consumer Reports found antibiotics in 11 of 342 packages of shrimp.
Oxytetracycline
Enrofloxacin
Sulfa
Maybe the common allergies to shrimp are actually allergies to antibiotics!

http://www.consumerreports.org/cro/magazine/2015/06/shrimp-safety/index.htm


Here's the mass production where they're often produced, in Thailand.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9Pd66RWX7mE

Farthest journey by hoverboard - Guinness World Records

Record setting 900' flight on a hoverboard you control with your feet. Looks cool but very unwieldy.

http://youtu.be/Bfa9HrieUyQ

What!? The CDC accepts industry money?

Whoa! I can't believe the CDC accepts money from drug companies, and that this might affect the advice they give.
http://www.bmj.com/content/350/bmj.h2362

This Futuristic Concrete Heals Itself With Built-In Bacteria

Cool! Dormant bacteria awaken if a crack develops in the concrete and water seeps in; the bacteria help form new concrete that seals the hole.

http://www.popsci.com/futuristic-concrete-heals-itself-built-bacteria-0?B2q8ZUVjLoErXJ2A.03

Driverless cars

Google has been working for several years on driverless cars. This one goes so far as to have no steering wheel, which must be strange when you get in the car. The commentator makes a good point about the liability that Google is taking on with this vehicle. 

http://youtu.be/aqrttLPjv1E

An earlier version, complete with steering wheel. Driven by a blind man - nice touch!

http://youtu.be/cdgQpa1pUUE

Reminds me of the van with the sign "Beware, blind driver" because he delivered window blinds to houses. 

Not to be outdone, Apple may be working on one as well. 

http://youtu.be/1lhU54nhyyk

And, a driver-less car from Mercedes. Nice Interior! Any passenger can be the driver. 

http://youtu.be/lqPfKt50zBI

A working prototype Mercedes self-driving car. An extended drive where it navigates traffic lights and corners and lane changes. 

http://youtu.be/r_RFzC_G5BA

Triple holes in concrete highway

I found it! Those repeating sets of triple holes in the highway are to install reinforcing rebar. I was looking for a picture to illustrate what I was talking about, and found this DOT article.

In July, traffic was switched off a test section of I-94 to allow crews to install reinforcing dowel rebar inbetween concrete section joints. The concrete dates back to the 1970's and the dowel bars that were installed have deteriorated to a point of being ineffective. Due to this, the overall ride was very bumpy.

The quarter-mile test project will assist in controlling concrete movements at the joints which is caused by Minnesota's seasonal changing temperatures and traffic loads.

Crews first sawed and hammered out three 18" lengths of concrete in each of the right lane tire treads. The new epoxy-coated rebar was then placed onto a foam stand in the cutout sections.

The reason the rebar is placed on foam stands is to ensure that the newly poured concrete will completely surround the rebar.

It is hoped that through constructing this research section, future dowel bar retrofit type repairs will be deemed cost effective on older concrete road pavements.

The $45,000 project was funded by the Destination/Innovation Fund administered by Central Office.

http://www.dot.state.mn.us/d3/hot.html

Demaine genius

His Dad, Marty Demaine, is oddly a frequent presence in his lab. 

http://www.popsci.com/science/article/2013-01/dazzling-sometimes-absurd-always-playful-genius-erik-demaine

Two Wheeler Self Balancing Electric Car

Clever system of gimbals and gyros keep this two wheel vehicle remarkably stable.

http://youtu.be/HEwv7Z4SSQQ