This is an absolutely damn impressive piece of engineering (1:59 for the good part). It is difficult to believe that FLIP, or Floating Instrument Platform, owned by the US Navy, was designed after a baseball bat. First launched 50 years ago, the bizarre research vessel can go from a horizontal to vertical position while staying
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Coinucopia – How to Balance 3,118 Coins on a Dime
This amazing footage of TaiStar42 accomplishing a mind-blowing feat of balance, dexterity and shear impractical engineering…Watch how he balances 3,118 coins on a single dime. Not to be too nit-picky but he balances 3,117 coins on the dime. There are 3,118 coins in the tower, including the dime.
eLEGS brings hope of walking again for the paralyzed
The girl in the video, Amanda Boxtel, was in a horrific skiing accident 18 years ago that partially severed her spinal cord, leaving her paralysed from the waist down and confined to a wheelchair for mobility. However, Amanda does have hopes for walking again after trying out an exoskeleton called eLEGS. eLEGS is being readied
