Combining Mentos and Diet Coke may be nothing new, but rarely do we get the chance to see it captured at 1200fps, unless you have the Casio EX-F1 that is. Video after the break.
Woodhead compensated for the 1200fps' paltry 336x96 frame size by stitching four different Mentos tests together, and the results are awesome. Globs, ribbons and rings of Coke that are impossible to track in real time come to life when seen in slow-motion
[via Gizmodo - MadOverlord]
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If you've always wondered how corrugated fiberboard was made, then check out this interesting "Modern Marvels" segment. Video after the break.
Corrugated fiberboard is a combination of paperboards, usually two flat pieces of paper and one inner intestined corrugated medium
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Electropolishing is simply an "electrochemical process that removes material from a metallic workpiece." Video after the break.
It is used for to polish, passivate and deburr metal parts. It is the often described as the reverse of electroplating. Electropolishing has many applications in the metal finishing industry because of its simplicity and it can be applied to objects of complex shape.
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The guys over at Popular Science show us how to heat a hot tub using quicklime, rather than electricity -- might come in handy when the power goes out. Video after the break.
Rather like a reverse-Bain Marie, the guys floated three metal tubs, each containing fifty pounds of quicklime, in the "jacuzzi." When water was added to each container, the quicklime fizzed away, heating the 700 or so gallons of water to the perfect temperature, 100F
[via Gizmodo - PopSci]
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Bahrain's World Trade Center has just been equipped with three giant wind turbines that supply "10-15% of the energy for both towers." Click here for one more picture.
..what you're looking at is an actually photograph of the new Bahrain World Trade Center, a pair of pointy skyscrapers with three propellers with 95 foot diameters between them. And this week, they activated all three turbines at the same time
[via Gizmodo]

Yes, researchers at NTU (National Taiwan University) have developed "a scheme which turns brushing your teeth into a webcam-tracked video game." Continue reading to watch.
Using an LED-studded toothbrush, a camera mounted above a mirror, and an LCD display, kids can watch plaque and debris get annihilated from a cartoon mouth while they scrub their choppers
[via Engadget]
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