NOT JOKING: How Would You Feel About a Spidey-Themed Movie Every Year?

Because that’s what Sony is planning on doing. According to io9, Sony Pictures Co-chair Amy Pascal says: “We are expanding the ‘Spider-Man’ universe into ‘The Sinister Six’ and ‘Venom,’ so that we have ‘Spider-Man’ movies every year.” Alex Kurtzman is directing Venom, from a script he co-wrote with longtime collaborator Roberto Orci, plus Ed Solomon. Drew Goddard […]





Mother, 4-Year-Old Daughter Create Intricate Paper Dresses [Gallery]

YOU GUYS, I CAN’T EVEN. This little 4-year-old creates paper dresses with her mother AND JUST LOOK AT HER. Her mother says they do actually craft them together, and many of the designs are ones her daughter picks out (like looking at photos of celebrities on red carpets) or creates, like her love of Minnie […]

Turning Doo-doo Into An Alternate Energy Source

“Susana and her Load of Crap” is a 90-second video animated entirely in dirt by artist Cesar Diaz Melendez. It “tells the story of one graduate, Susana Fallas, who is helping communities turn their bio-pollution into an alternate energy source. Literally turning poop into usable energy.” For two hundred bucks let’s take this smelly doody […]

Batman vs. The Terminator [Short Animated Film]

30 years have passed since Bruce Wayne survived Skynet’s nuclear blasts in August of ’97. Iron demons now roam the planet, and without the requirement to defend the innocent against crime and injustice, Wayne has seeked refuge in the bomb shelter that saved his life; the Batcave. Having scavenged the wasteland for resources, he discovers […]

Boeing Produces Self-Destructing Smartphone

Boeing is to produce a smartphone that (from a software perspective at least) self-destructs if somebody tries to tamper with it. The Boeing Black is aimed at government contractors, the military and security agencies. Its existence had been rumoured for a couple of years, but it’s now been publicly confirmed thanks to a regulatory filing […]

Smartphone Map Apps Throw Driving Law Into Question

A California court has ruled that it’s OK to look at a map app on a phone while driving. It’s another example of problems with the wording of traffic laws struggling to keep up with technology. Steven Spriggs successfully appealed against a $165 ticket issued by a highway patrol officer because he’d been looking at […]