This is a very interesting video which I came across – Education Systems – US vs India. Please let me know what you think, after watching this video. Share|

A baby otter at a zoo in Tokyo experiences its first swimming lesson with its loving mother. All together now, “Wowwwwww.” [youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=26EknNKxy8s[/youtube] Share|

A harmonograph is a mechanical device that uses swinging pendulums to draw pictures, believed to be originally invented in 1844 by Scottish mathematician Hugh Blackburn. Karl Sims recently published a wonderful step-by-step how-to guide for building one of these impressive gadgets. Once built, the device...

A Time-lapse video that shows the beauty of the Perseid meteor shower as seen over the Anza-Borrego Desert State Park in southern California. Share|

Zach Reidell now holds the world record for Longest Active Email Address, beating Peter Craig’s much-ballyhooed 345-character address. Reidell’s record setting address is 411 characters. Want to send him an email? Go for it! The active address (confirmed to verify record): hi-this-is-the-longest-email-in-the-world-and-is-much-superior-to-contact-admin-hello-webmaster-info-services-peter-crazy-but-oh-so-ubber-cool-english-alphabet-loverer-abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz-at-please-try-to.send-me-an-email-if-you-can-possibly-begin-to-remember-this-coz.this-is-the-longest-email-address-known-to-man-but-to-be-honest.this-is-such-a-stupidly-long-sub-domain-it-could-go-on-forever@zchr.org Share|

Artist Jason Mecier uses unwanted junk to whip up incredibly cool 3D mosaic portraits of celebrities. Friends, family, and even his celeb subjects donate the trash—everything from anti-itch creams to used toothbrushes—to help Mecier create the intricate pieces Ryan Adams (details left and right) Share|

Copenhagen Wheel design  is a sort of smart wheel that attaches to existing bicycles and transforms them into “hybrid electric-bikes with regeneration and real-time sensing capabilities. Developed from the from MIT’s SENSEable City Lab , this design has scored the top prize for U.S. entries...

The DBA Pen is the only 98% biodegradable pen in the world. It’s also the only pen to use ink composed of simple, environmentally responsible ingredients. Produced at a wind-powered facility in the United States, it was designed as a responsible alternative to the wasteful and often toxic pens we...

For 10,000 years, our world seemed endless. The sky was the limit. But today’s world looks much smaller. We’ve cleared, consumed and polluted our way across the globe. The planet is shrinking. Have we pushed Earth past the tipping point? Share|

Anil Gupta is on the hunt for the developing world’s unsung inventors — indigenous entrepreneurs whose ingenuity, hidden by poverty, could change many people’s lives. He shows how the Honey Bee network helps them build the connections they need — and gain the recognition they deserve Share|