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Netherlands-based artist Jennifer Townley combines wood, metal, and electrical motors to build spellbinding mechanical creations.

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If Patient Zero for a zombie outbreak were to turn up somewhere in the United States, how long would it take the hordes of undead to take over the country? With the interactive Zombietown, USA map, you can click on a town and watch the zombies eat their way across the nation.

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Kukulkan Temple, at the Chichen Itza archaelogical site in Mexico, isn't just an impressive architectural achievement. It also uses physics to make bird calls. That's right, a stone temple has the ability to mimic the sounds a local bird. Let's see the pyramids at Giza do that!

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Human bodies emit photons. What's more, they do so in a pattern that repeats itself every day. Find out why you're shooting light from your face, at regular intervals.

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Whoa. This new video showing piranhas being fed in a Brazilian river is absolutely horrifying.

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This video is an animation based on a Japanese woodcut called "Popular Hotspring Spa (of Cats)." It's from 1880, but artist Utagawa Yoshifuji's imaginary world of spa cats looks like something that's unfolding at the intersection of LOLcat and internetville.

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Ari Weinkle's experimental typeface "Feelers" is inspired by the movements of animal appendages, and each letter does look alive. In fact, the look like they might squirm inside your body and start spelling out commands.

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These Lexar JumpDrive M10 Secure USB 3.0 flash drives have a little eInk screen on the front that constantly show you the amount of free space left in the drive.  Because they are USB 3.0 drives, they are up to 4x faster (up to 100MB/s read and 55MB/s write) than USB 2.0 drives.  Your data is secured with Encrypt Stick Lite software, an advanced security solution with 256-bit AES encryption.  The Lexar JumpDrive M10 is available in 16GB ($19.47), 32GB ($29.95), 64GB ($48.95), and 128GB ($84.99) from Amazon.

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Tagged: Flash Drive, USB 3.0

You’ll always know how much free space you have on these Lexar USB flash drives originally appeared on The Gadgeteer on March 24, 2015 at 8:00 am.

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In her ‘Selfie Fables‘ series of comical illustrations, Italian illustrator and graphic designer Simona Bonafini Illustrations imagines what would it be like if those popular Disney characters had Instagram accounts.

Details: The Popcorn Monsoon by Jolene Carlier is a hot air popper with a butter coloured base and a tap-shaped transparent chute that directs popped corn into a bowl beside it.

“Like any other functional product it had to be conceptualised and constructively thought through.” says designer Carlier.

“Most popcorn machines are very dull though the simple process of making popcorn is exciting. Thats what this machine enlarges, its an experience for both children and adults.”

yungchub:

This is more dramatic than the endof lost in translation

Here is a potpourri of green photos from the archidose Flickr pool in honor of St. Patrick's Day. Click on the photos to learn more about each building and photographer.



















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Those Redditors... they love to share. So when one Redditor asked other users "What is the most George Constanza-esque reason you broke up with someone?" the funny answers came pouring in. Read them and see what you think. What is your most quirky dealbreaker in terms of your dating life? Feel free to chime in below. See the original Reddit link above, and see a collection of graphics devoted to one writer's selection of funny answers. 

Looks like Wile E. Coyote has been up to his old tricks again! Who else would drop a vintage safe from some height right onto a parked car? You’d be forgiven if you thought this must be an art installation, and you’d be right, too. It’s a promotional gimmick on the streets of Limerick, Ireland, for Grandmother’s Giant Journey, a performance that is part of the Giant Saga by the French art company Royal de Luxe (previously at Neatorama). Grandmother will arrive in Limerick September 5th to stay through the 7th. Well, according to the legend, she will actually fall from the sky, but I wouldn't worry about any cars being crushed -at least none accidentally. -via reddit

1955 Mercedes 300 SLR Uhlenhaut Coupé

Shadowed signage / cos

Clever cup design

Chinese 2400-year-old pot of soup found in a tomb near the ancient capital of Xian. The soup was made of

dog.

Archaeologists have analyzed the bones from the 2400-year-old pot of soup found in a tomb near the ancient capital of Xian, and despite how painfully stereotypical this is, it turns out those bones belonged to a dog. A puppy, no less.

There were 37 bones found in the bronze vessel from the Warring States Period (475 – 221 BC), and another bronze container held the remains of what appears to be wine. The food and drink were offerings made to the deceased and his ancestors by his surviving family.

nubbsgalore:

photos by franz schumacher in strohgaeu, germany

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Scientists had a pigeon, hawk, and owl fly over super-sensitive microphones to measure how much sound was created by their flapping. Owls are known for their silent flying abilities and this is demonstrated by the barn owl in the GIF above. Watch the video

Artists, TV Series and Movie Directors Luciano Laborde

pleatedjeans:

15 Unfortunate Cat Jump Fails

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Several types of flowers are known to open and close for reasons of defense or energy conservation. This evolutionary mechanism, called nyctinasty, inspired Studio DRIFT to design the Shylight, a kinetic light fixture that opens dramatically during a 30 foot (9 meter) fall. The motion mimics the same action of a blooming flower or the billowing of a parachute. A collection of Shylights were just permanently installed at Rijksmuseum in Amsterdam, and you can see them in action in the video above. (via Prosthetic Knowledge)

If you have been bummed about the fact that the Apple Watch won’t have all the cool features and sensors that were originally promised, here are two watches that I guarantee will turn heads when you use them. These watches have built in lighters. Yes, I know it sounds a bit scary to have a flame throwing watch on your wrist, but you shouldn’t let a little fear stop you, right? The watches are available in two versions. One with an actual butane gas lighter and another one with a USB rechargeable heated coil. But watches even tell time. Bonus! The Butane version is $14 and the USB rechargeable version is $18. Visit Brando for more info.

Filed in categories: News, Watches, Clocks

Tagged: Wristwatch

The Apple Watch can’t do what these sub $20 watches can do originally appeared on The Gadgeteer on March 14, 2015 at 3:31 pm.

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