Massimo

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Engineer. Selecting and curating pictures and videos trying to awaken your sense of wonder since 2014. Science, tech, art, weather, space, the unusual around us

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This is how cheating works using a ring’s reflection to see hidden cards

A poultry vision blocking cap is a device fitted to a chicken's beak to block its forward vision. By preventing the bird from seeing what is directly in front of it, the device helps control cannibalism and aggressive pecking. [📹 discover.agriculture]

Trucker uses brake check to stop thieves during attempted theft

A 3D poster in Mumbai before the release of the Spider-Man movie.

Rock removal is crucial to prevent rock and landslides on roads and mountain paths.

Piloting an FPV drone into a chimney

Monkey covers his bottom when dog comes from behind

Innovative fly catcher traps the flies near the cattle

«Problem solved instantly»

A 107-year-old Chinese grandmother takes a candy from her pocket and hands it to her 84-year-old daughter.

Running in place like a pro

Swedish warship Vasa sank to the bottom of the Baltic Sea in 1628. In 1961 it was salvaged and the wood was still strong enough to be able to walk the decks. Today is the world's best-preserved XVII century ship.

Teacher showing kids how to wipe properly.

The center of mass of a uniform solid hemisphere of radius r is at 3/8r from the center. Therefore it tends to always stay upright. It's the principle used in Thanjavur dancing dolls.

«There's no reason to be scared, I won't do you anything bad»

He reported that his bag was stolen at the gym. So they checked the CCTV footage.

A gas station explodes throwing a tanker 1000 ft away.

This ultrasonic chef knife vibrates 40,000 times per second to make slicing effortless.

The intriguing topology of this toy

When confidence comes from doing it every single day

Videos

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The so called sailor's lighter

This robotic system uses control engineering and real time physics to keep a wand perfectly balanced against any movement.

If aliens landed in China instead of America

What prisons look like in different countries.

CHCI, (Methylene Chloride) + CH60 (Acetone) = powerful paint remover

Goodbye cracked screens. Japanese scientists unveil glass that self heals in just 10 seconds.

Testing different ping pong balls between a folded table [📹 pongoholics]

How animals see the world [🎞️ eclipsednaturee]

One of the world's largest fireworks (single blast bomb), launched over Nagaoka Japan🇯🇵

In Peru, a growing trend is transforming traditional funerals into festive celebrations through "dancing undertakers" (los portadores bailarini), offering a cheerful alternative to solemn mourning.

Problem solving skills: ants vs humans

Doctor using Rotation Flap method to close a scar.

Why perpetual motion machines fail.

Hamsters typically live between 1.5 to 3 years, but some of them can make it beyond that range. This is a 5 year old hamster.

Before and after the dog park

This is called drownproofing and is part of the US Navy SEAL training. [📹 deepend. miami]

Cleopatra (1963) cost so much it nearly sunk 20th Century Fox - what started as a $2M movie exploded into a $44M epic, forcing the studio to sell off land just to stay afloat.

Sugar glider enjoying its larval treat [📹 nagasawa.moko]

The only bow Queen Elizabeth ever made was to Princess Diana

Everyone just waded through, but this guy actually did something about the flooding.