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Video

  • Video of the Day: Stunning Footage of the International Space Station

    This high-resolution video was shot in May by Italian astronaut Paolo Nespoli as he left the station in a Russian Soyuz spacecraft

    • Nicholas Jackson
    • June 9, 2011
  • Video of the Day: Woman Covers Her Arm With Facebook Tattoos

    To create something permanent out of the quickly changing world of the Web, one Danish woman inked her favorite friends on her arm

    • Rebecca Greenfield
    • June 8, 2011
  • Video of the Day: An Early Look at the HTC Sensation 4G

    It only has 1 GB of internal storage that's user accessible, but the phone's enormous, clear screen makes up for any other shortfalls

    • Nicholas Jackson
    • June 7, 2011
  • Video of the Day: A Pair of Flying, Ball-Juggling Quadrocopters

    Programmed in Zurich, each of these robots is outfitted with the head of a badminton racket -- and they probably play better than you do

    • Nicholas Jackson
    • June 6, 2011
  • Video of the Day: Tugboat Towing an Iceberg Across the Arctic

    After more than 30 years of work, Georges Mougin believes he's finally found a way to deliver fresh water to those who go without

    • Nicholas Jackson
    • June 2, 2011
  • Video of the Day: Space Shuttle Endeavour Makes Final Landing

    Completing a 16-day mission, Endeavour touched down for the last time at Florida's Kennedy Space Center at 2:34 this morning

    • Nicholas Jackson
    • June 1, 2011
  • Video of the Day: Generative Video Painting of Queen Elizabeth II

    Barcelona-based artist Sergio Albiac has created a traditional portrait out of a completely non-traditional medium, video clips

    • Nicholas Jackson
    • May 31, 2011
  • Video of the Day: Endeavour's Launch Seen From a Plane Window

    "Folks, apparently the shuttle is launching right now," you can hear the pilot say over the intercom system at one point in this video

    • Nicholas Jackson
    • May 18, 2011
  • Video of the Day: How Chicago's Automated Library Works

    A custom system can locate and retrieve any book or journal from a 50-foot-tall underground cavern in less than five minutes

    • Nicholas Jackson
    • May 17, 2011
  • Video of the Day: Endeavour Fuels Up Before Final Launch

    Space Shuttle Endeavour wouldn't have been able to make it off the launch pad on Monday morning without a bit of liquid hydrogen

    • Nicholas Jackson
    • May 16, 2011
  • Video of the Day: Jet Approaching Heathrow Hit by Lightning

    Planes frequently get hit by lightning, but it isn't every day that a photographer is waiting to capture a dramatic video as it happens

    • Nicholas Jackson
    • May 12, 2011
  • Video of the Day: Georgia Tech's Amazing Spelling Robots

    This small army of 15 Khepera robots can align themselves into individual letters without even communicating with one another

    • Nicholas Jackson
    • May 10, 2011
  • Video of the Day: SpaceX Plans to Land Dragon on Mars

    Dragon is the first spacecraft operated by a private company to successfully orbit the Earth -- but what else is it capable of?

    • Nicholas Jackson
    • May 3, 2011
  • Video of the Day: HydroBOB Underwater Scooters

    For 25 bucks, Ft. Lauderdale locals and visitors can take a spin on HydroBOB, a scooter that can be rented for joyrides at Hydrodome

    • Nicholas Jackson
    • May 2, 2011
  • Video of the Day: Discovery Launch as Seen From an Airplane Window

    Software developer Neil Monday shot this video of the Space Shuttle's launch with his iPhone while on a commercial jet

    • Nicholas Jackson
    • February 28, 2011
  • Video of the Day: Demolition at the Hanford Nuclear Site

    The bigger they are, the harder they fall -- and the smoke stacks of the 284 West Power House at Hanford are big

    • Alexis C. Madrigal
    • February 19, 2011
  • Video of the Day: Steve Jobs's First Television Appearance

    A nice contrast with the Jobs that we know now as the slick Apple CEO who can work the stage with the best of them

    • Nicholas Jackson
    • February 9, 2011
  • Video of the Day: What Neptune Would Look Like Orbiting Earth

    What if other planets appeared in the sky as if they shared an orbit with the moon, 380,000 kms from Earth?

    • Nicholas Jackson
    • February 1, 2011
  • Video of the Day: "I Want iPad!"

    This girl wants nothing to do with cake, the treat that her mother offers in an attempt to lure her away from the room in which the much-desired iPad is charging

    • Nicholas Jackson
    • January 31, 2011
  • Video of the Day: Katie Couric Tries to Figure Out the Internet

    Couric and Bryant Gumbel, co-hosts of the Today Show, are puzzled by @ signs in email addresses in this clip from 1994

    • Nicholas Jackson
    • January 29, 2011
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