Mobile (Animation | 2010)

Published 39 days ago in Cartoons. Submitted by ringmaster

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Surf Lakes - Australia’s First Surfing Wave Pool

Published 39 days ago in Awesome. Submitted by sux2bu

Sitting in the middle of this manmade lake in Queensland Australia, sits a giant machine that creates waves designed for surfing.
Using compressed air, it’s pushed upwards, when dropped, it’s shape displaces a perfect ring of water that travels outwards, until hitting several manmade reefs, creating different height surfing waves.
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STRANDBEEST EVOLUTION 2017

Published 39 days ago in Documentary. Submitted by sux2bu

Numerous specimen of the Strandbeest evolution on music of Khachaturian's Spartacus. It open the archives of fossils. Theo Jansen's work since 1990. He tries to make new forms of live on beaches. His animals get their energy from the wind so they don't have to eat. In the future …
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When Gorgons Ruled the Earth

Published 39 days ago in Other. Submitted by thundersnow

The Earth was a very different place 250 million years ago. The dinosaurs had not yet appeared, and instead ruled a very different group of animals; the Gorgonopsids.

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How Leonardo da Vinci made a \

Published 40 days ago in Other. Submitted by thundersnow

Leonardo da Vinci’s known for his art and inventions — but also his groundbreaking maps, like this one of Imola, Italy. In this episode of Vox Almanac, Vox’s Phil Edwards explores how it was made.

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