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Solar death ray

By Dave | Published: January 31, 2011

This is pretty fantastic! Eric Jacqmain built a “solar death ray” using 5,800 mirrors glued to a satellite dish. The R5800 is my latest and greatest solar creation. Made from an ordinary fiberglass satellite dish, it is covered in about 5800 3/8″ (~1cm) mirror tiles. When properly aligned, it can generate a spot the size [...]

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Restrepo and The Last Patrol

By Dave | Published: December 16, 2010

I watched “Restrepo” earlier this evening after a friend’s recommendation to me. It’s a fantastically done documentary that follows an Army unit over the course of a year long deployment in Afghanistan’s Korangal Valley. It’s pretty raw and heart-wrenching, but it’s a fascinating look into the war and what it’s doing to the people we’re [...]

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High speed camera on a train

By Dave | Published: December 1, 2010

This is a pretty great video, featuring a high speed camera on a train, looking at a passenger platform as it passes by. More info here. It could be one of the coolest visual examples of special relativity that I’ve seen! [Via Kottke]

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Missed gdgt live in SF? Watch it on TWiT!

By Dave | Published: November 14, 2010

Part 1 – (Fast forward to 1 hour and 39 minutes in the video, that’s when the coverage starts in this particular video): http://www.justin.tv/twit/b/273782240 Part 2 – http://www.justin.tv/twit/b/273789393 Part 3- http://www.justin.tv/twit/b/273796620