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When you think Cirque du Soleil, you probably think teams of sequin-suited acrobats doing improbable things in time to music, not quadrotors. Well, that's where you're wrong. The Montreal-based circus's latest trick manages to take the mechanical, and make it wonderfully artistic.

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Spaceships are an integral part of most science fiction franchises, a seriously massive piece of the puzzle that serves as a catalyst for heroic action, a getaway vehicle in times of need, and occasionally as a home for spacefaring characters.

There are so many different ships, in so many shapes and sizes, that it’s hard to keep track of them all, but now you don’t have to devote any more mental energy to the task thanks to this massive size comparison chart created by Dirk Loechel.

It’s officially the largest spaceship chart ever created, an update of Dirk's earlier version which we featured here on Neatorama a year ago, and as far as anyone can tell it's the most complete and up-to-date spaceship chart in the universe.

Don't look at it too closely for too long, or it might put stars in your eyes!

To see an enlarged version of the chart click here (double click on magnifying glass at link for full zoom)

-Via Sploid

SAVE BLOCKBUSTER VIDEO TO COMBAT THE ALIEN INVADERS!!!

Guys, I know you’re going to think I’m a real nutcase for saying this, but aliens are on their way to earth to harvest the planet for its natural resources, and somehow its all connected to blockbuster video filing for bankruptcy, and the only way Earth is going to have a chance at survival is to save blockbuster video. Watch this video, and order a sweater and join the fight to save Blockbuster Video and ultimately, the entire planet. Gosh, I’m so scared.

order a sweater here  Bless. 

Runs Windows 8.1 but boots straight into Steam’s Big Picture Mode

Syber, a division of California-based boutique system builder CyberPowerPC, has announced an Nvidia GeForce GTX 980-packing gaming PC that boots directly into Steam’s Big Picture Mode. The Syber Vapor Extreme, as the machine is called, is not an altogether new product, but the latest addition to an upcoming line of Windows 8.1-based gaming consoles the company unveiled at E3 2014 back in June.

If it isn’t already apparent from its “Extreme” moniker, this particular product is going to be the most powerful member of Syber’s upcoming Vapor family of Windows-based gaming consoles — devices that would have almost certainly hit the market as Steam Machines had that platform not been delayed by Valve. Since we’ve already covered the other two SKUs in the Vapor line, we are going to limit ourselves to the Vapor Extreme here.

Inside the 36-lb Vapor Extreme you will find a 4.0GHz Intel Core i7-4790K processor, 8GB of RAM, Nvidia GTX 980 with 4GB of DDR5 VRAM, 1TB SATA III hard drive, one USB 3.0 port, two USB 2.0 port, HDMI port, DVI-D port, Gigabit Ethernet, and 802.11ac/g/n. It will come with a 450W power supply, Logitech F710 wireless gamepad and a wireless keyboard with touchpad.

The $1,500 Vapor Extreme is listed as “coming soon” on Syber’s website. However, the two other SKUs in this line of SteamOS-ready machines, the $700 Vapor I and the $600 Vapor A,  are both available for pre-order now and should begin shipping in October.

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