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henkboyd··on Show HN: I spent a year making an electro-mechanical prototype of a liquid clock
That's true! It's not viscous at all, which makes it all the more mesmerizing.
henkboyd··on Show HN: I spent a year making an electro-mechanical prototype of a liquid clock
Does your clock require frequent refilling?
henkboyd··on Computational Hydrographic Printing [video]
I love how this is a complementary technology to 3D printing by the way of a traditional printer. Simple. Effective. The biggest obstacle for widespread adoption might be software, in other words a robust toolkit for designing "wraps" of these imprints for your own 3D models.
henkboyd··on What we know about the EmDrive and Cannae Drive
Boeing's Phantom Works reportedly tested the EMDrive years ago [1] and nothing came out of it. Edit: Thank you nether.

[1] http://www.wired.co.uk/news/archive/2013-02/06/emdrive-and-c...

henkboyd··on SpaceX Plans to Land Next Falcon 9 on Solid Ground
They haven't gotten clearance yet, but they hope to. Edit: SpaceX page indicates an attempt in July so they must have.
henkboyd··on Tesla is a Battery Company
Maybe not as much, but Apple has been "poaching" Tesla's engineers.
henkboyd··on Peripheral vision in Quake
Oh wow. If you follow the link to tksharpless, they have a YouTube video. I got dizzy when I stuck my nose right up to the screen. Next best thing after GearVR if you don't count the nausea from involuntary camera movement.. From further away it just looks distorted (like it should) because of FoV mismatch.
henkboyd··on Why We Should Build Cloud Cities on Venus
At 52km you don't need heating, and in the case of a breach the clouds would stay mostly out because of equal pressures on both sides of the dwelling. A scientific outpost, like those in Antarctica, would be highly appealing. For permanent settlement, Mars takes the cake.
henkboyd··on Why movies look weird at 48fps, and games are better at 60fps
Did you just explain why some people experience visual snow? http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Visual_snow