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Netgear’s new Nighthawk router is kind of insane looking, and offers throughput of up to 3.2Gbps, which to my knowledge is the fastest speed available in any consumer router at the moment. And of course, it comes with tri-band Wi-Fi, six antennas, USB 3.0, beam forming, and just about any other feature you could want…
For its new “See Impossible” campaign, Canon has a new video that portrays the inspirational story of a young sci-fi fan who becomes a big famous director by way of Canon camera. PetaPixel reportsthat the story could easily be confused with that of a real-life director. But the real-life guy didn’t use Canon cameras to…
We’ve already seen impressive footage of the first ever carrier drone jet launch, the X-47B. But nothing comes close to this short documentary, with extraordinary photography, edition, and sound design that make for an amazing cinematic experience. I wish all aviation shorts were this elegant and immersive. [Thanks for the tip Nacho] SPLOID is a…
This week’s look at all things crowdfunding is jam packed with goodness – with everything from an artbook about Astrologically inspired androids, a fitness app with a post-apocalyptic narrative, and a revival of TV robot combat. Also, fart jokes. Lots of fart jokes. Header Image credited to The Android’s Astrological Companion Flat Plastic Miniatures This…
Built for a Toys”R”Us store in Hong Kong, this 80 lb mosaic depicting the Tsim Sha Tsui Clock House is quite impressive. To get the lenticular effect, they painstakingly placed different cheese wedge elements to create this swell wiggle picture. This cool time-lapse shows the build process. You’re reading Leg Godt, the blog with the…
I have seen big RC planes in the past, but this is really getting out of hand. I watch these videos of giant scale RC planes—the one above is 85 percent of the original size!—and I have to wonder what’s the point. OK, I know the point: It’s awesome, but you may as well build…
You don’t have to settle for the charts and reports produced by your fitness tracker’s own software—export the data elsewhere and you can use it in a variety of different ways. It’s not difficult to do and it could help renew your enthusiasm for working towards a healthier lifestyle. Fitness tracking data Fitness trackers are…
Cigarettes’ high-tech makeover hasn’t stopped with vaping’s souped-up mods and flavored liquid nicotine. There’s a new sort of quasi e-cig that’s electronically heated, but still contains tobacco. And soon, it could be internet-enabled too. Smoking with your computer A patent recently filed by Philip Morris (maker of Marlboro) and unearthed today by the Atlantic details…
This one-eyed spaghetti monster is not the official map of the Tokyo, but one designed by Korean design studio Zeroperzero. It not only shows the system itself, but also the landmarks, acting as a tourism guide too. They have other maps for cities like New York, London, and Paris. Tokyo Railway System is a railway…
There was a time in Hollywood when still photography was as integral to the on-site filmmaking process as the actual reels themselves, and carefully selected publicity shots gave each title—and star—a lasting presence beyond the big screen. Hollywood Frame by Frame goes behind the scenes with imperfect outtakes from iconic films before they were moving…
Someone is trying to make “The Snappening” happen. Whether they’re trying to make it happen as a nude photo dump or as a hoax is unclear. Named after the recent nude celebrity leak, rumors are circulating that hackers have gained access to stolen Snapchat photos and plan to match the sexually explicit ones up with…
Until our soldiers ride into battle atop mechanical war wolves (looking at you Big Dog, assuming Google lets you play), they’ll just have to settle for packing an entire nine-man squad into the nearly unstoppable DAGOR from Polaris. Developed by the ATV maker in conjunction with Roush Industries as part of the US military’s new…
Last night, Elon Musk took the wraps off the new Tesla Model S. Dual motors and all-wheel drive don’t just make it faster, a new sensor array will make it safer too. Let’s break out each innovation, figure out what it is and how it works. Dual Motors: Putting the “D” in the Tesla Model…
There is a new iOS app called Vent devoted to letting people complain about their lives. It’s a shitstorm in the making. Like Whisper and Secret, you can post anonymously, though the app does require an email address (it’s not displayed publicly, but still), and you can choose to post your real name. Vent has…
A guy was flying his quadcopter at Magazine Beach Park, Cambridge, when a hawk suddenly appears and decides the sky is to small for both of them. The video shows how the hawk approaches the drone and knocks it down with a simple hit. SPLOID is a new blog about awesome stuff. Join us on…
Carl Zeiss just announcedVR One, a virtual reality headset for use with a smartphone. It’s similar to the Gear VR by Samsung and Oculus, except at $100, it’s cheaper. The VR One is a head-mounted viewer for virtual reality content that’s playing on your phone. The viewer works with phones between 4.7 and 5.2 inches.…
Want a phone with seriously killer battery life? I hope you’re on Verizon, because it looks like the new Droid Turbo was built specifically for you. An image that showed up on TaoBao (basically Chinese Ebay) says that sucker will pack a mammoth 3,900 mAh battery. That is a lot of power. An earlier manual…
Some crowd-funded projects are awesome, and bring great but simple ideas to life. Others, not so much. But whether they’re grounded, or impossibly optimistic, all crowd-funding projects have a chance to fail, spectacularly. After we heard about the horrible, catastrophic failure of the Kreyos Meteor, it got us to thinking: What crowd-funding bummers haven’t we…
Legendary Square-Enix designer Tetsuya Nomura baffled us at SDCC with his crazily OTT take on Batman – but at NYCC he’s back, and this time he’s turned Catwoman into… well, see for yourself. Some of Nomura’s design hallmarks that were surprisingly absent on his Batman Redesign – like his notorious love of superfluous buckles and…
If Disney characters were real people they would probably have an Instagram, Facebook or Snapchat account where they post their selfies. Or at least this is what Italian Illustrator Simona Bonafini thought when she decided to make this neat collection of drawings. Simona Bonafini is a graphic designer based in Milan, Italy. Graduated from Politecnico…
