On Monday, October 7th, Grasshopper completed its highest leap to date, rising to 744m altitude. The view above is taken from a single camera hexacopter, getting closer to the stage than in any previous flight. Grasshopper is a 10-story Vertical Takeoff Vertical Landing (VTVL) vehicle designed to test the technologies needed to return a rocket […]
Cpt. Mike of the good ship Netflix is not only a great customer service rep, but he’s also an accomplished Trekkie. [Reddit | Via NA]
From Valve: Here’s a quick look at some games being played with the prototype version of the Steam Controller — the same version that we’ll be shipping to 300 Steam users later this year. We’ll post more demonstrations like this soon, including footage of some other game developers using the controller to play their own […]
Another year, another awesome edition of New York Comic Con! As with last year, our photographer Michael Tapp was on site to snap pictures of the event for you guys, and once again, he delivered some great photos! You can check them all out in the gallery below, and if you see yourself featured in […]
This powerful, sentient robot is one of the greatest threats the Avengers have ever faced. Sure, the upcoming Avengers film may be titled “The Age of Ultron,” but I doubt the movie will follow the storyline described in this video. [Daily Motion]
Heart racing, palms sweating, labored breathing? No, you’re not having a heart attack — it’s stage fright! If speaking in public makes you feel like you’re fighting for your life, you’re not alone. But the better you understand your body’s reaction, the more likely you are to overcome it. Mikael Cho advises how to trick […]
The guy who posted this over at VGA wrote that this amigurumi Link looks kind of creepy, but I have to disagree, I think it looks cute! [VGA | Via]
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What do Game of Thrones’ Dothraki, Avatar’s Na’vi, Star Trek’s Klingon and LOTR’s Elvish have in common? They are all fantasy constructed languages, or conlangs. Conlangs have all the delicious complexities of real languages: a high volume of words, grammar rules, and room for messiness and evolution. John McWhorter explains why these invented languages captivate […]
…but it isn’t, so please do not eat it. It also doesn’t smell like chocolate, but rather like the “sunny scent of endless Tatooine sand dunes,” made from 100% all-natural and vegan ingredients by Geeksoap. [via Geekologie]