News: Hello, Mach 6! Hypersonic Scramjet Shatters Speed Records
Holy *&@!... imagine flying faster than a speeding bullet. Or traveling at 1 mile per SECOND. Or being propelled 6 X the speed of sound.
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News: Artificial Butterfly Could Unveil the Mysteries of Flight
Researchers Hiroto Tanaka and Isao Shimoyama (of Harvard University and University of Tokyo) have constructed a tiny replica of the swallowtail butterfly. The crudely made model uses just balsa wood, rubber bands, and a steel wire crank. The goal is to better understand the biomechanics of butterfly flight. Via Wired,
How To: Do the dumbell fly exercise
This exercise is great for shaping and strengthening the chest muscles. The chest is scientifically named the pectoralis. This muscle is used any time you push a chair up to the table, shut a car door, or push a shopping cart. There are two muscles that make up the pectoralis. They are the pectoralis major and minor. The pectoralis major is always the prime mover during chest exercises.
How To: Iron pants with Martha Stewart's REAL SIMPLE
Pay attention to these ironing tips to iron your pants perfectly. Crisply ironed pants help create a pulled-together look. Follow these simple steps for a quick, flawless press?with creases or without. Learn how to iron pants with the folks from Martha Stewart's REAL SIMPLE.
News: Paper Airplane Guru Sets New World Record
Takuo Toda broke his previous Guinness World record of 27.9 seconds in flight this past Sunday. The paper airplane virtuoso, head of the Japan Origami Airplane Association, aimed to reach a 30 second long flight with his 10-centimeter-long paper aircraft. Unfortunately, he didn't quite make it.
How To: Make a quick and easy balloon airplane
Are you an aspiring clown? Or maybe an aspiring magician? Or just simply want to entertain the neighborhood kids? This video will shows you how to make a balloon airplane with a driver in the cockpit and all. A perfect alternative to those typical balloon characters you get at every party. Now, you too can make balloon plane. Make a quick and easy balloon airplane.
How To: Quickly model a simple pattern in 3ds Max
The technique shown in this 3ds Max tutorial is meant to be a design modeling technique. Watch and learn how to model the Beijing Olympic Stadium in 3D Studio Max.
How To: Fix missing grids in elevation in Revit Architecture
Have you ever had the problem where your grid lines will NOT show up in elevations?!?!?! This is of course after you have checked your VG settings and maximized 3D extents, still NOTHING! Chances are the elevation view is not perpendicular to the grid lines. In most cases this makes sense, how is Revit going to know where you want to intersect the infinite planes of the grid lines. In this Revit tutorial David Fano establishes the point of intersection as the point where the site boundary and...
How To: Use reference lines to control radial shapes in Revit
This CAD software tutorial covers how to use reference lines to constrain or drive radial shapes in Revit Architecture. This can be tricky when using Reference plane but with a reference line it is quite easy. David doesn't get too much into adding parameters but one could imagine using a length parameter to drive the length of the reference line as well as the ellipse. Watch and learn how to model and control radial shapes with reference lines in Revit Architecture. Use reference lines to co...
How To: Fold a super suzy paper airplane
Watch this instructional paper craft video to fold a paper airplane called the Super Suzy. The Super Suzy airplane is a zippy flyer. This is an intermediate origami project. You will need two pieces of origami paper to complete this paper craft airplane. The Super Suzy is a cute, acrobatic paper plane. Fold a super suzy paper airplane.
How To: Fold an art-deco wing paper airplane
Watch this instructional paper craft video to fold a paper airplane called the art-deco wing. The art-deco airplane is a good, slow flyer. This is an intermediate origami project. You will need one piece of origami paper. The art-deco wing plane is a complex an sleek paper craft design. Fold an art-deco wing paper airplane.
How To: Use the surface modifier in 3ds Max
The Surface modifier in Autodesk's 3ds Max generates a patch surface based on the contours of a spline network. A patch is created wherever the segments of the interwoven splines form a three- or four-sided polygon. The Surface modifier and the CrossSection modifier, taken together, are referred to as Surface Tools. They allow you to create complex or organic surfaces, like the fuselage of a plane, or a three-dimensional character.
How To: Hang a door
Changing your doors can instantly improve the look of your home, and yes, it is a job you can do yourself. It just takes a couple of hours, a lot of patience and this step by step video tutorial. Stop hanging around, watch this video on how to hang a door and get to it.
Omegaville research (aka: mgabrys' underground challenge submission)
Omegaville archeological research site / mgabrys' underground (weekly) challenge submission Rest of flickr set peek at : http://www.flickr.com/photos/87457200@N00/sets/72157629196076400/
Ludovico Einaudi : Fly
Sit back and take a breather from all the Political Turmoil. But make sure to wake up...
News: Ender Dragons can really dig holes in normal world...
I spawned three ender dragons while in creative mode with world edit and flew down underground and dragons start destroying every thing. Awesome!
How To: Earn the "Checking In" Achievement and Trophy in Ace Combat: Assault Horizon
Players have been soaring through the skies in the popular Ace Combat series of games for a long time. The latest title, Ace Combat: Assault Horizon comes complete with several different unlockable trophies and achievements including the incredibly impressive, "Checking In." The achievement will require you to fly through a hotel in order to unlock it.
Insect Photography Challenge: Flight of the Bumblebee
Exposure 0.004 sec (1/250) | Aperture f/5.6 | Focal Length 50 mm | ISO Speed 200 The bumblebee was hard to catch. Whenever I tried to get him the bugger would fly away. Got one finally.
Instagram Challenge: Fly Magnet
This is not my baby. I swear.
News: Battlefield 3 Caspian Border Gameplay
What part of this is a game anymore? You could have fooled me if you would have told me this was live footage. New game play showing off flying on jets and all around great trailer.
Smartphone Challenge: Twin Prop Sunrise
Flying out of Bellingham, WA this past Sunday morning in a twin prop airplane. It was still dark down below but after rising above the clouds we were high enough to see the sun rise. Taken with the plain old iPhone 4 camera app... no affects applied.
Movie Quiz: Clueless - Tennis
In this scene from Clueless, Amber can't do any activity where _________ fly at her nose?
How To: Travel Around the World for $418
Interesting read and an even more interesting itinerary. This guy flew the world for $418. Most people don't have the time to pull off what this guy did, but awesome none the less.
HowTo: Get FREE In-flight Wi-Fi From Google
If you're flying AirTran Airways, Delta, or Virgin America over the holidays, Google has teamed up with the aforementioned airlines to offer free in-flight wi-fi from November 20 to January 2, 2011 on all domestic flights. Why? Out of good will and holiday cheer, of course (plus promotion for the Google Chrome web browser).
News: She flew and saw the world under her
A view from the outside not just from our home but from our planet.
News: The real angels...
have u ever thought how angels will look like or how they behave ..?its not a hard thing ...the lil ones fly around the home like bees are the real angels...
News: HELLO JELLO
Each of the Jackass cast members are encased in different colored Jell-O molds the shape of life size penises on wheels. They whiz down the hill in an unsuspecting suburban neighborhood, flabbergasting and horrifying onlookers. The flying phalluses meet their sweet, sticky demise somewhere along the way in epic 3D splats!
News: Crappy Duck Hunting
Get Ryan Dunn to do the duck hunting stunt again tell him the producers want him to do it blind folded and befor the guys jump making him fly threw the air get them to bring 2 buckets of cow poo to throw on him while hes waiting blind folded then they jump and shoot him with paintballs
News: Treadmill Bowling
Treadmill bowling you turn up a treadmill all the way and then u jump on it and fly into the bowling pins (your jackass crew)
News: Human Tyre
wat u will need tractor tyres big balls a big hill a ramp dung spreader and a human cow for breaks this 1 is kinda self explanatory pick ur tyre climb inside get a push ride the hill fly the jump get sprayed with shit then run a human cow over hahahaha makes me laugh just thinking about it garentee this will be hillarious to watch im from britain so im not eligable for the compo but reading this must have made u laugh so if u have space for it please use it thanks for reading rick
News: $27K and Climbing- Bid Quick For Your Own Personal Hovercraft
Via Urlesque, "Designed by New Zealand inventor and mechanic Rudy Heema, the fiberglass WIG is all hover, all the time, until it hits 70kph at which point it starts to fly... The auction runs through next Saturday, so act quickly if you want to be ready for church."
How To: Beat the Paper Trail mission in GTA IV
Video walkthrough of the Paper Trail mission in Grand Theft Auto 4 (GTA IV), in which Niko and Jacob fly a helicopter to take down an enemy helicopter. Beat the Paper Trail mission in GTA IV.
How To: Make a simple airplane
Folding simple paper airplane, but flies faraway. This video is easy to follow. Kids will love to have Dad or Grandpa make them one. Make a simple airplane.
How To: Make a paper helicopter
Need to add some members to your paper airforce? How about a helicopter? This video will teach you how to make the cuts and folds to make a flying paper helicopter. Make a paper helicopter.
News: Steampunk Comes to Children's Literature as Steamduck
Emilie Bush is about to release her second children's book, Steamduck Learns to Fly. With art like this, it has to be pretty steampunk! Maybe if the book is successful, I can one day buy my very own steamduck for my bathtub!
News: The United Steaks of America
I usually enjoy my steak grilled, but using a cut of Grade A beef as a photography still-life works, too. Clever steak-art by photographer Dominic Episcopo.
News: Wow a crowd with superhero strength
With the recent release of both Watchmen and X-Men Origins, convincing a drunken buddy at the bar that you've got slightly super human lifting abilities isn't completely out of the question.
How To: Create a retro sci-fi title animation in After Effects
In this 2 part video tutorial, Eran Stern shows you the first step to create a retro design title animation for a fictional sci-fi movie.
How To: Do a soccer somersault throw-in with Asta Arnadottir
It's no surprise that, with all their strength and agility training, soccer stars are highly acrobatic, but Iceland International right-back Asta Arnadottir has taken the soccer showboating to a whole new level.
News: Jackass 3D Prank Contest
Welcome to the Official Jackass 3D Prank Contest Submission Page Think you've got the wit and imagination to be a Jackass? Well, here's your chance. Johnny Knoxville and Jackass 3D crew are hosting the first ever Jackass 3D Prank Contest to celebrate the upcoming release of their new film, in theatres October 15th!