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Slo-Mo Lightning Footage Is Why High-Speed Cameras Were Invented
The odds of capturing a lightning bolt on a high-speed camera in the wild are probably pretty similar to getting hit yourself — slim to nil. So to vastly improve their chances, the slo-mo team at BBC Earth Productions visited the Morgan-Botti Lightning Lab in England, where the electrifying bolts are produced every day.
Old-School Phones Can Still Teach Us A Thing About Cable Management
If you haven’t replaced your plethora of old Apple dock connector cables with fancy new Lightning cords, you might want to consider Sanwa’s alternative before you do. Even though mobile phones have all but replaced old-school phones with tethered handsets, those ‘outdated’ models can apparently still teach us something about keeping cords tidy. Namely that those self-retracting twisted cables are still pretty handy.
Lightning Looks Beautifully Terrifying At 11,000 Frames Per Second
There’s a reason “lightning” is so often a modifier for fast; you can barely see it even if you’re staring at the right place at the right time. But if you’re looking at the right place at the right time with a camera that can capture 11,000 frames per second, you’re going to see an incredible show.
Watch 15,000 Volts Of Raw Power Burn Lightning Strikes Into Wood
When lightning flashes across the sky, you only get a chance to glimpse its fractal form for a split second. But when you send 15,000 volts coursing through plywood, you get a much better look at how it grows. Melanie Hoff, a student at the Pratt Institute in New York City did just that, and the result is a timelapse where you can see the patterns slowly grow out and smolder, like lightning made from molasses.
The Most Powerful (And Most Expensive) Lightning Speaker Dock Yet
We get it. You love your iPhone 5 so much that you’re willing shrug off the money you lost on the two-year-old, 30-pin speaker dock that’s now obsolete. You’re ready to invest in an 8-pin dock because Apple wouldn’t dare change its proprietary standard again. Right? RIGHT? Don’t worry, this burly burnt orange speaker dock for Apple’s Lightning iOS devices will disappear your cash in a flash.
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