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Video: These shotgun shells made with Lego can kill you

Given enough force you can probably kill with anything you want—so it’s not surprising to see these custom Lego shotgun shells inflicting such damage on metal and plastic. If any of these hit your soft flesh on the right place, it would be way more lethal than any brick left on any rug. https://gizmodo.com/imagine-getting-shot-in-the-face-with-this-lego-shotgun-1254378238

Watch LG Use 4K TVs to Trick People Into Thinking a Meteor Hit Earth

LG, maker of fine displays and wonderful prankster of innocent people, has cooked up another beautiful visual trick: installing LG 4K TVs as fake window units and tricking people into believing a meteor has crashed onto Earth. Because the screen is so clear! https://gizmodo.com/watch-lg-use-ips-displays-to-make-men-stop-peeing-at-a-5995028 Supposedly, the people in the video are all innocent bystanders trying…

Make Your Own LED Shoes That Light Up When You Walk

Look. Your adult self is pretty much a failure to your 8-year-old childhood self. You don’t buy toys for yourself anymore. You don’t remember the last time you gorged out in the candy aisle. You try to eat healthy. You talk about things like politics and the economy and lumbar support. You basically lost everything…

New Gravity trailer will leave you breathless

Behold a brand new action-slammed look at Alfonso Cuaron’s Gravity. This is the movie that James Cameron called “the best space film ever done.” And as a bonus, this gorgeous trailer has been uploaded to youtube at 2k HD. GRAVITY, directed by Oscar® nominee Alfonso Cuaron, stars Oscar® winners Sandra Bullock and George Clooney in…

Imagine Getting Shot in the Face with this Lego Shotgun Shell

What’s more terrifying than stepping on a brick during a late-night walk to the fridge for some ice cream? How about getting shot in the face with a Lego shotgun shell from a 12 gauge! In order for a custom Lego shotgun shell to have any sort of impact, you need to get the weight…

The Newest Gravity Trailer Makes Space Look Like a Scary Roller Coaster

Are you ready for Alfonso Cuarón’s Gravity? Alternatively, are you ready for a panic attack to melt your brain into grey ooze? This latest trailer basically takes you on a roller coaster of fear through the gigantic emptiness of space. You’ll see Sandra Bullock twist and turn and spin and basically lose all control and…

Stop pretending we aren’t living in the Space Age

I am sick of hearing people say that the Space Age is “over” because we haven’t sent humans back to the Moon. Seriously? That’s your complaint? You people need to shut the hell up, and this gorgeous picture of Saturn taken by Cassini is just one reason why. Let’s begin by talking about what the…

You don’t need to buy a next-generation PlayStation or Xbox just yet

These holidays there will be new versions of the PlayStation and the Xbox. That’s great news, but the best news are these: You really don’t need to buy them just yet. Or ever, for that matter. That old 1980s Nintendo system is still as fun as day one! Kotaku explains why it may not be…

Continuum VFX reel shows the secrets of creating Vancouver in 2077

It’s pretty amazing how much eye-candy Continuum boasts, considering it’s a relatively low-budget Canadian import. This effects reel from the VFX studio, Artifex, shows just how much digital wizardry they manage to pack into every episode. Including some stuff you probably didn’t know was CG. For example, I didn’t realize that Old Julian was a…

Nostalgia: The best old PC games you can’t miss

I spent some of my young years playing Monkey Island, Indiana Jones and X-Wing on a PC. They’re my all-time favorites. Kotaku readers are putting together a list of the best ever PC classic games. A must read, even while it includes games released in 2003. https://kotaku.com/the-classic-pc-games-you-must-play-1246823468

Redesigned Wacom Intuos Tablets: A New Look for Budding Artists

On the heels of its Windows 8 and Android tablets, Wacom just announced a new sleeker and brighter Intuos. The new models are geared less toward professionals, and more toward everyday folk looking to draw and sketch on their computer. https://gizmodo.com/wacom-cintiq-companion-windows-8-and-android-tablets-f-1166233037 The new Intuos comes in 2 sizes—a 6 inch model for $100, and an…

The Southern Pole of Mars is more beautiful than we ever imagined

Using images captured at a variety of wavelengths by the European Space Agency’s Mars Express Orbiter, Riding with Robots creator Bill Dunford has crafted a composite image of the Red Planet’s south polar cap that’ll make you stop and stare. Over at Bad Astronomy, Phil Plait describes some of what it is we’re looking at…

Crazy Wooden Homes on Wheels Are Ripped Out of Victorian Dreams

Mobile homes often look blocky and sterile, but these wooden houses look like gingerbread Victorian houses on wheels. Check out how people have hammered and sawed their own homes onto cars. Above: A mobile advertisement for a Sacramento lumber and construction company consisting of a miniature house on the back of a car. Photo by…

The guy whose Reddit thread sparked a movie deal is at it again

Remember Rome Sweet Rome, the Reddit thread about time travel and war that was so fantastic it inspired a movie deal? Well, the writer behind the long and spirited discussion, Prufrock451 is at it again. And this time he’s picked a pretty excellent question. https://gizmodo.com/that-time-travel-movie-that-started-on-reddit-is-really-5976295 He piped up in answer to this ask Reddit question:…

Silent Text for Android: A Secure Text Service That Self-Destructs

While it’s been on the market for iOS for almost a year, Silent Text is finally hitting Android, and with concerns over cyber security reaching critical levels, it couldn’t come any sooner. What does it do? Silent text is part of Silent Circle’s suite of encryption services, which are available by subscription at about $10…

This bicycle-powered treehouse-elevator is sheer wonderfulness

The bicycle-powered treehouse elevator is exactly what it sounds like. And yes, it is spectacular. Almost definitely incredibly dangerous, given the risks if anything should fail mechanistically, but spectacular. I’ll admit it doesn’t take much to impress me when it comes to treehouses. Growing up in Southern Arizona, I had access not to lofty, load-bearing…

This device takes us one step closer to a colony on Mars

If we’re going to build cities on Mars, we must first figure out how to supply colonists with water and food. If underground Martian ice turns out to be as plentiful as some hope, we may have water covered. And now a group of Greek hackers has invented a device for growing food there, too.…

Nobody Knows What Built These Weird Little Web Structures

For some baffling reason, a bunch of tiny, fence-like web structures keep showing up in the Peruvian jungle. Measuring about two centimeters across and delicately constructed, they’re beautiful in a way. And since scientists have no idea how they got there, they’re also totally mysterious. Georgia Tech grad student Troy Alexander first spotted the strangle…

There’s Such a Thing as Remote-Controlled Dogs Now (Yes, Real Dogs)

So here’s a weird scenario: You’re sitting on your porch stuffing your face with cheesy grits and you can’t find your dog. You can’t yell at her because your mouth is full of grits, and you can’t get up because sitting on the porch is damn relaxing. What you need is a remote control. For…

A cryptozoologist revisits the site where the famous Loch Ness photos and movies were taken . . . and discovers more mysteries. This is a fun tale of skeptical monster hunting.