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Saturday morning Weekdays after school wouldn’t have been the same without He-Man and the Masters of the Universe. Along with Lego, the line of toys and the subsequent animated series were a big part of my childhood. LegoJalex has mixed the two together in one beautiful package, creating brick built representations of all the best…
Earlier this month, Moogannounced that it would be reissuing an extremely limited number of rebooted instruments from the company’s extinct line of crazy modulars from the 1970s. You’ll probably never actually get to play one, but at the very least you can revel in the magnificent demo in the video above. At $10,000, the Model…
For today’s edition of There’s Nothing New Under The Sun™, we have a radio engineer who experimented with creating high-tech fashion that would be right at home amongst the 21st century’s glitch art and wifi visualizations. Except that these patterns were made in 1938. The July 1938 issue of Radio-Craft magazine featured photos of RCA…
I just visited Iceland for the first time! But, due to airport chaos, I was only there for exactly 36 hours. Here’s what I learned from my short trip, camping out on ice and dunking myself in the country’s steaming hot springs. It was supposed to be a three day trip, but a blizzard closed…
I always loved the Alpine,the classic French roadster with Renault engine. It was my favorite car along with the 911 since I was a little kid. This Alpine Vision prototype—made to celebrate the brand’s 60th anniversar—is a dream. I want to drive it all across Europe, from Andalusia to Finland. Check it out from all…
The Silk Road trial is back on, and we still don’t know if Ross Ulbricht is going to go down for the crimes of the Dread Pirate Roberts. Today, the trial focused on DPR’s interactions with the Hells Angels, who he allegedly hired to kill a rogue drug vendor. Pretrial materials revealed that the Dread…
Your keyboard is boring—completely practical, functional, useful even, but also awful, boring and stupid. You just don’t know it yet. I learned about boring keyboards in college, when a nasty case of carpel tunnel syndrome threatened to silence my fingers forever. Then, one day, my father lent me a ridiculous vertical keyboard that changed how…
It may have not found the Big Bang’s smoking gun, but the Planck mission in the South Pole has detected something important: The orientation of the galactic magnetic field—”this image represents the emission from dust, a minor but crucial component that pervades our Milky Way galaxy.” The texture indicates the orientation of the galactic magnetic…
You might be excited about about the release of NECA’s fourth wave of Alien toys, because it includes the first officially licensed, screen-accurate figure of Jones the Cat. But Jones fans will be pleased to know that he comes with a nifty extra: The first Ellen Ripley toy to have Sigourney Weaver’s facial likeness. Although…
Much like putting aftermarket wheels on an actual car, when making vehicle models, it often becomes tedious trying to find that perfect wheel/tire combination to go with your cool new creation. Sariel has updated his Lego wheel and tire guide to show all the various wheels and tires made by the Lego, the largest tire…
Sometimes you get a unique combination of circumstances that produces a rare look into a common event, like this Emirates’ Airbus A380 arriving to Amsterdam’s Schiphol airport at the perfect time and the perfect angle to produce a few seconds of beautiful cinematography, cutting a cloud in two. SPLOID is delicious brain candy. Follow us…
This is María José Cristerna also known as The Vampire Woman, in a photo just taken at the Venezuela Tattoo International Expo in Caracas, Venezuela. She was considered the woman with the most tattooing and body modifications in the world,but that hasn’t stopped her from getting even more. Don’t get deceived by appearances: María José…
It’s almost hard to believe it’s actually happening, considering Sony’sSteve Jobs movie seemed like such a total clusterfuck. But there they are: Michael Fassbender and Seth Rogen as Apple co-founders Jobs and Wozniak. Someone snapped shots of real Hollywood actors on the set of a real Steve Jobs film that you might actually see in…
Facebook’s Newsfeed is a broken mess. It’s meant to be a personalized news ticker, but it can look like a relentless stream of Ice Bucket Challenges and dog photos. Facebook has already tried to banish clickbait and hoaxes, yet many Newsfeeds are heavy on the meaningless filler and viral froth. To fix its flagship feature,…
As we get closer and closer to Marvel finally putting Thanos and his quest for the Infinity Gauntlet on the big screen, expect to see more and more awesome tie-ins like this popping up. Available exclusively from Entertainment Earth come May for just $15, there will never be another novelty mug that even comes close…
I’m willing to bet that on an actual Medieval battlefield, this Star Wars inspired suit of armour may not be the most practical bit of kit. But just as a thing to look at? Well then yeah, holy crap, it looks downright incredible. The gorgeous piece of leatherwork was crafted by the fine folks over…
On Thursday, the governmentis expected to propose new net neutrality rules that would treat the internet more like a public utility. According to several reports, FCC Chairman Tom Wheeler’s proposal will reclassify broadband as a telecommunications service under Title II of the Telecommunications Act. This is great news—if true. This is not the first we’ve…
As far as guitar pedals go, there’s are probably none more iconic that the Tube Screamer and the Cry Baby Wah. You almost certainly know their sound even you don’t necessarily know the pedals themselves. Hendrix. Clapton. Need I say more? In the last month, Ibanez and Jim Dunlop, the companies behind the two pedals…
Your phone died. Again. In these scenarios, who among us has not dreamed the dream of a future where our devices charge instantly and last forever. As capacitors—or even more exciting, ultracapacitors—get better and better at storing energy, they could replace batteries and realize at least one half of that dream. Batteries and capacitors are…
The wonderful folks over at Hoth Bricks have released a couple of images of the new Scooby-Doo sets. We can assume the above, Mystery Plane Adventures (75901) and Haunted Lighthouse (75903) below were taken at the recent German toy fair. With the Mystery Machine (75902) and Mystery Mansion (75904) provided as launch images of the…
