Watch the vid and see the world’s strongest man made tornade in action!

This must be great way for scientists to discover ways to stop tornados too.

You may have seen this man-made wonder before, but Guinness World Records has now proclaimed it to be the world’s “strongest artificially generated tornado”. At 34.43-meters high, it uses over 140 separate jets to inject 28-tons of air into the courtyard, generating an artificial tornado. It’s not just for show, this also serves to eliminate smoke in the event of a fire according to the museum’s manager.

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Here’s an interesting DIY light bar controller that might interest your weekend hacking desires.

This device analyses the music it picks up via the electret microphone, then flashes the LEDs in time to the music. It’s encased in the box SparkFun sent me the microphones in, since the box was just begging to be used as a case for something! I’m sure that was intentionally designed.

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Well, I don’t believe in guns and here’s how to NOT fire a gun.

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Now here’s an intelligent robot that won’t crush your hand as it detects before grabbing stuff.

A robotic hand designed by Intel researchers is able to sense the general shape of objects before interacting with them.

The tips of its fingers send out a weak electrical impulse that objects interfere with, giving the hand a rough idea of what it’s about to grasp. Using electrolocation, as it’s known, is common in fish, particularly sharks, which detect electric fields better than any other animal.

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These giant mechanical spiders would go great with future movies.

The Walking Beast is a mechanical creature that walks on 8 legs!

I call it the Beast because of it’s size. Its current weight is 11,300 Lbs. When finished it will be approximately 6 tons (12,000 lbs)! It stands 11 feet tall, 8′ 4″ wide and 23 feet long! It is capable of transporting 8 people including the driver. It has a step height of 41″ and a stride of 5 feet!

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That’d be way cool if this was actually a ball and you could whack the shit out of it and check out what kind of video you get afterwards…

The Micro Orb Spy Camera is a miniature surveillance video & audio recording camera concealed into a tiny 1.5 inch sphere the size of a golf ball.

The Micro Orb Spy Camera can be worn on a helmet to record your sport activities such as biking, skydiving, and hiking or as a baby monitor, a mannequin eyeball, nanny camera, vehicle security device, and study aid… the possibilities are endless with this multipurpose spy camera.

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Hey Steve, I “hope” (doubt) the iPhone is faster on 3G…

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Here’s proof that traffic lights are not always needed.  (provided that the people are used to intersections with no traffic lights for years.  Put this system in America and I guarantee you a lot of people will die…)

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Here’s a cute video of robots who can think for themselves.

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Did I hear snake-bot???

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