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Sometimes it’s easy to forget that racing F1 cars is pretty much insanity. The ridiculous speeds, the punishing G-forces and not to mention the beasts of a machine they call cars. But when you look at a F1 car under thermal vision, you’ll never forget how scary it is: they’re driving fire breathing monsters. FLIR…
Behold the “X+1”, the sequel to Motorola’s critically acclaimed Moto X. These press images were leaked by retiring leaker @evleaks aka Evan Blass as a “retirement gift” and confirm the poorly-lit images we saw on Android Police last month. The X+1 seems to sport dual camera flashes, a wooden back option, and front-facing speakers like…
If you think there’s too much violence and sex and awful human behavior in Game of Thrones, you’ll enjoy this light hearted remix where all the sounds of the show are replaced with old school video game noises. If you like Game of Thrones already, you’ll like the video because it’s more Game of Thrones.…
It starts ominously. A robot spacecraft flies into a planet’s atmosphere and embeds itself into the ground. Scouts are sent off to test the planet’s resources and presumably suck the planet dry. I’ve seen this movie about robot uprisings and the hijacking of Earth too many times. Luckily, this short isn’t one of them. Directed…
Dr. Rosenpenis. Dr. Rosenrosen. Dr. Rosen. John Cocktoston. Mr. Poon. Arnold Babar. Jane Doe. Ted Nugent. Fletch F. Fletch. They’re all the same man: Irwin M. Fletcher. Goes by Fletch. He’s actually 6’5″, with an afro 6’9″, and if you spend the night with him he will make you very happy. For my money, this…
Unless you’ve been living vacuum-sealed under a rock on the ocean floor, the hook to Song of the Summer 2014 “Fancy” has surely wormed its way into your ear. And last summer, you couldn’t walk into a party without “I Love It” blasting to the stratosphere. These two insidiously catchy songs have one thing in…
Raise your hand if you’re a little bit sick of hearing about the Internet of Things and how it’s going to change everybody’s lives, like, tomorrow. It’s been a slow and frustrating process to watch so many products make big promises and so few live up to them. Estimote’s latest promise, however, has me intrigued.…
If you’ve ever been to the Louisiana Museum in Denmark, you know it’s one of the most dramatic museum locations around: Perched on a rocky cliff above Øresund, looking out over the ocean, it’s easy to find yourself staring out to sea instead of at the art. Now, Olafur Eliasson has brought the landscape inside…
ESPN is bringing all the sports to your wrist with a new Pebble smartwatch app. Pair your Android or iPhone, pick your pro or college teams, and your Pebble will vibrate whenever the score changes in any of the games you’re tracking. No way that’ll get annoying during playoffs. Nope. [Variety via Techmeme]
According to a recent post that’s gone viral among science and history nerds, the first baby born to a mother under anaesthesia named her baby Anaesthesia. It’s an amusing fun fact. But unfortunately, it’s too good to be true. Anaesthesia was reportedly a nickname sometimes used by the doctor who delivered the baby girl in…
For those who ditched their click-and-clacking Newton’s Cradle decades ago, this Solar Marble Machine just might be the modern ball-based meditation tool of your DIY dreams. What does it “do”? Not much! But that’s precisely the point. I mean, technically it has a very simple repetitive function: Solarbotics crafted the gear-and-spiral combo to operate in…
The problem with data centers is excess heat. The problem with liquified natural gas terminals is excess cold. In a perfect world, one problem would neatly cancel out the other—which is exactly the world imagined by Massachusetts-based TeraCool. Coupling data with liquified gas could make a lot of energy sense. You’re already familiar data centers,…
You know when you see something in a cloud, and you wonder, am I just crazy, or does that cloud really look like a dragon being ridden by a pig eating a cotton candy hot dog? Well it’s your lucky day. For this week’s Shooting Challenge, take a photo of something crazy you see in…
Prosthetic technology is getting insanely good. But what if we just didn’t need it any more? What if we could simply program our genes to regrow human limbs as easily as lizards regrow lost tails? Well, scientists are getting closer to that fantastic future. A huge team of 19 scientists from around the world just…
The Doves are a series of microsatellites designed to provide rapid whole-Earth satellite images, and to look good while doing it. Astronauts Alex Gerst and Reid Wiseman ejected two Dove satellites from the station on Tuesday to join the flock already in orbit. Releasing the Dove satellites was yet another team project between buddy-movie-inspiration-astronauts Alex…
Comcast’s newly announced program, Xfinity on Campus, lets college dorm dwellers watch almost 80 channels, as well as access Xfinity On Demand programming. But this isn’t some lofty good will gesture—student loans and students’ parents will still be footing the bill. The Xfinity on Campus program targets millennials, forever absorbed in their gadgets, and reworks…
Mad genius Colin Furze is back again with a new invention. This time he built himself a steel safe suit with the sole purpose of standing inside a fireworks display and enjoy the views. The suit shape looks hilarious, a terrifying mix between the tin man and the scarecrow, but it works perfectly. SPLOID is…
Closet organization is a certifiable pain in the ass—so much so that an entire industry has developed out of our collective desire to keep our respective clothes in order. Space constraints are almost always the biggest problem; this convertible Hanger’ might help you keep your gear in check. Shanghai-born, Germany-based Designer Ivan Zhang, under his…
Combines are a modern farming miracle, separating grain from chaff in a matter of seconds. But that chaff—often full of seeds from herbicide-resistant weeds—gets blown right back onto the field. Enter the clever Harrington Seed Destructor, which grinds the pesky and unwanted seeds into oblivion. This seed destructor is the brainchild of Australian farmer Raymond…
Crowdfunding, like any gamble, preys on your hopes and dreams. Sometimes, you get the wonderful dream device you deserve. Other times, you get a million dollar pile of shit, like a smartwatch that can’t tell time. The Kreyos Meteor seems to fall into that second category. June 23rd 2013, a new Indiegogo campaign popped up…
