Viral videos Richard has appeared in countless television and radio programmes, including ABC’s 20/20, NBC’s Dateline, BBC Radio 4′s The Today Programme, and BBC2′s The Culture Show. In addition, he has devised bespoke studies for several television programmes, including National Geographic’s Brain Games 2 and The History Channel’s Your Bleeped Up Brain. Richard has created more viral videos than anyone else in the UK. Richard’s first video, The Colour Changing Card Trick, inspired American magicians Penn and Teller to create a new item for their live show in Las Vegas, and has also featured on several television programmes. One of his most recent videos, Assumptions, explores the power of perspective….
Smoke Bomb - How to Make a Smoke Bomb Video Making a smoke bomb is fun, easy and safe with sugar and potassium nitrate. This video will teach you how to make and use a smoke bomb.See Transcript Today, I'm going to show you how make a homemade smoke bomb. Smoke Bomb Materials You will need: A large mixing bowlA skillet or sauté panSugarPotassium Nitrate also known as salt peter, which you can order onlineAn empty toilet paper roll.CardboardGlue or masking tapeScissorsFace Tissue Mix Smoke Bomb Ingredients Cut out a small piece of cardboard, and glue or tape it to the bottom of the empty toilet paper roll. In the large mixing bowl, combine three parts potassium nitrate with two parts sugar and mix well. Create Smoke Bomb Fuse In order to make a fuse for the smoke bomb, cut a small rectangle of tissue. Heat Mixture and Finish Smoke Bomb Pour the mixture into the skillet or sauté pan, and apply low heat. Pour the mixture into the toilet paper roll, and insert the fuse. Lighting the Smoke Bomb
13 Alternative Search Engines That Find What Google Can’t Advertisement R.I.P Google. What would be your first reaction if you saw this? Scared, because your life is completely enslaved to Google. Well, no one is chipping on that digital tombstone yet. But it does not mean that there is no grass outside that fence. These Search Engines Do What Google (Still) Can’t Some are worthy contenders for the second-place medallion while some are just go into those niche corners of the web. 1. Google does good for the world in its own way. Read through their FAQ where they open up about the project and also show you the progress of their planting programs. 2. Open your bag of privacy tools to add Qwant to the collection of no-tracking search engines. Even when you are connected with an ID, we don’t use any cookie nor any other tracking device when you browse the site. Local storage on your machine is used to save your settings and data. 3. Any search engine that does not store user data is always worth a try. 4. Google has some wonderful collaborative apps.
How To Build A Fireball You Can Hold Video The 10 Best TED Talks of 2011 Watching videos online is usually considered fun, but generally a waste of time. Not so with TED videos, which are uniformly interesting, educational, inspiring, and enjoyable. If you haven't spent much time (or any) checking out TED videos, you should – and to help with that, I've compiled what seem to be the very best 10 TED videos of 2011. It was a grueling task, combing through the cream of the crop on the TED site, but somebody had to do it. Some of the talks may have been filmed prior to 2011 but all of the talks here were posted in 2011. How I Became 100 Artists You don't need to be an artist to appreciate Shea Hembrey's "How I became 100 artists," but if you are it's even more amazing. A Modern Take on Piano, Violin, Cello If music is more your thing, then the "Modern Take on Piano, Violin, Cello" entry from the Ahn Trio is a must-watch (and listen). 3 Things I Learned While My Plane Crashed Learning experiences like this, I could do without. How to Spot a Liar Your Favorites?
Learn how to throw lethal playing cards If you watch the following video, you will be able to see one of the world’s leading card-throwing experts practicing his craft. With a business card and a flick of his wrist he can pop balloons, extinguish candles, hit targets, etc.: Around the 50-second point, you will also see him impale a tomato with a business card. Around 3:15, Rick Smith demonstrates his technique very quickly. How to throw cards fast and effectively !!!!! See also: If you need a source of cheap playing cards, check out the dollar store – two decks for a buck. One level up from card throwing is knife throwing: - the fastest knife thrower in the world - How to throw knives [[[Jump to previous How To - How to blow your money if you are super-wealthy]]]
100 Websites You Should Know and Use In the spring of 2007, Julius Wiedemann, editor in charge at Taschen GmbH, gave a legendary TED University talk: an ultra-fast-moving ride through the “100 websites you should know and use.” Six years later, it remains one of the most viewed TED blog posts ever. Time for an update? To see the original list, click here. And now, the original list from 2007, created by Julius Wiedemann, editor in charge at Taschen GmbH.
‘May The VCs Be Ever In Your Favor’ — Meet The Next 500 Startups Accelerator Class Dave McClure’s 500 Startups crew is at it again, with another group of companies joining its Accelerator program. The fourth group of startups in the 500 Startups Accelerator follows a lot of the same trends from previous participants, as McClure & Co. continue to bet big on female entrepreneurs and international startups. There’s also the continued focus on revenue-first startups, rather than those which need to hit “critical mass” before monetizing. But before I get into all that, check out this video. Ok, so now that you’ve gotten your fill of 500 Startups’ hilarious take on the Hunger Games, let’s talk about the companies themselves. Putting investment in non-Valley startups isn’t the only somewhat contrarian move from this Silicon Valley-based incubator. That’s because big wins on companies like Instagram are rare, and McClure’s not trying to hit a home run every time he comes up to the plate. So what do the participating startups get?
Bill Gates: 13 Talks That Expanded My Worldview To stress the importance of malaria research, Bill Gates famously unleashed mosquitos on the audience in the first of his three TEDTalks. So which talks jolted him into action? When we asked Gates to curate a list of his favorites, his response was, “There are too many to pick, really.” Here, he makes an attempt. Hans Rosling: Stats that reshape your worldview Michael Specter: The danger of science denial David Christian: The history of our world in 18 minutes Melinda Gates: Let’s put birth control back on the agenda Bruce Aylward: How we’ll stop polio for good Atul Gawande: How do we heal medicine? Steven Pinker: The surprising decline in violence Nathan Myhrvold: Could this laser zap malaria Salman Khan: Let’s use video to reinvent education Blaise Aguera y Arcas demos Photosynth David Blaine: How I held my breath for 17 min. Susan Cain: The power of introverts Vijay Kumar: Robots that fly … and cooperate
Bono: 9 Talks That Give Me Hope When Bono accepted the TED Prize in 2005, he offered this wish: that aid to Africa not be thought of as a celebrity cause but as a global necessity. Here, he picks nine talks that express equally powerful ideas and shares why each needs to be spread. Kate Coleman: Eradication needless blindness “Kate Coleman is the quietest storm that ever blew into town. Gorgeous, dulcet tones take you through some tough and innovative thinking on how to quite quickly eradicate the scourge of needless blindness.” Seth Godin: How to get your ideas to spread “Describing a revolution in media in the most unrevolutionary terms, this talk is an understatement. Bill Gates: Innovating to zero! “I’m choosing this over his talk on malaria, which is hard for me. Wael Ghonim: Inside the Egyptian revolution “This man was standing right there when the 21st century began. Sheryl Sandberg: Why we have too few women leaders “Equal opportunity relationships endure longer and have better sex ...
"Let it snow" becomes latest Google Easter egg Google has added another trick to its bag just in time for the holidays. If you search for "let it snow", you will receive a wintery visual treat which adds snow fall and a "foggy glass" effect to the results page. After a few moments pass, you can then wipe away the fog away with your mouse cursor. It is important to note this trick only works on the most modern of browsers that support the "Canvas" element, a feature unique to HTML 5. When asked for clarification, Google reportedly responded with this markedly poetic reply: Through the fog, you have to peer Because it's the most wonderful time of the year Your page turned into a winter wonderland When you typed in that search command You can always defrost the window Or just let it snow, let it snow, let it snow! Google has a long history of fun Easter eggs, even when "Easter" is pretty far away. Gravity: Type Google Gravity and click "I'm feeling lucky" to observe Google collapse before your very eyes.