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Art Wars: 12 Stormtrooper Helmets Get Hilarious High-Art Makeovers
Oct 11, 1:00PM
In a film packed with great costume and set design (Leia's buns! The AT-ATs! Tauntaun guts!), the Stormtroopers' glistening white exoskeletons are among the most memorable details from Star Wars. Which is what makes Art Wars a lot of fun: As part of a show at London mega-gallery Saatchi, 19 artists were given a trooper helmet and told to go wild.
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This Amazing Image Shows How Atoms In Glass Move When You Bend It
Oct 11, 12:46PM
When you bend anything, you stretch the bonds between atoms and force the little fellas to move about against their will. This image shows exactly that happening, inside a sheet of glass.
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Watch These Giant Bubbles Exploding in Slow Motion
Oct 11, 11:49AM
There are few better sentences than one that includes the words "giant", "bubbles", "exploding" and "slow motion". Well, there's one thing better: a video that fits that sentence.
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The BBC has made eleven lost episodes of Doctor Who--nine of which haven't been viewed in 46 years —
Oct 11, 11:27AM
The BBC has made eleven lost episodes of Doctor Who—nine of which haven't been viewed in 46 years — available for purchase exclusively on iTunes. Go get 'em!
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The U.S. Military Once Proposed a "Gay" Bomb
Oct 11, 11:00AM
One doesn't commonly associate the slogan "make love not war" with the U.S. military. Indeed, the United States military is feared and formidable precisely because it has proven so effective at conceptualizing clever and innovative ways to search, find and destroy, often with the simple push of a button. However, in a departure from these hostile traditions, in 1994 the Wright Laboratory, part of the U.S. Air Force, produced a three page proposal for a "gay bomb".
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The Size of Earthly Surfaces Directly Under Different Space Objects
Oct 11, 10:20AM
If you've ever wondered how much of the Earths surface actually sits directly beneath the Sun at any given moment, then you probably also gave up on the math pretty quickly. Luckily, Randall Munroe didn't.
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Does Your iPhone 5S Crash With a Blue Screen of Death?
Oct 11, 9:33AM
If internet chatter is to be believed, Apple has taken a rather unfortunate leaf out of Microsoft's book: its iPhone 5S seems to be crashing in glorious style with a Blue Screen of Death.
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These Images Show the Brutal Scars on Mars's Surface
Oct 11, 8:32AM
These images show the incredibly striking, scarred surface of Mars. Formed by huge tectonic forces, its canyons are an enduring reminder of stress and strain the red planet has undergone.
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Report: Valve's Steam Machines Will Be Powered By AMD Too
Oct 11, 7:42AM
Earlier this month, Valve released specs of its prototype Steam Box units and holy hell they were impressive. The eagle-eyed would have noticed that it was a purely Intel party—turns out it won't be that way for long.
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The Weirdest Thing on the Internet Tongiht: Orgesticulanismus
Oct 11, 4:00AM
When animator Benoît Labaye's father passed away from multiple sclerosis at the age of 55, he had spent nearly two decades confined to a wheelchair. In this touching tribute, the younger Labaye gives his father one last taste of freedom—both in form and in spirit.
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Learn the Chemical Secrets of Fire in Glorious Slow Motion
Oct 11, 3:00AM
There's nothing quite like the destructive beauty of fire. And that crimson chemical reaction is even better in slow motion.
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This Aerial of New York Makes One WTC Look Like the Eye of Sauron
Oct 11, 2:00AM
When James Kastner took off from Newark International Airport he had no idea he'd soon be taking such an incredible photo of One World Trade Center.
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The Jeffrey Dahmer Files: The Story of the Serial Killer Next Door
Oct 11, 1:00AM
Jeffrey Dahmer was arrested in 1991 and charged with the murders of 17 people whose bodies he dismembered and kept in freezers in his one-bedroom Milwaukee apartment. From the outside he seemed like just a regular guy. The Jeffrey Dahmer Files is the true, disturbing story.
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Google TV is dead, and its zombie successor will be called "Android TV," at least according to a rep
Oct 11, 12:59AM
Google TV is dead, and its zombie successor will be called "Android TV," at least according to a report by GigaOM. The branding change isn't official yet, but it sounds plausible enough. The real question is what does this mean for devices? We'll have to wait and see. [GigaOM]
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Archer Remade The Danger Zone Scene From Top Gun and It's Perfect
Oct 11, 12:00AM
This scene. It doesn't belong to Tony Scott (RIP) anymore. It is Archer's through and through. The guys behind the FX show remade the iconic scene shot-for-shot and everything about it is perfect. [Archer]
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These Prodigious Synthesizers Make Music Using 300-Year-Old Rules
Oct 10, 11:01PM
It's been almost three centuries since Bach wrote The Well-Tempered Clavier, a simple set of compositions that became definitive in music theory. J.S. probably would've been surprised—but delighted—by the work of Luisa Pereira, who has translated some of his rules into the most modern form imaginable: The sequencer.
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The Book of Bourbon: How the World's Best Whiskey Got Its Start
Oct 10, 10:00PM
Just as gin in Britain and vodka in Russia, America's most renowned for its whiskey. This delicious amber liquor once helped turn the tide of the Civil War, it survived Prohibition, and is now once again finding its way into the tumblers of a thirsty public. In his new book, Drink More Whiskey, Daniel Yaffe explores the fascinating history—and current state—of America's signature spirit.
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This Gorgeous Game Teaches You the History of Typography
Oct 10, 9:54PM
Do you like type? Did you go see the movie Helvetica and break out in tears of joyful satisfaction at the end credits? Do you have a graphic designer cousin who taught you what sans serif meant, and did you think it was fascinating? You're going love Type:Rider.
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Conductive Paint Turns Plain Old Paper Into Playable Instruments
Oct 10, 9:20PM
Handing a trumpet to a child and expecting some Louis Armstrong skills is a tall order, but it's possible to get them producing basic tunes with a simple sheet of loose leaf. MusicInk allows kids to paint—and play!—a plain old piece of paper like a musical gizmo.
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Gorgeous Typography Puzzles Will Teach Kids the Dangers of Comic Sans
Oct 10, 9:00PM
The fact of the matter is, if you don't teach your kids about the dangers of using Comic Sans when they're young, they're just going to pick it up on the street. Whether it's a flyer for a garage sale, or a bulletin board at their preschool, the world is a minefield of terrible typography, and you need to address the issue with your young'ns before it becomes a problem.
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Facebook is completely removing the "who can search for me" option, for those who were still using i
Oct 10, 8:59PM
Facebook is completely removing the "who can search for me" option, for those who were still using it (if you didn't have it checked, it already disappeared). Facebook says the setting is outdated now that Graph Search is live, and that everything's now controlled via your Privacy settings. [Facebook via ReadWrite]
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Here's A World Map Adjusted for Each Country's Internet Population
Oct 10, 8:40PM
It's surprisingly easy for us to become so enraptured with our own comfortable microcosm that we completely lose sight of how absolutely minuscule our little corner of the net actually is. This map by the Information Geographies project at the Oxford Internet Institute should put things back into perspective.
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Scientists Found the Remains of a Water-Covered Earth-Like Planet
Oct 10, 8:20PM
A team of astrophysicists have made an exciting however complex discovery a mere 170 light years away. In their own words, it's "the first evidence of a water-rich rocky planetary body" outside of our own solar system to have evidence of water. It's the "rocky" bit that makes it Earth-like.
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Photoshop Contest: What's Fox News Really Using Those Giant Tablets For?
Oct 10, 8:00PM
If you've spent any time on the internet this week, there's a good chance you've heard about Fox News' newest acquisition—a herd of fun-sized jumbotrons that finally let you touch a single tweet with your whole hand. And they said the American Dream was dead.
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This Rechargeable Snow Blower Frees You From an Electric Leash
Oct 10, 7:20PM
As beautiful as it is to wake up to a fresh snowfall, the honeymoon's soon over when you realize it's up to you to clear a path for your car. You can go the shovel route and risk a heart attack, opt for a gas-powered snow blower and risk going deaf, or have at it with a corded model and risk electrocution. Thankfully there's one other safer and quieter solution with Joe Snow's new iON18SB rechargeable snow blower that runs on batteries.
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