November 5, 2009 @ 10:23 pm
Ford Motor Company unveiled a new development in automobile safety today by showing off their new seatbelt airbag system for backseat occupants. The seatbelt airbag inflates just as quickly as a normal airbag and is triggered when sensors in the car detect a crash.
Additionally, the new seatbelt airbag system, which will be included in the next-generation Ford Explorer SUV, is actually more comfortable and has smoother edges than traditional seatbelts.
July 3, 2009 @ 9:27 pm
Here’s a video that quickly demonstrates the human eye’s blind spot.
January 2, 2009 @ 1:19 am
Christmas has passed already, but knowing the habits of some folks, they’ll probably keep their Christmas trees for another few weeks before tossing them out. If that’s the case, then you better make sure you water it because if you don’t and it somehow catches on fire, you can pretty much kiss your house goodbye.
As seen in this demonstration video from the National Institute of Standards and Technology, a dry Christmas tree can be utterly devastating for any house corner as it will quickly spread fire and black smoke. At one point it looks like the flames are being shot out of a flame thrower!
Here’s another video of a dry Christmas tree fire compared to a Christmas tree on fire that has been fed water. Incredible how intense those flames are on both trees.
