Even if you never drive, a lot of what you have, like furniture, was delivered by a truck. There still might be a lot of truck cargo delivery, but the London Cyclist Campaign has come up with a design that will be safer for both cyclists and pedestrians!

 The two trucks don’t seem much different, however there are two major and safer changes. Take a look at the windshields. The safe one (right) provides much better downward visibility than the unsafe version (left). To get a better idea, let’s take a look at these pictures.

 As you can see, the cyclist is visible and therefore the truck driver would slow down for safety, saving the cyclist. Compare that to the original truck, where the cyclist isn’t even visible.

 Yikes! The cyclist certainly isn’t safe now. The other major change will be guardrails below the truck, to avoid cyclists getting swept under the rear wheels. Take a look at this picture.

 The red truck’s guardrails would block a cyclist from getting run over, but the blue truck’s wide gap would sweep someone under and spell certain death for the cyclist. None of these changes are expensive, and I think they should be made! What do you think of these changes? Do you like them or not? Any ideas for other changes? Let me know in the comments!

Check out these two awesome science videos. First, what happens if you could fold a piece of paper as many times as you wanted? Could you reach the Moon? It may sound impossible, but just watch this video!

And second, how small is an atom? How small is an atom’s nucleus? And how dense is the nucleus? The answers may surprise you! Watch this video, but be warned; it may cause mind-blown syndrome.

Enjoy!

Hey! Check out these two great videos kids doing amazing things. First, a 15-year-old with an amazing story to tell:

And also, these kids challenge Crayola to make a recyclable marker. Did you know that if you laid out all the Crayola markers made each year, they’d circle the earth 3 times? These kids persuade Crayola to create an environmentally-friendly alternative. Check it out here. Children are the future!

Happy Pi Day everyone! Today is 3/14, the first three digits of Pi, so today is known as Pi Day, a time to celebrate and praise wonderful number. So, in honor of Pi, here are some cool facts!

Above: A pizza-Pi cutter. Yeah, wonderful pun.

1: We can never calculate the true value of Pi. It’s an irrational number; its digits go on forever.

2: The first 144 digits of Pi add up to 666.

3: In 2008, a strange crop circle showed up in Britain, containing a coded image representing the first 10 digits of Pi.

4: the current Pi memorization champion is Hiroyoki Gotu, who, in 1995, memorized 42,195 digits of Pi.

5:  In 2002, a Japanese scientist used a superpowerful computer to find 1.24 trillion digits of Pi, the most on record.

Well, I hope you enjoyed these Pi facts. By the way, 3.14 in a mirror looks like it spells “pie”. Comment to let me know how I’m doing, and don’t forget to check out other posts! HAPPY PI DAY!!!

Hey, recently I have been watching a collection of videos – “Doodling in Math Class”, showing fun doodle games that are secretly linked with math! I have provided some for you right here.

Stars and Factoring:

Snakes and Graphs:

Triangles and Trigonometry:

Enjoy! To see more Doodling in Math Class videos, check this link out.

Hey! Today, I found these two awesome videos that you’re bound to enjoy. First, this great stop motion video, doubling as public art!

Fun, right? The second video is this thirteen-year-old, who talks about the benefits of what he calls “hackschooling”:

Enjoy these great clips!

Hey hey! Today I read about a few awesome things on treehugger.com, and you’re bound to enjoy them! First up, this helmet with turn signals attached:

The helmet also has a headlight in the front and a taillight in the back, and is equipped with handlebar controls activated by Bluetooth. It seems strange that no one thought of this before. What do you think of it?

The next article is about a Capuchin monkey that trashed a woman’s home. As more people move into brazil, and more houses are built on Capuchin territory, the monkeys have started a protest. Recently, a woman was doing chores in her home whe she found a Capuchin monkey sleeping in her bed! The monkey was startled, and began to make a mess of the house. The woman eventually called the police. When the monkey was taken back to the police station, It managed to free itself from it’s cage and started exploring the office. Someone even managed to snap this shot:

The monkey has been put in a zoo, as it is not aggressive, but may be too used to humans to be released into the wild. Crazy!

The last article is about a Valentine’s day gag involving 3D scanning and printing. Hot Pop Factory created a ‘3D kissing photobooth”, where you could check out 3D printers and how they work, get scanned for free, and choose if you want your 3D scan as a bobblehead, necklace, ring, or statuette. Pretty cool!

Well, that wraps everything up for today. Check out other posts, and comment to let me know how I’m doing!