Hey, want to know what happens when you search for “spaceships” in Flickr? Turns out that there are a lot of things that look like spaceships that… aren’t. Well, once you get through all of the pictures of Spaceship Earth at Epcot Center. I have a feeling this guy wishes he were on another planet. […]
We’ve all met them: those people who butcher the use of sweet sweet technology in such a way that you wish they’d be devoured by a hundred angry wildebeests. Here are 8 of the worst:
With the help of a video that went viral a few years ago, online entrepreneur and professional musician Derek Sivers explains how movements really get started. (Hint: it takes two.)
Here’s a detailed but easy to understand video on how the large hydrogen collider works. Enjoy!
So far, in their never-ending quest to blend everything, the people from Blendtec have tried destroying all portable Apple devices that have ever came out of Cupertino. As far as we know, the only thing that has ever survived their attempts is, unsurprisingly, a figurine of Chuck Norris. Will the new iPad be as resistant […]
Once you’ve creeped people out by building an Android replica of yourself, there’s only one way to up the eeriness ante: build a female version. That’s what Hiroshi Ishiguro, a professor at Osaka University, has done. He’s already known for creating the Geminoid HI-1, a robot built to closely replicate his own appearance. It’s even […]
USB ports. Multitasking. SD slots. Camera. $500. BAM! Take that iPad. [Slate vs. iPad Comparative Chart]
An awesome prank by a math teacher from Biola University that mixes a pre-edited video with live action. Check it out: Edit: Here’s another hilarious prank from Professor Matthew Weathers. [Via Buzzfeed]
I remember all the news about Biosphere, back in the early 90s when I was in elementary school. There was something so hopeful about it, so pioneering and unusual. We followed the stories of the people inside, and talked about self-sustaining ecosystems on the moon or planets not yet discovered. For a budding sci-fi geek, […]
Pharmaceutical CEO Michael Pacman is forced to take his own dangerous medications in order to survive a maze designed by a sadistic patient out for revenge.