Transformer Owl

This is a truly odd animal video! Not only is it in Japanese (which is odd if you're an American who doesn't understand Japanese, like me) but it shows an owl exhibiting some fascinating behavior. Check it out and be sure to watch the whole thing to see the strangest stuff. Then see my explanations below. How cool was that? Check Out the Top 10 Animal Transformers (including the Common Scops Owl). You might not know that small owl species are sometimes on the menu for larger owl species. When faced with the second, much larger owl, however, it does the exact opposite. (And in case you're not a child of the '80s and don't get the Transformers reference, this should make it all clear.) Thanks go to Jade Beinvenu for sending me the link to this video. UPDATE 5/13/10: Thanks to reader Raymond Ho's research, it looks like the owl is Ptilopsis leucotis, which goes by the common names northern white-faced or white-faced scops owl. Love Owls?

Fab at Home, Open-Source 3D Printer, Lets Users Make Anything - Popular... October 1, 2007 12:00 AM Click here to post this video on your blog or website. Click here to post a photo of this winner on your blog or website. Hod Lipson didn't set out to revolutionize manufacturing. He just wanted to design a really cool robot, one that could "evolve" by reprogramming itself and would also produce its own hardware--a software brain, if you will, with the ability to create a body. "To really let this robotic evolutionary process reach its full potential," says Lipson, a Cornell University computer and engineering faculty member, "we need a machine that can fabricate anything, not just complex geometry, but also wires and motors and sensors and actuators." A Fab at Home kit costs around $2400.

Statistics Show Social Media Is Bigger Than You Think | Socialnomics -... Is Social Media a Fad or the biggest shift since the Industrial Revolution? Welcome to the Social Media Revolution: Socialnomics: How Social Media Transforms the Way We Live and Do Business Stats from Video (sources listed below by corresponding #) The above statistics and “Social Media Revolution” video tell the story, social media isn’t a fad, it’s a fundamental shift in the way we communicate. Huge Thanks to These Outstanding Sources Below are the sources I used to compile this video. A huge thanks to all below: Source: Grunwald Associates National Study – Trendsspotting Blog | Millenials ConferenceSource: Huffington Post Source: McKinsey Study also posted by David Dalka Source: First Stats: United Nations Cyberschoolbus Document Source: comScoreSource: Attempting to relocateSource: Jobvite Social Recruitment Survey Note: 80% will use social networks in their assessment. 95% will use LinkedIn in their assessment.