Built by Brooklyn-based arts collective The Madagascar Institute, this Jet-Powered Merry-Go-Round had never been tested with real people on it, so Popular Mechanics’ Seth Porges “volunteered his life and limb to be the first human ever to take a jet-powered ride on this steam punk-inspired machine.” In case you want to skip the boring part, […]
Our teapot blowing contest was such a success that here at [GAS] we realized a couple of things: (a) you guys are very photogenic and don’t mind showing it; and (b) if you’re willing to take a picture of yourself blowing into a teapot, then getting some more mundane geekiness out of you should be […]
A British exam board plans to grade written responses to English tests with computers. It’s the first time machines have been used to assess language rather than merely mark multiple choice tests. At the moment, the marking will only be used for a test designed to check if students have the English skills necessary for […]
How many do you recognize? [Via BuzzFeed]
In the Following video, Physicist Richard Feynman explains how rubber bands ‘work’, scientifically-speaking.
You’ve seen the Photoshop nightmares: the wonky fingers, the “sliced off” hips, the chiseled faces, the flawless skin. To the geeks among us, this kind of digital alteration in advertising might not be as effective, since we know how it works–and we like to laugh at it when it’s done poorly. It doesn’t take more […]
Composed and performed by Ray William Johnson of Fatty Spins, the following song is the result of what happens when your mind gets corrupted and brainwashed by going to too many Apple Keynote presentations. Enjoy!
Not only does Blood Energy Potions look and feel like real blood, but the drink even offers similar nutritional values as the life-giving fluid. It comes packaged within a re-sealable transfusion bag style pouch, so you can properly freak out everyone around you while sipping the fruit-punch flavored beverage. New from the makers of Mana […]
An Hilarious sketch from the fourth episode of the third season of ‘That Mitchell and Webb Look.’ Enjoy! [Via Reddit]
Yes folks, what you’re about to see is possibly one of the most brilliant projects to ever come out from a human mind, with the notable exception of the Sashimi Tabernacle Choir, of course. MBED is a low cost, low barrier to entry ARM based microcontroller development platform. No software to install, no dongles, no […]