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This Cathedral Is Filled With Smartphone-Powered Laser Beams

Step into France’s Saint-Eustache cathedral, and—unlike most places of worship—you won’t be asked to turn your cellphone off. Instead, you’ll be told to send a text message to the building, which is then converted into part of a laser show. Called Shooting Thoughts, the installation byFilipe Vilas-Boas uses test messages to trigger mapped laser beams.…

Man spends two years building amazing megacity in Minecraft

This is madness. What you are looking at is not a screenshot of Simcity. It is a megalopolis made entirely in Minecraft using 4.5 million blocks over the course of two years on an Xbox 360 (!) Its name is Titan City and yes, it’s completely insane, especially when you get up close: The city…

The iPhone 6 Finally Made It to China

It’s taken Apple a little while to take its latest phone to China. But, as a Wall Street Journal correspondent points out, now it’s there, reaction to its arrival seems to be “decidedly low-key.” Just 100 or so fanboys waited in line outside the Beijing Apple store this morning, ready to pick up their pre-ordered…

Meet the Artist Who Invents the Machines of Steampunkish Fairies

Samantha Bryan first started making fairies because of a project assigned to her at school. Eventually. she became curious about the the everyday life of her fairies, incorporating research into Victorian inventions into that idea. The result are these decidedly less sparkling and ephemeral fairies. http://vimeo.com/channels/staff… The film above comes from R&A Collaborations, and reveals…

Firefox Hello Does Account-Free Video Chat

Parent-calling-avoiders of the world have never had it worse: Skype, Hangouts and FaceTime are all stellar and free programs that mean that you’ve got basically no reason for ignoring forgetting your parents’ wedding anniversary. But Firefox wants to add to that list, with a video-calling client that doesn’t even need an account. Firefox Hello is…

A Bicycle Pulley System Is A Surprisingly Practical Storage Solution

Ever since I moved into my apartment, I’ve been trying to convince my roommates that what we need is a pulley system to pull our bikes up onto the balcony. And ever since we moved in, my roommates have been telling me that it’s a terrible idea that will unquestionably end with someone being mutilated…

Did Ghost In the Shell Swap Out a Suicide Squad Member For an Avenger?

Buried in an article on Warner Bros.’ casting choices for their Suicide Squad movie is the news that DreamWorks has reportedly gone after Scarlett Johansson to star in their live-action adaptation of Ghost in the Shell. Originally, The Wolf of Wall Street’s Margot Robbie was in talks to star in the film. Those talks apparently…

Nexus 9 Scores Better Than 2012 Mac Pro In One Benchmark

The Nexus 9 won’t officially ship until November 3rd, but that hasn’t stopped one sneaking onto the official Geekbench rankings. With its ridiculous-sounding dual-64-bit CPU, it was always destined to be fast; but according to this, it’s on par with a professional-level Mac Pro from a couple years ago in at least one minor way.…

The destructive low-cost precision of the Excalibur artillery shell

“Raytheon is testing a new laser-guided 155mm artillery shell which adds laser-designation to GPS guidance in order to provide more targeting options and better pinpoint targets on-the-move,” reports DoD Buzz. It’s called the Excalibur S. Unlike expensive missiles, which require sophisticated avionics and propulsion systems, this is a comparatively cheap artillery shell which, instead of…

This Lego haunted house is spoooooky!

Halloween is coming up and the halls of Lego builders are starting to throw up MOCs based on this frightful holiday. This build by Travis (Legohaulic) is one of my favorites. This diorama is a little bit campy and a little bit creepy, just how I like them. You’re reading Leg Godt, the blog with…

Scientists Find Way To Reuse Cigarette Ash As A Water Filter

Among the long, long list of reasons why we shouldn’t smoke lies cigarette ash: it’s a fairly unsavory chemical cocktail that also happens to be a major eyesore around any popular smoking spot. But thanks to a team of chemists, we could use that same cocktail of horrific chemical to make water clean. Go science!…

Deals: Lego Galaxy Squad on sale at Amazon

There are a couple Galaxy Squad themed sets for sale on Amazon. This whole line is barely on the shelves anymore, this may be your last opportunity to grab these couple sets for a good price before the theme is retired. Crater Creeper (70706) – $14.95 (was $19.99) Hive Crawler (70708) – $45.90 (was $69.99)…

Drag boat racing shoots up an awesome wall of water behind it

These boats racing against each other pack nearly 8,000 horsepower and can hit speeds of 260mph. Basically, they’re really, really fast. But what’s even cooler is what the boats leave in their wake, a perfect wall of water that shoots out and up into the sky. It’s like they’re tearing the water apart. SPLOID is…

A Light Switch Whiteboard Is A Clever Post-It Alternative

Most people tend to be fans of leaving notes on the fridge, but I find that my singular desire for food normally results in skipping straight past the post-its and on to nourishments. That’s why I think that these whiteboard light-switches might be an excellent idea. The principle is broadly the same as putting notes…

This Spacewalk Is All About Cool Perspective Photos

While the official purpose of Wednesday’s spacewalk was to replace a power regulator and do a bit of structural housecleaning, I’m fairly certain the unofficial theme was, “How many unusual perspective photographs can we take?” Top image: Wiseman in the reflection of Wilmore’s helmet. Wilmore captioned the photo: “The ONLY thing you can’t see in…

Skiing in light suits looks like the most spectacular thing

Skiing? Fun. Night skiing? Even more fun. Night skiing in impossible bright light suits that transform your body into a glowing orb as you fly down the mountain? That has to be the most fun you can have. And if it’s not, it’s definitely the coolest looking way to ski down a mountain. We’ve seen…

Not only does Oklahoma have more earthquakes than California, but hundreds of them are directly tied to fracking.

According to a FCC filing spotted by Android Police, the Chromecast is getting an upgrade to a 5GHz Wi-Fi chip, which should make for some speedier Netflix streaming. It also makes it an even more potent contender to Google’s own brand-new Nexus Player, or the likes of the Apple TV for that matter. [Android Police]

In the Future, Your Umbrella Will Be Half-Vibrator, Half-Airgun

Umbrella technology innovation has really ground to a halt these past few hundred years, but luckily some inventors in Beijing and Nanjing have come up with an umbrella for the twenty-first century. It uses a high-powered fan to blow water up to three feet away from you. Called the Air Umbrella, it has the advantage…

Report: Google May Be Developing Some Kind Of Wireless Network

According to a FCC filing submitted on Monday and uncovered by Reuters, Google might be working on some kind of wireless network, offering sweet, sweet internet without giving all of your monies to AT&T. What we know at the moment is that Google has applied to conduct tests in California across different wireless frequencies, including…