How To Open Coconuts Without Any Tools
AdultsCreativityFoodHow-toSurvivalIf you're not a coconut cracking ninja from Samoa, then you'll need an easier way to bust coconuts for pleasure, or for survival. This is the easiest and most effective way I've found to do it, when you don't have any tools.
Can you solve the virus riddle? - Lisa Winer
AdultsCreativityMathHealthScienceSurvivalYour research team has found a prehistoric virus preserved in the permafrost and isolated it for study. After a late night working, you're just closing up the lab when a sudden earthquake hits and breaks all the sample vials. Will you be able to destroy the virus before the vents open and unleash a deadly airborne plague? Lisa Winer shows how.
Can You Start a Fire with a Sandwich Bag?
AdultsCreativityLifeNatureHow-toSurvivalExperimentsDid you know you can start a fire with a ziploc bag, a bit of water, and the power of the sun? Here's how to do it step-by-step.
How to Cut Rope in an Emergency
AdultsCreativityInternet CultureSurvivalProblem-SolvingHow-toHow to cut string or rope if you haven't got a knife or a pair of scissors. Great life hack trick to help you in an emergency. Cut rope with string!
Project Loon - Google's Internet Balloons - Future Thinking - Head Squeeze
AdultsInternet CulturePhysicsTechnologyFutureSurvivalWe are becoming increasingly more dependent on the internet to help run our lives. But much of the planet is outside the web, zones that are without web coverage. Ordinarily, this is more of a nuisance than a calamity. But in the aftermath of disasters, restoring internet coverage can be the difference between life and death.
Skydiver's near impact and landing on top of a mountain
AdultsLifeSportsAdventureSurvivalThe group was the 2nd to exit, the drop was at the wrong place (not a pilot error though) and nobody noticed until it was almost too late. It was pure coincidence and only the quick reaction by the skydivers involved prevented injuries or worse.