WebBuzz du 11/02/2015: Un avion frôle 2 parachutistes-A plane nearly touches 2 skydivers
Le meilleur moyen de découvrir les sensations de la chute libre est le saut en parachute en tandem. C'est ce que propose Forest Pullman: lui et sa parternaire de saut l'ont échappé belle. L'avion qui les a emmenés à 4000m les a frolés lors de leur saut. Fort heureusement personne ne fut blessé mais tous les 2 ont eu leur lot de sensations très fortes
The best way to experience the thrill of freefall skydiving is in tandem. This is what Forest offers Pullman him and his jump parternaire have a narrow escape. The plane that took them to 4000m has grazed them when they jump. Fortunately nobody was hurt but all the 2 had their share of strong sensations
WebBuzz du 19/09/2013
Pour Ceux qui n'aurait pas eu le loisir de voir en direct l'opération de redressement du Costa Concordia, voici une petite scéance de rattrappage et en moins de 2 minutes. Même si l'opération a l'air simple, elle cache beaucoup de technicité et de professionnalisme.
For those who would not have had the opportunity to see live the recovery operation of the Costa Concordia, here's a little time-laspe and in less than 2 minutes. Although the operation looks simple, it hides a lot of technical expertise and professionalism.
WebBuzz du 05/10/2016: Le mythe des vagues scélérates enfin dévoilé-Creating controlled rogue waves in realistic oceanic condition
Des nombreux capitaines au long cours en parlaient sans vraiment être écoutés. Voici enfin, l'explication des vagues scélérates et elles sont mêmes reproduites en laboratoires.
Many captains speak about it without really being listened to. Here, finally, the explanation of rogues waves and are reproduced in the same laboratories.
Content-Focused iPad Apps Value Form Over Function: Study
A report released by the Nielsen Norman Group shows that many iPad apps are confusing users by being too subtle about the gestures needed to navigate them, and some are not sensitive enough to the accuracy limit of fingertips. The authors also found that many companies with perfectly functional websites are wasting their time making a less-functional iPad app.
WebBuzz du 01/09/2016: Croissance d'aiglons en accéléré-Eagle Time-Lapse
Burning Question: Why Do DVDs Still Have Region Codes?
While vacationing in France, you find a DVD of Ishtar. Score! (It’s never been released on DVD in the US). But when you get home, you discover that you’ve purchased a Region 2 disc, which, in your Region 1 player, is as useful as a coaster. This raises two questions: Why do you want to watch Ishtar? And why do we still have region codes?
The answers: taste and money, respectively. Though there’s no accounting for the former, those codes may soon be gone.
Regional restrictions began in 1997, as DVD technology was rolling out. They have nothing to do with the NTSC and PAL...
WebBuzz du 29/01/2016: Time-lapse créé à partir de photos d'internet-Time-lapse created from Internet photos
Avec le nombre de photos disponibles de plus en plus croissant sur internet, des chercheurs de l'université de Washington ont eu la bonne idée de réaliser des time-lapses d'endroits souvent photographié. Voici quelques exemples ...
With the number of photos of increasingly growing on the internet, the Washington University researchers have had the good sense to realize time-lapses of often photographed places. Here are some examples ...
WebBuzz du 08/09/2017: Comment piloter son chariot élévateur comme un chef-Unreal skill of Fork Truck Driver
A force de conduire toute l'année leur chariot élévateur, ce conduiteur connait parfaitement son engin. Au point qu'il est capable de laisser tomber dans une bouteille, une piece de monnaie qu'il a préalablement ramassé avec son chariot.
By driving their forklift all year long, this driver knows his gear perfectly. To the point that he is able to drop in a bottle, a coin that he has previously picked up with his cart.
Review: Get Your Game On With Sony's Xperia Play Android Phone
Mothers, lock up your gamers. The PlayStation phone has arrived.
And while it’s a bit on the chubby side, we think that, for Sony Ericsson’s Xperia Play, big is beautiful.
You could almost call the Xperia Play the shorter, fatter cousin to the svelte Xperia Arc, which Sony Ericsson once described as the “world’s thinnest smartphone.” At .62 inches, the Play looks positively bulky compared to its Xperia-line relatives — a veritable Jan Brady to the Arc’s Marcia.
WebBuzz du 20/09/2016: Hyperlapse Courir par tous les temps-Running the Seasons
Il y a des passions que l'on souhaite partager... C'est le cas de ce joggeur qui a eu l'idée de filmer son entrainement et de le transformer en hyperlapse. Et le résultat montre des paysages changeants au cours des saisons.
There are passions that you want to share ... This is the case of the jogger who had the idea to film his training and turn it into hyperlapse. And the result shows the changing landscapes throughout the seasons.