René's Blog

By: TheSergsB
Source: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=05vEFHBO9SU

Here it is! The simplest, most comprehensive, interactive solution tutorial to the last layer of the 3×3 Rubik’s Cube!

Even though the video is over 20 minutes long, you’ll be clicking around a lot to get to different parts, so don’t be put off by the video’s length. Also, this tutorial is very slow and comprehensible, so unlike my last video, you won’t have to pause and rewind so many times.

If you don’t feel like following the video, here are the actual typed formulas for the third layer:

1. Making the cross: F R U R’ U’ F’
(Dot [in any orientation], then L shape [with tips pointing down and to the right], and then the [horizontal] line)

2. Aligning the cross: R U2 R’ U’ R U’ R’
(One correct piece facing you and one facing away, then one incorrect facing you and one to the right)

3. Placing corners: L’ U R U’ L U R’ U’
(Any orientation if all corners false. Otherwise, correct corner on bottom right)

4. Final Step: R U2 R’ U’ R U’ R’ L’ U2 L U L’ U L
(Keep false corners on bottom right and, if possible, top right)

Also, if you’re interested in the cube I use in this tutorial, you can check it out here:

http://www.amazon.com/Dayan-GuHong-Speed-6-Color-Stickerless/dp/B00419T56Q

Happy Solving!

-TheSergsB

By: ARCADEDIGITAL
Source: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Wz8dsvm0GFo

Nothing is funnier then this sobriety test. I wish I could dance like this cowboy.

By: TheSergsB
Source: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MaltgJGz-dU

~~Solved it? Check out some cool patterns here: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sdUUNTNDoJ8

~~Having trouble with the third layer? Check out the slower, clearer version here: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=05vEFHBO9SU

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Ever since you got your Rubik’s Cube, you’ve spent hours trying to solve it. And all the formulas online don’t make any sense! You’ve come to the right place. Within fifteen minutes I an teach you how to solve this world renowned puzzle so you can go and show off to your friends. Give it a try, you won’t regret it!

This is a MASSIVE update to my previous tutorial!

If you learned to solve the cube after this video, like it and leave me a comment!

If you had problems, let me know, or better yet, post a video response with what your cube looks like and I will respond DIRECTLY TO YOU!!

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Here are the actual typed formulas for the third layer:

1. Making the cross: F R U R’ U’ F’
(Dot [in any orientation], then L shape [with tips pointing down and to the right], and then the [horizontal] line)

2. Aligning the cross: R U2 R’ U’ R U’ R’
(One correct piece facing you and one facing away, then one incorrect facing you and one to the right)

3. Placing corners: L’ U R U’ L U R’ U’
(Any orientation if all corners false. Otherwise, correct corner on bottom right)

4. Final Step: R U2 R’ U’ R U’ R’ L’ U2 L U L’ U L
(Keep false corners on bottom right and, if possible, top right)

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Thanks and have a great time!

I own all rights to this video
-TheSergsB

By: SmarterEveryDay
Source: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xe-f4gokRBs

“Goggle Up! Science is about to happen…Share by Tweet: http://bit.ly/TweetRupert Facebook: http://bit.ly/PrinceRupert
READ THE ADDITIONAL INFO HERE! (Click “Show More”!)
Please help me justify putting this much time and effort into a video by clicking “LIKE” and SHARING this as much as possible. Click the following: Tweet: http://bit.ly/TweetRupert Facebook: http://bit.ly/PrinceRupert Please share with any science blogs or outlets you think would enjoy it.

Videos like this don’t just happen. They require lots of time, and lots of favors from very smart and kind people willing to help me and you learn. PLEASE take a moment and read the following information and support those who supported me.

This is the camera we used for the ultra-high speed shots. It has the “FAST” option.
http://www.visionresearch.com/Products/High-Speed-Cameras/v1610/

You absolutely have to check out the stuff Cal Makes. We’re just goofing off in this video, but the guy is some type of glass wizard genius. It would make me happy if you bought something from him and he felt like the audience appreciated all the time he donated to this video. He basically gave me 2 entire nights of his entire shop.
http://orbixhotglass.com/
I feel like we’re friends at this point, and he is open to the idea of doing more videos in the future and teach me more about what he knows about glass. Let’s make it worth his time.

I’m a HUGE FAN of the song Gordon wrote for this video. His landlord would really appreciated if you downloaded it so he could make rent this month.
http://ashellinthepit.bandcamp.com/track/manta
It looks like he’s assembling a new album that I may like more than Mammals:
http://ashellinthepit.bandcamp.com/album/hydrophile-in-progress
Show him some love.

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This video involved about 2 months of research, and me reaching out to several individuals. I would like to thank everyone who took time out of their schedule to contribute to my wacky research. A big thanks to the following people:
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My wife and kids. I’m sorry this took so long and I wasn’t the kind of active father I want to be during the 5 weeks it took to make this.

Dr. Martyn Poliakoff for getting me access to documents which details experiments on the Prince Rupert’s Drop by the Royal Society
http://rsnr.royalsocietypublishing.org/content/41/1/1.full.pdf+html (behind a pay wall)

Being able to calculate the failure front velocity of a Prince Rupert’s drop is a pretty big deal. For years this was a scientific mystery. High speed camera technology is only recently fast enough to provide data like this. Thanks to Vision Research for letting me use the V1610 to try to unravel this mystery for the public in general.

Rob Kuefner for reaching out to me and offering to convert certain equations into LaTeX format for me.

Dr. Jeff Evans from UAH. A friend and neighbor who just happens to have a PhD and be an expert in fracture mechanics. http://bit.ly/YLezDA Thank you for helping me by pointing me in the right direction in the early stages of my research. It’s time we hangout again.

Brian: thanks for letting me use your green screen and telling me about Orbix in the first place. I stayed up there til about 1 or 2 am two nights in a row acting stupid in front of of the camera all alone. Now that I look back at that footage without the context of this video, it’s all very strange.

Thanks to Loïc Samuel for taking time to make the custom TNT Degradation graphic!

P.S. There was some old guy walking around the track at the park when I was filming me jumping on the bridge railing. I’m pretty sure you kept walking until I was done just to make sure you wouldn’t have to take me to the hospital if I broke my leg. I’ll never meet you again, but I’m grateful for this kind gesture you didn’t know I noticed.
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Tweet ideas to me @SmarterYouTube

Instead of saving for my kids’ college, I make videos using the money I would have saved.
The thought is it will help educate the world as a whole, and one day generate enough revenue to pay for their education. Until then if you appreciate what you’ve learned in this video and the effort that went in to it, please SHARE THE VIDEO!

If you REALLY liked it, feel free to pitch a few dollars towards their college fund by clicking here:
http://bit.ly/KidsCollege

Warm Regards,

Destin

By: AsapSCIENCE
Source: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P6zcSFA7ymo

TWEET IT – http://clicktotweet.com/wv6Db

The snooze button – one of life’s luxuries. But is it really helping you out, or making you more tired?

Written and created by Mitchell Moffit (twitter @mitchellmoffit) and Gregory Brown (twitter @whalewatchmeplz).

TWITTER: http://www.twitter.com/AsapSCIENCE
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Mitchell Moffit
http://www.mitchellmoffit.com
http://www.twitter.com/mitchellmoffit
http://www.facebook.com/mitchellmoffit

Gregory Brown
http://www.gregorybrownart.tumblr.com
http://www.twitter.com/whalewatchmeplz

Further Reading —

Sleep Basics:
1) http://www.ninds.nih.gov/disorders/brain_basics/understanding_sleep.htm
2) http://www.livescience.com/21050-feel-good-brain-chemical-s-role-in-sleep.html

Sleep Fragmentation:
1) http://www.journalsleep.org/Articles/250302.pdf
2) http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1046/j.1365-2869.1999.00161.x/full
3) http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/j.1469-8986.1986.tb00630.x/abstract

Snoozing:
1) http://www.maimonidesmed.org/Main/News/The-Snooze-Button-Friend-or-Foe-236.aspx
2) http://www.dailymail.co.uk/health/article-2031502/Hands-snooze-button-Wake-tired-Heres-bounce-bed.html