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The Ugliest Sandals in the World Are Actually Based on Foot Science
Look how ugly these sandals are. They look like a radioactive gummy bear pooped on a milk crate. But these Sazzi sports sandals are actually biomimeticly designed to keep your feet safe from uneven terrain, if not deeply judgmental eyes. Barefoot running has been popular for a few years now. The five-fingered shoes you see … Continued
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Interactive 360° aerial panorama of world’s tallest waterfall is absolutely breathtaking
I’ve always found it amusing that Angel Falls — the highest waterfall on Earth, and, consequently, a lifelong destination for tourists everywhere — is so difficult to visit. It’s located in Canaima National Park, which can only be accessed by air. Once you’ve reached the main Canaima camp, your only shot at seeing the falls … Continued
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The All-Weather Radar That Keeps Your Plane from Landing on Luggage Trolleys
The ASDE-3/AMASS radar system that spotted an errant Jeep on Philadelphia International’s runways has one fatal flaw—it thinks raindrops are incoming jets and goes nuts during downpours. The ASDE Model X, however, monitors runways rain or shine. Airport Surface Detection Equipment (ASDE) and its add-on, the Airport Movement Area Safety System (AMASS) are designed to … Continued
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Why can’t we get down to absolute zero?
What is Absolute Zero, and does it really exist anywhere in the universe? Could we ever reach Absolute Zero in real life? There are all sorts of reasons to be curious about the limits of cold. Maybe you’re an incredibly lame supervillain who uses the power of freezing, and you want to understand the extent … Continued
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How Marijuana Destroys Your Memory
The great cultural stereotype of pot smokers is the aging hippy, his or her brain turned to mush by too many years of the demon weed. But it turns out that marijuana really does impair your memory in the short term — and now we understand how that happens. Top image: The Blue Kids on … Continued
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Why You Should Buy a Canon 5D Mark II Instead
Yup, the Canon 5D Mark III is serious business. That sweet bit of kit is a pro-grade camera and a total lust item. But there’s another reason to love it: It just made its elder sibling, the 5D Mark II, the best deal in cameras. Thing is, though the 5D Mark III is an evolution … Continued
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Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles Cartoon Intro Remade Entirely With Toys
Take a trip back to when “Cowabunga” was a world people actually used. Behold the entire Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles cartoon titles, remade entirely in stop motion animation. Are you not entertained? Created by the crazy cats over at Boom Boom Bang: With over 4,000 individual pictures, Kyle Roberts and crew wanted to recreate the … Continued
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10 Science and Technology Breakthroughs That Caused Widespread Panic
New ideas can be scary — and that includes new scientific and technological discoveries. When inventors create a brand new device, the futureshock can drive people insane with fear. Over the years, people have been sure that everything from Halley’s Comet to cellphones would bring the world to an end. Take a look at the … Continued
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Will Lawsuits Make Aereo’s Free Cloud TV DOA?
Just two weeks after Aero opened up shop, a few broadcast TV networks are already trying get the cloud-based TV service shut down in the courts. ABC, PBS, and Univision are amongst a group of companies suing to prevent Aereo from letting you capture the airwaves. There have been questions about Aereo’s legality from the … Continued
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Watch 12 completely absurd minutes of The FP, the dystopian Dance Dance Revolution movie
Remember The FP, that upcoming flick wherein two rival gangs from a crumbling shithole civilization do battle with an ersatz Dance Dance Revolution? Well, here are the opening 12 minutes — behold a magnificently stupid premise set 100% stone-faced in a bleak footloose future. Consider lines like “Four score and a couple years ago, Ma … Continued
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Apple Could Force Motorola to Destroy Devices (UPDATED)
Oh patent wars, is there any mellow you can’t harsh? A German court just ruled in Apple’s favor on a patent that could, theoretically, force Moto to destroy a bunch of its devices. My crystal ball says that won’t happen. The court found that Motorola Mobility infringed upon EU Patent No. EP2059868, which is the … Continued
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Will the iPad 3’s Retina Apps Be Too Big for 3G Downloads?
Over at TheNextWeb, Matthew Panzarino argues that because expected resolution bump of the iPad 3 display would make app file sizes much larger, the App Store full of iPad apps larger than 20 megabytes which can’t be downloaded over a 3G connection. Honestly, however, it’s too soon to declare anything a problem. Here’s Panzarino’s analysis … Continued
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The Lorax: A Movie Whose Heart is 9 Sizes Too Small
The Lorax is everything it claims to be against. It’s plastic. It’s fake. It’s utterly disposable. It has no love in its heart for nature, or for anything else. They took one of Dr. Seuss’ most famous books and turned it into a dull comedy, full of tedious pop-culture in-jokes and bland songs. Interspersed with … Continued
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The Real Answer to All Our Error Code Problems
You’re working late into the night, a deadline is approaching. Out of nowhere, your trusty computer collapses in a fit of exhaustion or pique, shouting error message numbers at you in a tourettic fit of indecipherable jargon. What’s it all mean? How do you fix it? This. Like this: And you know what? It’s not … Continued
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Will Apple Stream TV Channels as Apps Before the Holidays?
We’ve heard suggestions previously that Apple has been struggling to round up content for its new TV streaming service. But fresh reports from the New York Post suggest that Apple is planning to roll the service out by Christmas, and might stream TV channels as apps. The New York Post reports that Apple is “pitching … Continued
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Japanese researchers build speech-jamming gun that stops you mid-sentence
You’re at a movie theatre and the kids behind you won’t stop babbling. Not a problem. You reach into your bag, whip out your trusty speech-jamming gun, whirl around in your seat and blast them. No more nattering. This isn’t a theoretical scenario; this silencing device actually exists. The team of Japanese researchers that created … Continued
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In 2006, an Italian village was forced to build an artificial Sun
Between November 11 and February 2, the northern Italian village of Viganella is thrust into darkness. Because of this tiny town’s location at the bottom of a valley, the tall Alpine mountains blot out the Sun for approximately 83 days. For centuries, villagers endured winters of unrelenting shade. But in 2006, the hamlet’s mayor, Pierfranco … Continued
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The Pasta-Shaped Radio Waves That Promise Infinite Bandwidth
Try sending a text message at midnight on New Year’s Eve, and you’ll struggle: there’s too much data and not enough bandwidth to cope with it. But now a team of researchers has developed twisted radio waves inspired by pasta, which could allow a “potentially infinite” number of channels to be broadcast simultaneously. It sounds … Continued
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New ParaNorman trailer unleashes a gorgeous herd of stop-motion zombies
Hot damn, we love the teeny tiny sets and little stop-motion characters that live in ParaNorman’s world. Each crooked little house with their crooked little people and crooked green ghosts floating about is more intricate and fascinating than the next. Check out the latest trailer, that’s just stuffed with undead jaw dropping miniature details! Here’s … Continued