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This is a one piece 3D printed crossbow

2013-03-12T16:24:00.001-04:00

Lots of interesting things are being made (or printed) using 3D printers. Take this crossbow for example, printed entirely in one piece, including the trigger and catch. The only part that was not printed was the string. interested in printing your own? get the plans here

This lego machine makes and throws paper airplanes

2013-03-12T15:50:00.001-04:00

This full automated Lego Mindstorms project is basically a paper airplane assembly line. Not only does it start with a regular sheet of paper, sending down the line for appropriate folds but when the completed airplane gets to the end of the line it gets launched. From it`s creator Hknssn: "Fully automated paper plane folding machine, even got its own compressor. The video speed is about

So you locked your keys in your car? Smash the window

2013-03-12T11:36:00.002-04:00

I`m sure this has happened to everyone, or at least you know someone this has happened to. So you locked your keys in the car, you have a hammer, simple fix right? Well not for these guys, that`s one stubborn Volvo, maybe they should have tried dynamite first. in this case resistance is NOT futile.

Watch how this "Terminator" hand improves one man`s life

2013-03-11T20:24:00.002-04:00

This is Nigel Ackland, and unfortunately he lost his arm in an accident six years ago. Nigel got fitted for with a Bebionic3 prosthetic hand around 4 months ago and as you can tell it has improved his life by orders of magnitude. Just watch the intricate tasks this hand is capable of performing, he can ties shoelaces, deal cards, make coffee and of course give you the finger if need be.

This is what a wet living Mars would look like

2013-03-11T19:16:00.001-04:00

Imagine Mars as a wet living world. Kind of looks like the Earth doesn`t it? Or perhaps this is what Mars would look like terraformed, either way quite striking. From creator Kevin Gill: "An animation showing a day on a living Mars. Generated using data from the Mars Orbiter Laser Altimeter aboard the Mars Global Surveyor spacecraft and satellite imagery from the Blue Marble Next Generation

First Short Peace trailer

2013-03-11T11:02:00.001-04:00

This is the new trailer for Short Peace by Akira creator Katsuhiro Otomo. Not to much is really known about this one just yet. From Halcyon Realms: "An official trailer has just been released for Otomo Katsuhiro’s upcoming animated film “Short Piece”, an omnibus featuring 4 short films, done in the format of Otomo’s earlier film Memories perhaps. The four directors are Otomo himself, Morita

Shocker: Electric fences can hurt

2013-03-10T12:21:00.000-04:00

This shouldn`t come as any surprise but grabbing hold of any electric fence can be a shocking experience. Watch as 3 well insulated people are then accompanied by an uninsulated 4th, completing the circuit with some not so surprising results. Shocking!

This RC glider was piloted from the edge of space back to Earth

2013-03-09T17:42:00.001-05:00

This is one very cool video. RC enthusiast David Windestal has taken an RC glider up to the edge of space (via balloon) and piloted back to Earth, but not without some almost show stopping difficulties. From David Windestal: "I first got struck by this idea back in 2010. The idea of sending a RC plane that I could control via FPV into the stratosphere really gripped me. I didn’t have close

Star Trek Into Darkness trailer 2

2013-03-09T14:28:00.001-05:00

Lots of new stuff in this new Star Trek Into Darkness trailer. Action galore. Official synopsis: After the crew of the Enterprise find an unstoppable force of terror from within their own organization, Captain Kirk leads a manhunt to a war-zone world to capture a one man weapon of mass destruction. opens May 17th 2013

The Matrix speed run: Watch The Matrix in 60 seconds

2013-03-08T16:58:00.000-05:00

This is the Matrix (just the 1999 film) in 60 seconds flat. Great little animated short, love these speed runs. From 1A4Studio: Put machines, dreams, Neo, dystopia, and more machines into a blender and chug it really fast - that's the taste of this condensed version of the 1999 hit movie.

New After Earth trailer

2013-03-08T16:43:00.002-05:00

This is the second trailer for After Earth from director M. Night Shyamalan. Stars Will Smith and his son Jaden. Looks pretty good hopefully it`ll be a good movie despite the fact its from M. Night Shyamalan! Official synopsis: A crash landing leaves teenager Kitai Raige (Jaden Smith) and his legendary father Cypher (Will Smith) stranded on Earth, 1,000 years after cataclysmic events forced

The Hangover Part III teaser

2013-03-07T17:08:00.002-05:00

The Wolf pack is back! This one will be the final one in the series and apparently it departs from the wake up hungover and try to figure out what happened and fix whatever mess they made. Synopsis: "This time, there's no wedding. No bachelor party. What could go wrong, right? But when the Wolfpack hits the road, all bets are off." opens May 24th

Use the Force!: guiding a smoke ring around the neck of a beer bottle

2013-03-06T12:40:00.001-05:00

If this is not the finest example of a Jedi Force Push i don`t know what is. This guy proceeds to blow a smoke ring and using nothing but his own sheer will (and The Force) guides it around the neck of a beer bottle. Not sure if he`s a Dark or Light side Jedi but it`s a cool trick nonetheless. I`ll have to give this guy props for being able to manipulate micro air currents the way he does.

Another big asteroid heading our way this weekend

2013-03-06T12:03:00.003-05:00

A recently discovered asteroid the size of a football field is heading our way, not to worry this one will cruise by us at over twice the distance of the moon or 960000 km or 600000 miles. 2013 ET as it is called will fly-by Friday March 8th at 2pm. Want to see it? It`ll be much to faint to see but you can watch a live broadcast hosted by the fine folks at the Virtual Telescope Project here

Hunting the Kraken: How the giant squid was found

2013-03-05T17:44:00.002-05:00

Not all that long ago the first footage of a giant squid captured in its native habitat was released, you can watch it here. But what did it take to capture the images of the generally camera shy Architeuthis? You can bet there`s some a story and some very persistent researchers behind it. Edith Widder, one of the marine biologists involve recounts some of it in a TED presentation. From TED:

2nd Iron Man 3 trailer

2013-03-05T13:19:00.000-05:00

Here`s new the brand new 2nd trailer for Iron Man 3. Not only does good ole Tony have more problems (wouldn`t be much of movie if he just sat around eating corn flakes and playing Fruit Ninja now would it?) but it looks like he`s got a few new iron clad buddies too. From joblo.com: "Marvel's "Iron Man 3" pits brash-but-brilliant industrialist Tony Stark/Iron Man against an enemy whose reach

Build an awesome backyard BBQ on the cheap

2013-03-05T11:05:00.001-05:00

With spring around the corner and summer not far behind its time to start thinking about backyard parties and of course barbecuing. But some of these gas grills are just down right expensive and to top it all off they have zero personality. So why not build your own BBQ pit? You can have a nice story to tell when you`re slugging back a couple of cold ones and if you`re up for it you can always

This is water tied into a knot

2013-03-04T17:36:00.004-05:00

This is a first, scientists have tied water into a knot. Not the kind of knot you struggle with when you can`t get your shoes off but a knot nonetheless. These knots are quite different, first off they don`t have "ends" to untie, they are closed loops, yet it`s something that has eluded scientists for almost 100 years. From New Scientist: "Tying a knot in a smoke ring sounds like a feat

Quantum satellites: The new space race

2013-03-04T14:07:00.000-05:00

There`s a new space race brewing and this one`s not about being the first to get anywhere, its about being the first to set up a quantum communications network. Thomas Jennewein and Brendon Higgins of the Institute for Quantum Computing at the University of Waterloo, Canada, describe that a quantum space race is taking place to create the world's first global quantum communication network. Space

This is a very interesting way to pass another car on the road

2013-03-04T12:11:00.001-05:00

This is another one of those infamous Russian dashcam deals. Passing another vehicle on the road is nothing special, it happens so often not generally noteworthy at all. Then there`s this technique, think of it as an automotive ballet or a pirouette. Quite pretty to watch this Subaru do its thing, very nice.

These slingshot fired paper airplanes are deadly

2013-03-03T15:55:00.001-05:00

To be fair I wouldn`t call these paper airplanes anymore, they`re more like flechettes or darts with steel tips. I still wouldn`t want to have one thrown at me though. From Joerg Sprave: "Paper Planes are fun, but harmless. They aren't heavy, sharp and fast enough to be used as a weapon. This video shows how to change that! In order to make them heavy and sharp, a nail is attached to the

This RC steam powered trike is awesome

2013-03-03T11:01:00.000-05:00

This one very cool custom RC vehicle. Not only does it look like some kind of post apocalyptic piece of heavy equipment, its steam powered. This 3 wheeler has a custom boiler, transmission to get the power to the wheels, heavy duty suspension and cute little pilot to steer this mechanical monstrosity. Don`t expect to see it set any land speed records because that`s not the point. You can

The DRM chair self destructs after 8 uses

2013-03-02T18:22:00.002-05:00

DRM CHAIR from thibault brevet on Vimeo. Let`s face it no one likes DRM, well maybe the big corps but I know I sure don`t. This is the DRM chair and it has exactly 8 uses, thats it, after that it becomes a pile of wood. "The DRM Chair has only a limited number of use before it self-destructs. The number of use was set to 8, so everyone could sit down and enjoy a single time the chair. A

This Barbot pees in your drinks

2013-03-02T10:38:00.003-05:00

Shake is a barbot that has an interesting way of mixing you a drink. Shake was made by Inertial Labs for the Barbot competition in San Francisco this weekend. Shake is also capable of mixing you any 3 ingredient cocktail. See those cute little cherubs? They`ll be peeing the ingredients of the drink you ordered any second now. It is a pretty cool design and it seems to work well, good luck Shake.

First images from the bottom of a frozen Antarctic lake

2013-03-01T14:30:00.003-05:00

Here are some images from an Antarctic lake cut off from the rest of the world since forever. Using a custom mini submersible NASA researchers explored Lake Whillans located under the Ross Ice Shelf and took these images along with some samples. From NASA: "The sub was deployed by the U.S. team of the international Whillans Ice Stream Subglacial Access Research Drilling (WISSARD) project.