Alien Cake May Put You Off Eating [Pics]
Australia’s Custom Cake Designs made this amazing cake for an Alien fan’s birthday. It combines the infamous face hugger with the skin surface of the full-blown Alien. (Spotted by Walyou]
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Stranger Things Fan Art [Pics]
Netflix’s new show Stranger Things has been quite the hit and many artistic fans have taken inspiration from the show. These are just a few images from a huge gallery put together by Comics Alliance.
Learning Tool Automates Colorization
The Algorithmia site, which has a series of machine learning tools, now has a demo for colorizing black and white images. It’s very much a work in progress and does tend towards the sepia with less sharp images, but it will be interesting to see if it does indeed improve over time. (While the site […]
Restoring The USS Enterprise [Video]
The Smithsonian National Air and Space Museum has been restoring the original miniature model of the Enterprise used for “external” scenes in Star Trek. This video shows the painstaking work to keep it looking pristine while keeping the look authentic. SPACEDOCK from william george on Vimeo.
Apple Launches Bug Bounty Program
Apple has announced it will pay up to $200,000 to researchers who find security bugs in its software and devices. It will initially be invite only. The news came at a rare appearance by an Apple representative, security head Ivan Krstic, at the Black Hat conference. The payouts will include maximums of: $25,000 for bugs […]
If Song ‘Babies’ Were Real Babies [Video]
An utterly silly literal interpretation of one of the most used words in popular music. If you’re wondering why the performers used a (creepy) doll rather than a real baby, just keep watching.
Luigi Wrestles Kirby [Video]
Every year the British group Attack Pro Wrestling put on an evening of combative cosplay themed around video games. In this bout the late Kris Travis plays as Luigi against a wrestler genuinely called (Martin) Kirby in one of the funniest clashes in the series. (If you like this, check out our report on the first in […]
Robot Tattoo Artist Is Terrifying [Video]
Some engineers like to explore what’s possible rather than what’s necessary or desirable. That seems to be the case with Autodesk’s automated tattoo artist robot. The actual tattooing part is relatively simple: the real challenge is accurately scanning the three-dimensional bodypart so it can ink the image on a curved surface. World’s First Tattoo by Industrial Robot […]
How Text Messaging Really Works [Video]
Even if you’re familiar with all the technology involved in sending text messages to and from cellphones, this video from AsapSCIENCE is a great overview of something many of us take for granted.
A-Z of Harry Potter Spells [Video]
The age old debate over the difference between nerd and geek may be settled. Surely a nerd would want to see a video of every spell Harry Potter casts, while a geek would want to see those spells in alphabetical order. Luckily this video delivers for both.