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In honor of its Opportunity rover which has been doing some intensive Mars sightseeing for close to a decade, NASA came up with a infographic chart that showed the distances that have been embarked on by its other vehicles on terrains out there in space. The Opportunity has roved 35.760 kilometers around the rim of [...]
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Visual artist and educator Kerry Skarbakka, in his photo series The Struggle To Right Oneself, photographs himself — with the help of climbing gear and various equipment — dangling perilously or tumbling down in frightful situations. His work is in response to the human experience of uncertainty and balance; of relinquishing and taking control. As [...]
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In 1920, T.S. Eliot mused in The Love Song of J. Alfred Prufrock, “I have measured out my life with coffee spoons”. Now, in this day and age, German tea brand Hälssen & Lyon’s tea calendar lets you tear off dates made from 1mm-thin slabs of compressed tea — and brew ‘em. This means you [...]
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Guy, this is probably the closest thing you’ll find to a Batman utility belt. The Speakeasy Briefs — an invention dreamt up by best buds Jeff Schneider and Dan Goldman— are underpants that come with a private pocket for carrying whatever you can tuck inside. That includes a flask. That’s right — if you pledge [...]
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Earlier this year, comedian Kurt Braunohler ran a Kickstarter appeal to “hire a man in a plane to write stupid things with clouds in the sky”. He raised $6,820 out of the $4,000 he asked for. The result is this beautiful skywritten piece of work. Enjoy.
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How amazing. Brooklyn-based artist Phillip Stearns, whose past work has used largely digital cameras and technology (the Glitch textiles for one), decided to create art with the help of old photographic methods. After he studied the effect of high 15,000 voltages and household cleaning products (think vinegar, baking soda, salt, bleach and hydrogen peroxide) on [...]
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Everything is electronic, and everything is rechargeable these days. So, er, why not ice cubes? Dave and Calvin Laituri from Wayland, Massachusetts, developed these stainless steel pieces that act just like ice cubes, and ensures your drink cools down to the temperature you want without any risk of it getting watered down. They’ve called it [...]
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These days, when the economical crisis is part of every headline and we struggle to think positively about our future, it’s a challenge to find a realistic pep talk. When I came across this TEDx talk by Federico Pistono, I was glad to know that there are many great young minds who research and share [...]
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I don’t remember all that much about the Nietzsche that I’ve read. I do, however, remember the essence of The Family Circus, and I find it more nihilistic than anything old Friedrich wrote. If you swap out the grody familial schlock and put in some random Nietzsche quotes, it improves the comic considerably. I almost [...]
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Sometimes the best things in life are of the simplest, most mundane kind, like this collection of six second clips, known in iSpeak as Vines, of Ryan Gosling refusing his cereal.
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Hey kids, let’s go spider shopping! If you’re a leather-clad, head-banging metal fiend, your pet of choice is surely the tarantula. But if you want to go the extra mile, that tarantula must be … wait for it … the Poecilotheria Metallica, aka The Most Badass Pet Of All Time. And if its name isn’t [...]
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Sometimes humor at the simplest form can really hit the spot. Check out these funny monkey faces and brighten your day. I think the descriptions are just as funny as the pictures, and also somewhat informative on why the monkey looks the way it does.
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A thermometer measures temperature. Sure, but it can do so much more. New York-based Kinsa, which aims to create the world’s first real-time map of human health, has given the thermometer a complete overhaul with its Kinsa Smart Thermometer. The redesigned thermometer leverages on the connectivity of the smartphone to go beyond measuring your body [...]
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Nekofont. The internet is powered by cats, so you might as well write in cats too. If you’re secretly 8, like me, you’ll want to test it out with swears. Then you can get on with your life. (Not really, because you are writing words with cats).
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David LaFerriere might just be the best dad ever. Since 2008, this graphic designer and dad has been illustrating his kid’s sandwich bags with cool drawings. He’s even photographed almost every illustrated bag, which comes to a staggering total of over 1,100 bags. You can even check out each individual bag on Flickr.
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