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1,000 Generations of YouTube Compression

Posted by Pete Berg on Friday, June 4th, 2010 at 7:43 am

Video blogger canzona did an interesting experiment in video compression, to test out the effects of a thousand generations of encoding on the original source, via YouTube. You can see all 1,000 generations on his YouTube channel, but here are the original and the final version. Neat!

After 1,000 encodes by YouTube, this is what was left:


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Deaf baby gets cochlear implants activated and hears for the first time

Posted by Pete Berg on Thursday, May 27th, 2010 at 4:54 pm

This 8 month old baby was born deaf — watch the moment as his cochlear implants are activated and he hears sound — and his mother’s voice — for the first time. The look on his face is priceless! Technology truly is amazing.


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LittleDog Robots one step closer to taking over the world

Posted by Pete Berg on Monday, May 24th, 2010 at 10:53 am

Some geeks at USC have developed LittleDog quadriped robots which can walk over all sorts of rough terrain. Also, if I know anything about creepy robots, I’m fairly certain they will shortly become self-aware and start destroying all humans.


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YouTube turns 5

Posted by Pete Berg on Monday, May 17th, 2010 at 2:47 pm

It’s been 5 years since YouTube changed how we view videos online. Here’s a little birthday tribute to the #1 video site in the world.


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The Gulf Oil Spill is way worse than anyone is willing to admit

Posted by Pete Berg on Thursday, May 13th, 2010 at 11:45 am

I don’t normally post things that are this heavy on Pie Heaven, but this video really got to me. The Gulf Oil Spill is getting increasingly out of control, and it is now clear that this is one of the worst disasters that has ever faced our country. Every attempt BP has made to control the spill has failed, and aside from drilling a relief well (which takes 3 months), they have not presented any other viable solution. The whole situation makes me feel sick.

This is the first underwater video that has been released of the oil gusher in the Gulf of Mexico that shows truly how bad it is. Look how fast that oil is spilling out…and this is only one of three different leaks. This is not a minor problem, this is a disaster:

The whole situation is so dire…it makes me, and it seems, everyone else, feel completely helpless.


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Tiny cannon is adorably deadly

Posted by Pete Berg on Monday, May 10th, 2010 at 3:01 am

This is the deadliest cute thing and cutest deadly thing ever.


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Picture Fountain

Posted by Sean Brogan on Saturday, May 8th, 2010 at 7:21 pm

Here’s an awesome fountain in Japan that works like an inkjet printer- a computer precisely controls falling water to create images.


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In real life, this guy goes by ‘Janet’

Posted by Dave Newberg on Thursday, May 6th, 2010 at 10:30 pm


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The Poetry of Reality (An Anthem for Science)

Posted by Sean Brogan on Thursday, May 6th, 2010 at 1:26 pm


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Apollo 11 launch in super slow-mo HD

Posted by Pete Berg on Tuesday, May 4th, 2010 at 5:45 am

This video takes the first 30 seconds of the Apollo 11 launch and slows it down to 8 minutes of interesting analysis. This went viral a few days ago, and I should have posted it then, but better late than never!