Manly Monday
The SR-71 Blackbird is one of the most advanced aircraft ever built. And it was built over fifty years ago.
Technology
It’s a Climate Emergency: Let’s Go Racing!
In the latest incarnation of mankind’s fascination with racing things, whether it be Jaffas down Baldwin Street in Dunedin or massive trucks around circuits, the woke climate warriors have got into the act. Extreme E – Formula E’s sister series – aims to highlight climate change in five remote locations
Ya Can Stick Ya Panels Where the Sun Don’t Shine
Oh dear, oh dear. Reality has hit home and thousands of Brits who were sold solar panels with the promise of money-making returns are now lodging complaints with the Financial Ombudsman. Barclays Bank, which loaned money for the solar panels, has set aside £38 million to deal with potential
Dirty Energy Will Save the Planet
It is a ‘climate emergency’! Poor St. Greta had to sail the Atlantic to show us how dire it had all become. Local authorities up and down the country have told us so. People are gluing themselves to roads, that is how bad the situation is, and the only thing
Will Germany’s Car Industry Survive? | DW Documentary
Not long ago, Germany’s car industry was a driving force of innovation. Today, it’s struggling to keep up. Its hesitant embrace of electric vehicles could prove an existential mistake. Because around the world, the market for e-cars has picked up speed. Not long ago, Germany’s car
Friday Nightcap
The new way Hong Kong protesters deal with tear gas /content/media/u4kytuk.mp4
Manly Monday
The first step in an engine build is the teardown. Let’s see what we have to work with on our mission to make 1000HP.
The Secret Inside Your Cellphone
As new science fuels the debate about cellphone safety, we take a closer look at a little known message inside your cellphone’s settings and manual telling you to keep the device 5 to 15 mm away from your body. We ask why this message exists, why it’s so
How the US-China Trade War is Boosting the US Economy
Both the US and China are ramping up production of imports they are traditionally reliant on importing from their trading partner. China is developing the technology to make them less reliant on Western digital chips for its booming digital economy but it is still years away from becoming self-sufficient
Apollo 11: Killing ‘The Moon Hoax’ Dead
Burn, Hollywood, Burn A regular review by John Black Over 1 million people sign up to ‘storm’ Area 51, the U.S military base thought by tin-foil hatters to contain extra-terrestrial beings. Vaccination rates fall across the western world after anti-vaxxers cause ‘vaccination hesitancy’ among parents. Twisted
Manly Monday
This is the story of America’s massive forging presses built during the cold war used to build America’s most advanced machinery – the Heavy Press Program. Modern airplanes, missiles, helicopters, turbines – all have parts made on these giant machines!
Tech Thursday
We get a ton of people wondering if using online satellite maps is cheating and ruining the sport of fishing. Yes, online maps are shortcuts to spending hours on the water finding fishing spots, but aren’t Power-Poles just shortcuts to throwing a heavy, noisy anchor? And aren’t
Jay Leno’s Baker Electric Car
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