Showing posts with label Viral. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Viral. Show all posts

Wednesday, September 14, 2011

Wednesday, February 2, 2011

Which do you prefer? Stairs or escalator?

It's as easy as riding a bike........

Driving in Sofia

This reminds me a little of driving in Sofia except it's more dangerous here and the car is more likely to be a black Mercedes driven by a man with a very large neck.  This is Ken Block.

Tuesday, February 1, 2011

Jeremy Paxman and the "C" Word

Even the best presenters slip up.  Jeremy Paxman inadvertently confused "cuts" with another "c" word last night.  Professional as ever, he barely flinched at his own mistake.  This contrasts with James Doughtie, from the BBC's Today programme, who got into a dreadful state when he made a similar mistake a few weeks ago. Must be all the cuts in the BBC!



Monday, January 31, 2011

Student experiment films Earth from stratosphere


Two students have recorded video of the Earth from high in the atmosphere using homemade equipment, at a cost of just £350.
University of Sheffield PhD students Alex Baker and Chris Rose used a helium-filled balloon to send a foam box containing two small video cameras and a GPS tracker into the atmosphere.
Because of the very cold temperatures at high altitudes, they insulated the box with duct tape and included a small heat pad to keep the cameras warm.
The balloon is thought to have reached an altitude of 37km before popping, allowing a parachute inside to bring the equipment back to earth.
Launched in Derbyshire, the experiment was in flight for almost three hours before the box landed in a Cambridgeshire field more than 100 miles away.
Notable landmarks picked out by the camera included, the Great Wall of China, Mount Everest and Ireland's National Debt