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Video: Sony’s Ace robot beats top table tennis pros in real matches

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Back in the day I loved playing table tennis (aka ping-pong for most folks).

In fact, during my junior and senior college years I played it virtually every day during the downtime between my morning and afternoon classes.

While my ping-pong skills never approached anything near professional level, I did eventually become a pretty decent player.

Although it’s been quite a few years since I last picked up a ping-pong paddle, the game still intrigues me and I enjoy watching  pro matches on TV whenever the opportunity arises.  [Read more…]

Video: The man of a thousand voices

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Are you old enough to have grown up watching the old Warner Brothers cartoons featuring Bugs Bunny, Porky the Pig, Daffy Duck, Pepé Le Pew, Speedy Gonzalez, Yosemite Sam and the dozens of other cartoon characters that graced our TV and movie screens?

If so, you surely noticed how distinctive all those characters’ voices were.

Well here’s something you might not know about those voices…  [Read more…]

Historic video: Digging the Erie Canal

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Numerous massive construction projects helped build the United States into the economic powerhouse that it is today, and many of those important projects were completed without the help of modern construction equipment.

The Erie Canal is a great example of what can be accomplished with a vision for what is possible and enough workers with a strong work ethic.  [Read more…]

Timelapse video: Northern Lights over Alaska

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I’ve featured several videos of the aurora (aka Northern and Southern Lights) over the years because I really enjoy seeing them myself and I know that many of you enjoy them as well.

Today’s time-lapse video features the awesome beauty of the Northern Lights as they dance brightly in the skies above Delta Junction, Alaska.  [Read more…]

Video: Lightning in Super-Slow Motion

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Confession time…

I have always been fascinated and intrigued by thunder and lightning!

Why? Because few things in nature are better at combining incredible beauty with feelings of intense danger and fear.

Some folks think I’m off my rocker when I tell them I enjoy sitting on my porch and taking in the “show” of a thunderstorm that’s playing out in real time before my very eyes.  [Read more…]