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This video is a movie-length description of the case for solar panels (and by extension renewables in general) over oil- and gas- and maize-burning energy production, with a natural focus on the United States, especially the last third which is an outstanding polemic about why the US is NOT going all-in on solar panels instead of ever-more-marginal oil extraction.
(Via Alex :yikes: (@amorphophalex@mastodon.social))
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I enjoyed this 12-minute video by Chris Spargo about why traffic signs in the world are standardized but only to some extent, and why Ireland, situated between the rest of Europe and the USA, ended up with a system that splits the difference between the systems used in the EU and the States.
(Via “And waited for the rest of the world to catch up. And waited.” – Unsung)
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Here is a fun, short video of people from around the world beings asked for the most popular tongue-twister in their country.
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Apple have an experimental animated table lamp robot thing which strongly resembles the Luxo Jr that features in Pixar’s logo.
(Via Apple’s friendly table lamp robot prototype)
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In this video from the V&A, artist Colin Reid shows us how he makes dramatic kiln-cast glass sculptures, starting with an impression made from the rocky shores of west Scotland.
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Here’s a YouTube video about making a pinhole camera in Blender and then going increasingly demented making better and better Blender models of the optics of camera lenses. A tour de force that will delight or appall camera or graphics nerds.
(Via The Shape of Everything)
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The 3D-Printed fashion of Sophy Wong on Adam Savage's Tested YouTube channel.
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PUPARIA, a ahort animated film by Shingo Tamagawa
(Via @ethanmaldridge on Twitter)
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Kanawa tsugi, or Japanese scarf joint: a way of joining two timbers without metal or nails but instead using intricate carving and a wooden peg
