Cool Pic Archive #5

Shear-Thickening Fluid (non-Newtonian liquid) will revolutionize body armor. Bullets and even ice picks are stopped by it. Amazing! U. of Delaware & Aberdeen Proving Grounds research.

  Andrew Carol's masterpiece version of Charles Babbage's difference engine - made of Legos!

This microfluidics reactor microchip is built from silicon using tunnels, valves, pumps, and porous membranes - amazing!

Here are the inner workings of a Metcal SP-200 soldering station - in case you have ever wondered. I bought the entire setup on eBay for $61 (over $250 new).

Piezo actuators change shape when electrically excited. A SQUIGGLE motor consists of several piezoelectric ceramic actuators attached to a threaded nut, with a mating threaded screw inside.

Piles of circuit boards from hazardous computer waste stretch into the distance near an e-waste scrap yard.

You have got watch this video: The 85 way was completed in 9 minutes and 46 seconds from the time Chris left the plane until the last legal grip was taken on Annie. We held it for 17 seconds.

County-by-county gas price map of the U.S.

Well, this photo of a toppled transmission tower in Basra, Iraq, is not really "cool" since it represents terrorists destroying the world's accomplishments, but it is interesting.

X-Ray of Aibo (Artificial Intelligence Robot) Robotic Dog.

By now we have all heard stories of yellowcake uranium. Here is what it actually looks like.

PC system built entirely from Legos.