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Time traveling photographer adds herself into her childhood pictures

Genius. Photographer Chino Otsuka has discovered the art of time travel. Instead of exploiting a whole in the Space-time continuum to time travel, she simply digitally spliced her adult self into old photographs from her childhood. That way it looked like adult version of Otsuka was meeting child version of Otsuka. So clever. Otsuka explains…

Nope, pruny fingers and toes don’t give you a “better grip”

Early last year, scientists suggested that our fingers and toes get wrinkles when they’re wet to help us better handle wet objects. But a new study, in an effort to re-affirm the theory, fell flat. The name of the new study, which appears in PLoS, says it all: “Water-Induced Finger Wrinkles Do Not Affect Touch…

Freiheit: George Lucas’ Very First, Very Worst Film

Many years before George Lucas decided it was ok to lie to the children of America, convincing them that tree-dwelling teddy bears with bronze age technology could really decimate the most capable military force in the galaxy, he started his directorial career with this short film about, um, freedom? Titled Freiheit, this 1966 short film…

A boy opens a door to his girlfriend’s mind and gets lost inside

There’s an almost storybook feel to the animation in Marine Duchet’s short film Cyclope, but it quickly turns trippy as its protagonist descends into his girlfriend’s mind. But by the time he discovers the horrors that accompany her surreal delights, he’s found that he is lost within the landscape of her imagination. Cyclope was conceived…

This flying drone helicopter truck is a real life transformer

What is this? A flying drone? Eight flying drones? One flying helicopter? A moving room? A truck? It’s a little bit of everything. Called the AT Black Knight Transformer, it combines the vertical takeoff and landing of a helicopter with the off-road driving capabilities of a truck. So yes, that means it can fly and…

The aliens had picked the perfect bodies for surveillance

It is best to observe the humans in their natural habitat by taking on the form of a natural human ally. At least, that’s what Queen Layla and Princess Delilah thought. This photograph by Xan Latta just got picked by Colossal as one of the best Flickr photos of 2014 so far. See more by…

The Restaurant Inside LA’s Space Age Theme Building Has Closed

The restaurant inside an L.A. architectural icon has closed. Sadly, wannabe George Jetsons will no longer be able to pick up a cocktail at Encounter — the now-former restaurant inside LAX’s Theme Building. If you’ve ever flown through the L.A. airport you’ve no doubt noticed the space age, Googie-styled Theme Building. It was originally constructed…

How TV could still become the best format for comic adaptations

There have been plenty of successful comic to movie adaptations, but finding the right balance for a TV series has been a little trickier. Still, TV adaptations of comics have a lot of potential. In response to a post on the lessons Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D could learn from Star Trek: The Next Generation, commenter lightninglouie…

New evidence that plants get their energy using quantum entanglement

Biophysicists theorize that plants tap into the eerie world of quantum entanglement during photosynthesis. But the evidence to date has been purely circumstantial. Now, scientists have discovered a feature of plants that cannot be explained by classical physics alone — but which quantum mechanics answers quite nicely. https://gizmodo.com/are-plants-really-using-quantum-entanglement-in-photosy-5452755 The fact that biological systems can exploit…

This Six-Wheeled Stroller Can Roll Up and Down Stairs

Navigating a city with a child in a stroller is hard enough, but imagine doing the same with a set of twins. Those double strollers are like driving a miniature bus, and you’ll always be on the hunt for ramps, elevators, or a long way around a set of stairs. It’s a problem that designer…

Person of Interest‘s producers tell us what the Machine really is

Person of Interest is back from mid-season hiatus, and already the show is delving deeply into science fictional themes, like the nature of AI consciousness. We caught up with producers Jonathan Nolan and Greg Plageman to talk about what comes next, and their real-life inspirations for the guns-and-malware world of this show. In this week’s…

Watch time getting frozen in these hypnotizing subway station videos

Photographer Adam Magyar took a high speed camera and recorded everything as his subway train car was getting into the station. Here’s the result in three spellbinding clips, part of his film Stainless, in three different cities: New York, Berlin and Tokyo. Above you can see 42 Street—Grand Central. Here’s Alexanderplatz in Berlin: And Shinjuku…

San Diego Comic-Con Only Selling Single Day Passes for 2014

Getting the full San Diego Comic-Con experience just got a lot more complicated. According to a new announcement, SDCC 2014 will no longer be selling two-day, four-day or full week passes. Convention goers will now have to buy each day pass individually. The SDCC Blog just announced the change: New for 2014! Only single day…

Are Other Vegas Businesses Benefiting from the Downtown Project?

The oldest freestanding bar in Vegas is Atomic Liquors, built in 1952, back when you could climb onto the roof and watch atomic bombs explode at desert test sites 60 miles away. If you sit long enough at its expansive bar, chances are Kent Johns will pull up a stool next to you and tell…

Awesome recording of space sounds exactly like a tropical rainforest

Birds singing, frogs croaking, animals walking, the sound of rain hitting trees, ponds, and the wet soil—if you listen to this video with your headphones you would believe you’re listening to the recording of a rainforest. But the truth is that you’re listening to space: CHORUS consists of brief tones which sounds like a chorus…

Here’s the Most Popular Movie Set in Each U.S. State

Here’s a fun idea for Friday night: Pick your favorite state and watch the best movie set there—while drinking beer from a local brewery, of course. Reddit user Jakubisko made it easy to find the right flick with this map of the best movies set in every state, according to its IMDB rating. Now you…

Professor Jyblitts sits down for an “automatic luncheon” back in 1903. The restaurant’s robot arms are even kind enough to take off his coat for him. — Read the full comic from the October 18, 1903 Richmond Times-Dispatch in Virginia

We Sure Watched a Lot of Porn During This Week’s Deep Freeze

Baby, it’s cold outside. But wait… You don’t have anybody to keep you warm? That’s what porn is for. During the polar vortex on January 7 and 8, traffic to Pornhub increased by over 40 percent in Maine and Michigan. Meanwhile, Florida saw a 37 percent increase during its uncharacteristically freezing days, too. Nationwide, it…

Leonardo sails to the New World in new Da Vinci’s Demons trailer

Because Da Vinci’s Demons apparently hasn’t pushed its ahistorical fantasy far enough, our can’t-fail Renaissance man Leonardo Da Vinci heads to the Americas in the trailer for Season Two, years before Christopher Columbus crossed the Atlantic. I can see why David S. Goyer chose to break the series out of its Florence and Leonardo vs.…

First clip from I, Frankenstein gives the monster Batman’s voice

Who wants to hear Aaron Eckhart’s Batman voice? The first clip from I, Frankenstein features the most heavy-handed conversation involving a reanimated corpse talking about other reanimated corpses. This looks just terrible. We can’t wait. I, Frankenstein will be released on January 24th.