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Free As In Frequent Flyer Miles | Kottke
Buried deep within Jamie Lauren Keiles’ NY Times article about frequent flyer miles and The Points Guy is this economic observation: A major reason points-and-miles trips exist is because airlines turn a more stable profit by minting their own currencies … Continue reading
12 Mind Blowing Number Systems From Other Languages
Today is a big day for lovers of the number 12, and no one loves 12s more than the members of the Dozenal Society. The Dozenal Society advocates for ditching the base-10 system we use for counting in favor of … Continue reading
The World’s First Commercially Available Flying Car Is Here And It’s Legal
The world’s first-ever commercial flying car was recently unveiled by Dutch vehicle manufacturer PAL-V. Here’s what that means for our roads (and our skies). » Subscribe to Seeker! http://bit.ly/subscribeseeker » Watch more Elements! http://bit.ly/ElementsPlaylist » Visit our shop at http://shop.seeker.com … Continue reading
Playing 30000 Marbles – Marble Machine X #148
Playing 30000 Marbles on the Marble Machine X! Take a look at that Clean floor. Download the Free Wintergatan Music License: http://www.wintergatan.net Video edited by Hannes Knutsson & Martin https://instagram.com/hannesknutsson Support the Marble Machine X Project: ► http://www.patreon.com/wintergatan ► teespring.com/stores/wintergatan … Continue reading
Giraffes Stranded by Flooding in Kenya Are Rescued by a Special Barge
What a beautiful rescue! A giraffe on a boat sounds like the beginning to a silly joke, but for conservationists in Kenya it was the only answer to a pressing problem. The rising water levels from recent intense rain … Continue reading
The Floyd Ethos
We shot this film about our friends at Floyd in some of our most beloved places around Detroit. Thank you for having Floyd be a part of your own home. Learn more: floydhome.com Featuring Kyle Hoff & Alex O’Dell & … Continue reading
Study shows promising material can store solar energy for months or years
by Lancaster University As we move away from fossil fuels and shift to renewable energy to tackle climate change, the need for new ways to capture and store energy becomes increasingly important. Lancaster University researchers studying a crystalline material have … Continue reading
Wind/Solar Powered Clothes Dryer
I made a Renewable energy powered clothes dryer but theres more to consider than you think…. I made this as I’m hosting “Pitch the Future” the Virtual event being run buy the Shell Eco Marathon team as normal events this … Continue reading
Imagining a Covid-19 Pandemic Memorial | Kottke
Even though we’re still in the midst of it, The Atlantic commissioned three designers/artists to design hypothetical Covid-19 memorials. Ian Bogost writes: So this might seem like a strange time to imagine memorializing the pandemic in a formal way. A premature … Continue reading
This Weird, Cheap Quantum Device Can Run For a Year With a Single Kick of Energy
DAVID NIELD 22 NOVEMBER 2020 The quantum tunnelling sensor chipset and the Fowler-Nordheim tunnelling barriers. (Chakrabartty Lab) Where we’re going, we don’t need batteries. As our need for electronic gadgets and sensors grows, scientists are coming up with new ways … Continue reading
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