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Video game saved life

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Paxton Galvanek never had medical training, but he’d gone through medic certification in the America’s Army video game. Then one November night as he drove down the highway with his family, he watched as an SUV flipped multiple times in the opposite lane.

As his wife called 911, Galvanek pulled two injured passengers from the truck, assessed their wounds, and properly prioritized/administered treatment (direct pressure and elevation) to one of the accident’s more brutal injuries, a mutilated hand. In short, he did things just as he should have in a circumstance that could have ended even worse. And yes, Galvanek thanks his training in a video game for his performance under pressure: Continue reading Video game saved life

Lego digital cameras

New stuff from Lego company: Digital camera.

Lego company decided to introduce a series of extremely popular walkie-talkie and digital cameras designed specially for children.

lego digital camera

As you can see in the picture above, devices are designed in a modern style of Lego, but it is not only the lego blocks, this will be a real, functional gadget. I unfortunately is not possible to separate camera in lots of cubes..

From the specifications, which are still unknown, we can not expect much because price of device will be between 19 and $ 60. So, this summer, when these devices appear on the market, expect something on the level of a one-time basis camera.

Source: www.lego.com

Maybe the longest bus on world

World longest bus
Let me  introduce you with probably the world longest bus. It has been presented in  Shanghai’s Busworld Asia 2007. With a top speed of 51mph (82 km/h) and a max capacity of 300 passengers, it works only in cities without corners or the other way would be to drive from one block to another without turning (driving between Beijing and Hangzhou).

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World’s Strongest Alcohols

This article is about some of world strongest alcohols liquors. Everclear, absinthe, vodka, whiskey,  gim and rum.

Everclear
Everclear is a potent type of grain alcohol, that is available at concentrations of 75.5% alcohol and unbelievable 95% alcohol (190 proof, the highest proof alcohol that can exist without evaporating). Just to compare with some other hard liquors such as rum and vodka, which typically contain 40%–60% alcohol.
Because of hes strength it became popular amongst college students.
Its banned in some states, but in those where is legal to buy it, you can find him in 750ml bottle for just over $20, what is very good price for hes strength.
Everclear is commonly added to a variety of other drinks, such as soft drinks, energy drinks, fruit juice, and iced tea. Everclear is also used in cooking because alcohol extracts flavors exceptionally well. It is used to make custom liqueurs such as rosé or limoncello. It is infused with fruit and then diluted with simple syrup to 30% alcohol

Absinthe
Absinthe is also one strong alcohol drink, with 50%-75% of alcohol. Actual content varies by brand. For example Hills Absinth and King of Spirits Absinth a contains 70%.
Most absintheurs drink absinthe the traditional way: louched with water poured over a cube of white sugar. Some drink absinthe that was poured over sugar that is subsequently set alight (though absinthe purists decry this practice), and a few even like drinking absinthe neat (brave souls!). Absinthe cocktails, too, have long been a favorite way to enjoy this special drink. More recently, absinthe even found its way into ice cream sundaes and Swiss chocolates.
Absinthe has long been believed to be hallucinogenic, but today it is known that absinthe does not cause hallucinations, especially ones similar to those described in 19th century studies.
Like Everclear and Absinthe is banned in lots of countrys.

Vodka
Vodka comes from Easter Europe (Russia, Poland, Ukraine). Usually has an alcohol content of 35% to 50% by volume.
Name Vodka comes from the Russian “voda” (eng. water). Its also know as “Russian national drink”. Its popularity elsewhere owes much to its usefulness in cocktails and other mixed drinks, such as the Bloody Mary, the Screwdriver, the vodka tonic, vodka martini, and most recently vodka red bull.

Whiskey
Whiskeys do not mature in the bottle, only in the cask, so the “age” of a whisky is the time between distillation and bottling. Standard percent of alcohol is 40% (Jack Daniels). Some of the higher end stuff is cask strength. Knob Creek is 50%, and Booker’s is around 62%.

Gin
Gin usually contains 40% of alcohol, but some like Tanqueray are 48.5%. As other hard liquors is mixed into cocktails with sweeter ingredients like tonic water or vermouth to balance this dryness.

Rum
Usually 35% percent of alcohol. Its a distilled beverage made from sugarcane by-products such as molasses and sugarcane juice by a process of fermentation and distillation. The distillate, a clear liquid, is then usually aged in oak and other barrels.



Lemon battery experiment

Learn how to make battery from lemon

Successfully creating battery from a lemons is not easy.
Batteries consist of two different metals suspended in an acidic solution. Copper and Zinc work well as the metals and the citric acid content of a lemon will provide the acidic solution.
Lemon batteris will not be able torun a motor or something liek that, but it would be able to produce a dom glow from an LED.

What you need?  Lemon (fresh, juicy works best), nail (I used a 2″ galvanized common nail) and the penny.

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Barrack Obama

barrack obamaDid you know?

> Obama has never publicly stated that he is not a flesh vehicle for a team of tiny aliens

> Obama has fallen asleep to the history channel, What secret Hitler dream messages now rule his subconscious?

> Obama routinely hibernates from July 3rd to July 5th.

> Obama refuses to talk about any instances in which he accidentally defecated in his pants. Are we to believe a human can go their entire lives without an urgent fecal mistake? America deserves the truth.

> Obama does not know how to drive a monster truck.

> Ask your self this, has Obama ever shaken your hand, looked you directly in the eye, and told you he’s not a Muslim? Why not? Is he scared you’ll know he’s lying. If he’s done this once, why hasn’t he done it twice?

> Obama hasn’t taken the time to write any patriotic songs. Obama has written zero patriotic songs. Zero. No ditties either.

> Obama’s teeth, being made of enamel, or capable of crushing the windpipe of a smiling child. Yet, he chooses to keep them.

> Obama wouldn’t laugh at the jokes you like. They’d make him uncomfortable.

> Obama has never bought Ronald Reagan a drink.