Bondsy: The Best Way to Barter Between Friends

Craigslist's bartering section is a wonderful concept, sure, but the fact of the matter is that, when you're making deals with total, unverified strangers, there's an inherent set of risks that comes along with it. But with Bondsy, which launches today, you can exercise your bartering skills and finally get rid of…

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How One Artist Makes Hypnotic GIFs From Cloned Video Loops

Sometimes we use GIFs for reactions, sometimes they're a punchline, and in some cases, they're art. That's certainly true of the ones made by Istanbul-based artist Erdal Inci, who masterfully creates mesmerizing GIFs using cloned pieces of videos.

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Air-Powered Force Feedback Could Make Kinect Even More Immersive

Microsoft's Kinect provided gamers with a hands-free way to play their favorite titles. But when the controller was removed from the situation, so was the haptic force feedback that can enhance gameplay. Most of us were ok with the tradeoff, but not the Imagineers at Disney Research who've come up with a way to…

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“It is easy to invent a flying machine,” said the 19th century aviation engineer Otto Lilienthalmore, “[and] difficult to build one; to make it fly is everything.” The challenge of air (and later, space) travel began not with building aircraft, but with building a realistic simulation machine in which to test those aircraft.

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How Star Trek Into Darkness' Epic Score Came To Life

They hear it through the entire movie, but most theater goers don't pay close attention to one of the most important supporting players in a film: the soundtrack. It's as important for building tension and excitement as the actors' performances, and the Soundworks Collection took a closer look at what went into the…

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