Yikes! It was 6 years ago that Geek Native shared a table of imaginary elements. Time for a new one. The latest comes from a company called Bodycote which specialise in heat treating various metals and alloys. Hopefully they’ve never had to treat any of the fictional metals and alloys on this periodic table. It’s […]
Enough science to magic up an ice sword
Have you wielded an ice sword in an RPG or watched an anime where one was summoned? The scientific problem is pretty straight forward. The solution; toilet paper. It’s just possible that after this video from Sufficiently Advanced gamer groups around the world will be adding Pykrete to their vocabulary and list of ways to […]
The amazing steampunk science of Pierre Jean Tardiveau
Steamwork fans and inventors should be aware of Paris-based designer Pierre Jean Tardiveau. He makes some incredible ‘scopes. We’re talking about polariscopes, callikryptoscopes and devices like the Juipter Pendulum. The image above is of a wonderful looking steampunk lamp and the videos below will show you how clever Tardiveau’s creations are. This is steampunk science.
The little black dress for science geeks
In search of a little black dress for science geeks? Do you need to build out your wardrobe for Christmas party, New Year party and just because party season? Pop over to Shenova’s store on Etsy and you might well find something interesting. How interesting? What about this Periodic Table dress? Product Page Handmade from […]
Explaining the Archer’s Paradox to younger gamers
The Archer’s Paradox is this; there’s a bow between your arrow and your target so how come the arrow goes straight? Slow motion and some science can explain this. While the folk at Smarter Every Day didn’t intend for this video to be aimed at games (oh, pun), I think we’re a good audience and […]
How to build a fully operational gas rifle out of pipes and propane
In this video the Backyard Scientist uses every day items to build a series of rifles. Are they powerful? By the time the video finishes we’re able to launch golf balls further than the video can track and we’re blasting holes in beer cans. Also; pretty blue flame. If you want to build one of […]
Boeing gets patent on force fields
The multinational manufacturer of airplanes, rockets and satellites has picked up an American patent on military force fields. This computer-voice / animation combo explains how the technology works. It doesn’t feel quite like “force fields from Star Wars” to me but, yeah, I get the reference. It’s also worth noting that the technology does seem […]
New Year, New Game: 2300AD
As is tradition, DriveThruRPG has a brand new sale to mark the start of 2015. The “New Year, New Game” sale is a favourite of mine for two reasons; Over 200 RPGs that are 15% off A real push to persuade gamers to try a new game Gamers who are willing to try new games […]
World’s largest Gummy Bear meets liquid nitrogen and a shotgun
Could you eat one? Would you eat one? I ask those questions first because it seems quite clear to me that should you find yourself owning one of the world’s largest Gummy Bears and incredibly silly thing to do would be to shoot it twice, freeze it with liquid nitrogen and then blow it apart […]
Turning soda cans into swords
Some geeks are brave. As much as this video is cool I’m not sure I’d be up for working with such high temperatures in such casual conditions. Would you? What would you make? The King of Random is typically impressive; pulling a Zelda like sword from the sands after using his home-made foundry to melt […]
