Cool Mentos-Coke-Powered Car

<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEid87a2ZFsULIulbNKPtjEZHXUvHwXjL1DRhBUg55n_CV5x4vMVb9Gxw2wNIAxYZsB8VsPUq7Zt73iGVENfYNx5k08WKL6DUxbqML8L2YsVmubzR5ZcwoOwOENXWosWMDx9J5_RpBUTniE/s1600/coke-mentos-car.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="468" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEid87a2ZFsULIulbNKPtjEZHXUvHwXjL1DRhBUg55n_CV5x4vMVb9Gxw2wNIAxYZsB8VsPUq7Zt73iGVENfYNx5k08WKL6DUxbqML8L2YsVmubzR5ZcwoOwOENXWosWMDx9J5_RpBUTniE/s640/coke-mentos-car.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br /><div style="text-align: justify;">Surely you're hip to the Diet Coke and Mentos phenomenon of a few years ago. When an enterprising duo realized that the hard-coated candies interacted with the soda in an explosive way, an internet meme was instantly born. Over the last couple of years, though, interest in the parlor trick seemed to wane. Until now.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;">Fritz Grobe and Stephen Voltz, the two men who helped kick off the fun in the first place, are back, claiming a new record for the longest distance traveled in a car powered by Diet Coke and Mentos: 239 feet.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;">After dissecting the video, we believe there's a lot more power in the Diet Coke and Mentos recipe to be had, and there must be a better way to stop so much of the fuel from leaking out instead of providing forward thrust. Duct tape, perhaps?</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><iframe allowfullscreen="" frameborder="0" height="480" src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/DhFwiFHWat8?rel=0" width="640"></iframe></div><br /><br />Source from <a href="http://www.autoblog.com/2011/12/10/mentos-and-diet-coke-powered-car-sets-distance-record/" target="_blank">Autoblog</a><br /><br />

Cool Mentos-Coke-Powered Car

Surely you're hip to the Diet Coke and Mentos phenomenon of a few years ago. When an enterprising duo realized that the hard-coated cand...

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Microscopic Images Of Alcoholic Drinks

<div style="text-align: justify;">All of these impressive photos of alcoholic beverages under a microscope uncover the elements that make up some of our preferred tipples. Similar to photos of snowflakes, each and every beverage is unique, while observed below when zoomed about 1,000 times under a high tech lab microscope.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br></div><div style="text-align: justify;"></div><div style="text-align: justify;">What you can see in the magnified pictures are the crystalised carbohydrates that have become sugars and glucose. Each image was created by using a pipette of each particular drink and squeezing a drop onto a slide. Then the droplets are allowed to dry out and the slide is placed under the microscope and a picture taken.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br></div><div style="text-align: justify;">It will take approximately 4 weeks for the alcohol to dry up entirely in the airtight container, and the complete procedure may take around 3 months.</div><br><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhReqefrAWdG1ADFIesdOAHBXc5OojS-qyBnGKq9PMYSI7ehZU_5T4KXJC8FhM9aaDVLXHbkq-VR-f-UPr_O-OrU3GWGwkQimc14_vUS2770HJhBgDns9DBrU8J1tXSlPk0o4V3KUUX9Ft-/s1600/Microscopic+Images+Of+Alcoholic+Liquor+Drink+001.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhReqefrAWdG1ADFIesdOAHBXc5OojS-qyBnGKq9PMYSI7ehZU_5T4KXJC8FhM9aaDVLXHbkq-VR-f-UPr_O-OrU3GWGwkQimc14_vUS2770HJhBgDns9DBrU8J1tXSlPk0o4V3KUUX9Ft-/s640/Microscopic+Images+Of+Alcoholic+Liquor+Drink+001.jpg" width="640"></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Vodka and tonic</td></tr></tbody></table><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhsJvk_wgKOWHkvhO-hhXvkxK1JKXK6TJ-dJS371HGdUY7imebVIwIfP1JhPXSSOE_mnaZxLSZgwXRjCpJQncGDv2C6Akn8cWYRVewKf3RmmsyMv9b4bL2hwcF5hMgPiW-dB3fLb59VooLE/s1600/Microscopic+Images+Of+Alcoholic+Liquor+Drink+002.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhsJvk_wgKOWHkvhO-hhXvkxK1JKXK6TJ-dJS371HGdUY7imebVIwIfP1JhPXSSOE_mnaZxLSZgwXRjCpJQncGDv2C6Akn8cWYRVewKf3RmmsyMv9b4bL2hwcF5hMgPiW-dB3fLb59VooLE/s640/Microscopic+Images+Of+Alcoholic+Liquor+Drink+002.jpg" width="640"></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Whiskey</td></tr></tbody></table><a href="http://aibob.blogspot.com/2011/10/microscopic-images-of-alcoholic-drinks.html#more">Click to read more »</a>

Microscopic Images Of Alcoholic Drinks

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How Slinky Drop? The Explanation

<table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhim6JHy3YUEiazKXS1nZ8zgOA76yVTBkN2F92CSeXkXKyuKK6bKsw3sw6H_QlHyVZTD8RH2jwjbShoLevZEzT_0bGm4GLIBJ7gVyKeUqC-jdjVuywDWnRLc5EGu9f34rX1gTeXQyZHIrU/s1600/Slinky+Secret.bmp" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="358" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhim6JHy3YUEiazKXS1nZ8zgOA76yVTBkN2F92CSeXkXKyuKK6bKsw3sw6H_QlHyVZTD8RH2jwjbShoLevZEzT_0bGm4GLIBJ7gVyKeUqC-jdjVuywDWnRLc5EGu9f34rX1gTeXQyZHIrU/s640/Slinky+Secret.bmp" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><i>Slinky Guru</i></td></tr></tbody></table><div style="text-align: justify;">How does a slinky fall when extended by its own weight and then released? We discover the surprising answer using a slow motion camera that records 300 frames per second.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><iframe allowfullscreen="" frameborder="0" height="360" src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/eCMmmEEyOO0?rel=0&hd=1" width="640"></iframe></div>

How Slinky Drop? The Explanation

Slinky Guru How does a slinky fall when extended by its own weight and then released? We discover the surprising answer using a slow motion ...

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