Music can be a tremendous crutch for memory. If you have a long list of names or numbers to remember, try singing it to a tune.
And that’s what’s behind The Elements Song by Tom Lehrer to help memorize the periodic table of elements. Three year old Rose has been practicing the song with her dad, and adorably performs for the whole world to see and learn.
The new RHex robot is the latest technology to emerge from engineering and robotics company Boston Dynamics. The thirty pound ‘bot is designed for serious rough terrain once impassable to modern robots. With its six specially designed legs, the RHex is perfect for search and rescue missions in post-disaster areas.
This month old video just went viral this morning after being featured on Reddit. Using a stroboscopic illusion created with the sound waves of a speaker, mrbibio seems to have stumbled upon water that stands still in space and time. Of course, it’s dripping like normal, but our eyes and mind perceive it as static. We don’t get it either.
Japanese bike company CoGoo may have just revolutionized bmx biking forever. They outfitted a special bike with sensors which convert different bicycle tricks into music that wirelessly feeds to your smartphone. Now you can exercise and make a sick new beat on your pedal powered DJ turntable.
Have you ever heard someone say the moon is 1.3 light-seconds away? Or that it’s a ten minute drive to the store? Nerd science channel Minute Physics asks the very interesting question, ‘Why do we measure distances with time?’ in this viral video featured on YouTubeTrends.
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