steve barrett

There’s a whole collection of “segway falls” on youtube and some of these are so entertaining it amazes me they don’t get more exposure. This one’s pretty good - the cape adds some effect but it doesn’t do much in the way of keeping this poor broad upright.

I’m speechless and I don’t know if I should admit to watching this whole video. I find it incredible that the internet is allowing us to see into peoples homes to catch them during these candid moments where’ they really let it all hang out (pun intended).

The Icon A5 has just undergone the first test flight. Targeted for a release in late 2010. at $139,000 plus 4,000 for a special sport license this isnt that bad of a deal and might help to push small engine aircraft into the general public’s range.

via wired

At first I was confused, then I realized it’s nothing more than a large number of unsupervised youth playing with explosives - just like my younger days. I don’t recall launching a hammer high into the air over a crowd of people. I wonder where that thing landed.

The plan is to drop them from aircraft and annoy everyone on the planet.

They Hatin…

Ever wonder how far farts travel? Ever wonder why you can sometimes smell a fart so quickly after unleashing it? Well due to the marvels of modern imaging and one wonderfully thoughtful scientific knight we now have direct thermal imagery of an SBD caught in the wild.

I really can’t imagine a better way to politely remove yourself from a room.

You should probably pull over and check it out.

This is some pretty cool engineering. The backpack is clunkly looking but I’ll take it, there must be some sort of counterweight in there to keep Murata Boy steady. The technology is probably similar to that of a segway; some sort of gyroscope watching for drift, and then compensating.

Here’s an earlier view, from 2006, that gives some insight into the development process. I think this video’s more exciting than the first because of some of the unique tests they have the robot