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This Anime Short Looks Like Something Straight Out Of Studio Ghibli

Hiroyasu Ishida is an animator to watch, and this short fantasy film is a perfect example of why. By the end, you’ll be feeling warm and fuzzy feelings toward a chair—that’s right, a wooden chair. Ishida, who is best known for his fast-paced viral short Fumiko’s Confession, directed Poulette’s Chair, but one of the reasons…

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Deals: Friday Night Lights, $5 Alien Movies, Playstation 4

The complete series of Friday Night Lights is down to a low $42. It’s an excellent, well-directed, surprisingly consistent show, even if you don’t care about football. Highly recommended. [Friday Night Lights, $42] New Deal Times, Same Deal Channels In an effort to bring you the deals faster and with fewer expirations and price changes,…

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Giraffe-Handler, HVAC Repairman, Astronaut

The astronauts of Expedition 40 are continuing to have way too much fun. My highlights this week are Reid Wiseman bringing his fluffy giraffe into the cupola, accidentally trying to dump a bag out by flipping it over, and realizing that laughing so hard you cry is tricky when tears don’t fall in microgravity. For…

Tech News Mika McKinnon

Meet The Sentinels Who Almost Appeared In X-Men 2

In one of the earliest drafts of X2: X-Men United, the X-Men’s terrifying robotic foes the Sentinels were part of the action. It was eventually determined they were just too expensive even to animate in CG, and by the time movie was finally finished, only one Sentinel head made a small cameo on the Danger…

Movies Rob Bricken

The masterful 360-degree long shot in yesterday’s Game of Thrones

Yesterday’s Game of Thrones episode was truly epic. It contained one really spectacular long shot in which the camera—placed in the center of Castle Black’s inner ward—rotates, filming the battle carnage around it in one non-stop 360-degree shot. Director Neil Marshall thinks it is his “favorite shot ever.” Talking to Hero Complex, episode director Neil…

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Watch San Francisco’s Rapid Gentrification Unfold on Google Street View

These days, it’s rare to find a piece of San Francisco news that doesn’t at least make a passing reference to the city’s rapid-fire gentrification. And while numbers like the 115 percent increase in evictions over the past year are certainly astounding, nothing drives the point home quite like seeing the city evolve right before…

Tech News Ashley Feinberg

Deals: Dropcam Dropped Price, Every Kind of SanDisk Storage, WeMo

Whether you’re rolling your own home security system, setting up a nanny cam, or even broadcasting to the world, Dropcam has set the standard for simple, smartphone-connected home monitoring. The rarely-discounted Dropcam HD is $20 off today, so if you’ve been on the fence, this is a great opportunity to save. [Dropcam HD, $130] New…

Tech News Shep McAllister

Elon Musk Wants To Make A Flying Car

“Maybe we’ll make a flying car, just for fun,” Elon Musk told The Independent yesterday. Explaining that he’d “thought about it quite a lot,” the only thing stopping him appears to be every single thing that’s kept the flying car from becoming a mainstream reality in the past 100 years. “We could definitely make a…

Tech News Matt Novak

The Scientist Who Inspired the Count of Monte Cristo

Alexandre Dumas’ famous story, The Count of Monte Cristo, was a fictional story based on real events. One of its characters, a mad-genius of a scientist who writes his greatest work in prison, was based on a real person. Learn of the imprisonment of Déodat de Dolomieu. As adventure stories go, The Count of Monte…

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Dear Diary: Penny Dreadful Pens TV’s Most Victorian Letter

Last night, Penny Dreadful made a play for being the most Victorian thing ever on TV with an epistolary flashback episode. It didn’t progress the plot much, but it did Penny Dreadful-ize everything that happened, so we’re still unsure of specifics but definitely creeped out by whatever it is. Spoilers ahead! “Demimonde,” an episode titled…

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How To Brand A Cow Like A Cowboy

Ever wondered where your food comes from? Well, before they get turned into prime rib and burgers, cows have to be raised and handled by real men and women — cowboys. Yes, they really do still exist and this is what they do. Branding isn’t just a necessary task, it’s a social event. Friends, family…

Tech News Tybrookhart

The Chinese Tea Study that the Tea Party Wants to Suppress

Rep. Matt Salmon (R-AZ) just cut funding to a science program that he says “didn’t pass the laugh test” — a long-term study on how climate change is affecting Chinese tea crops. But this study isn’t funny. Instead, it offers the darkest picture yet of how our crops will change in the years ahead. The…

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Scientists Are Making Condoms Out of the Same Material As Your Contacts

The Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation recently awarded a grant to an Australian research team trying to build a better condom. They’re hardly the first to win such an award, but they have a novel approach. These polymer scientists are making condoms out of hydrogels, the same materials used in contact lenses. It’s actually a…

Tech News Adam Clark Estes

This Depression-Era Hollywood Robot Was Built to Write Screenplays

Today moviegoers complain about films being too formulaic. But in 1931, one Hollywood writer of now largely forgotten movies thought that turning screenwriting into a formula was a pretty good idea. So he invented the Plot Robot. From the March 1931 issue of Modern Mechanix magazine: Formerly robots were merely mechanical devices that could perform…

Tech News Matt Novak

NASA’s Prototype ISS Habitat Is an Inflatable Grow House

There are two things that come at a premium when living aboard the International Space Station: personal space and fresh vegetables. But thanks to an ingenious new inflatable habitat that’s currently being tested, our space-faring scientists will soon have more of both. Built by private space company Bigelow Aerospace, the BEAM (or Bigelow Expandable Activity…

Tech News Andrew Tarantola

I Don’t Think The Leprechaun Reboot Has Any Idea What A Leprechaun Is

The first trailer for the WWE-produced Leprechaun: Origins has dropped. You’ll first notice that the movie appears to be taking itself very seriously. Then you’ll probably notice that it also seemingly has nothing to do with leprechauns. Turning the classic Irish faerie into a monster was always kind of a stretch in the first place,…

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Aging Veterans Are Using Oculus Rift To Fly War Planes Again

Flying days don’t have to be over for elderly vets. Thanks to Reddit user Jwsimmons, who’s been visiting assisted living homes with Oculus Rift for the past year, these former pilots get to experience the planes from their glory days all over again. To bring the experience to life, Jwsimmons tweaked the massively multiplayer flight…

Tech News Leslie Horn

This Clever Site Tells You If Your Favorite Bar Patio Is Sunny or Shady

Everyone has a favorite local patio they like to escape to during the summer, but if your timing isn’t right, you might find yourself sipping a cold one in the shade. To ensure that never happens, some enterprising folks have whipped up a handy website that shows you exactly when your preferred summer spot is…

Tech News Andrew Liszewski

How artisans in Hong Kong make their beautiful neon signs

One of the coolest things about Hong Kong is walking around its streets packed with colorful neon sings. This short documentary shows how they make them, from the first sketches to the final piece, it’s all done manually by these skillful artisans. Sadly, their wonderful work is fading thanks to progress—neon signs might disappear soon,…

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Why The Turing Test Is Bullshit

As many reported yesterday, a chatbot has passed the Turing Test, though under some very convenient conditions. The announcement has led some to declare that the age of AI is finally here, but that’s nonsense. Here’s why the Turing Test is a very poor way of measuring machine intelligence. A quick recap of yesterday’s announcement:…

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This Anime Short Looks Like Something Straight Out Of Studio Ghibli

Deals: Friday Night Lights, $5 Alien Movies, Playstation 4

Giraffe-Handler, HVAC Repairman, Astronaut

Meet The Sentinels Who Almost Appeared In X-Men 2

The masterful 360-degree long shot in yesterday’s Game of Thrones

Watch San Francisco’s Rapid Gentrification Unfold on Google Street View

Deals: Dropcam Dropped Price, Every Kind of SanDisk Storage, WeMo

Elon Musk Wants To Make A Flying Car

The Scientist Who Inspired the Count of Monte Cristo

Dear Diary: Penny Dreadful Pens TV’s Most Victorian Letter

How To Brand A Cow Like A Cowboy

The Chinese Tea Study that the Tea Party Wants to Suppress

Scientists Are Making Condoms Out of the Same Material As Your Contacts

This Depression-Era Hollywood Robot Was Built to Write Screenplays

NASA’s Prototype ISS Habitat Is an Inflatable Grow House

I Don’t Think The Leprechaun Reboot Has Any Idea What A Leprechaun Is

Aging Veterans Are Using Oculus Rift To Fly War Planes Again

This Clever Site Tells You If Your Favorite Bar Patio Is Sunny or Shady

How artisans in Hong Kong make their beautiful neon signs

Why The Turing Test Is Bullshit

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