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Every game has its glitches, and one of LA Noire‘s is Cole Phelps falling down the stairs. It’s pretty funny and has become a popular animated gif. The blooper is so amusing that one cosplayer decided to dress like Phelps and re-enact the stair scene in two different poses. Yes, Tumblr user Lady of Rohan is completely awesome. She even gets the angles just right. I love the internet.

See part two of the picture and the Cole Phelps gif after the break.

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(Lady of Rohan via Cosplay Blog)

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This is someone dying while having an MRI scan. Before you die, your brain releases tons and tons of endorphins that make you feel a range of emotions. Tragically beautiful.

Remember that awesome Mega Man NES mod? Creator Ryan Fitzpatrick is back, and this time he's appealing right to my childhood with his Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtle NES mod.

The system features the four radical heroes displayed on the top, and it's all backlit too. Plus, there's four themed controllers based on heroes in a half-shell. There are a ton of photos over on Ryan's Facebook, and you can bid on the console on eBay if you think this is worth a little over $1,000.

[Jason] just tipped us off about his recent experiment, in which he creates a sonar system using standard audio equipment and a custom Python program. In case some of our readers don’t already know it, Sonar is a technique that uses sound propagation to detect objects on or under the surface of the water. It is commonly used in submarines and boats for navigation. [Jason]‘s project uses active sonar, which consists in sending short audio bursts (chirps) and listening for echoes. The longer it takes for the echo to return, the further the object is. Though his proof of concept is not used underwater, that may change if he continues the project.

The audio editing software Audacity was used to make a fast frequency changing chirp, along with PyAudio libraries for the main Python program. Exact time of arrival is detected by correlating the microphone output with the transmitted signal. Given that [Jason] uses audible frequencies, we think that the final result shown in the video embedded below is quite nice.

Computer science PhD student Randy Olson likes to analyze reddit in his spare time. We saw his network of subreddits already, but his look earlier this year at the evolution of reddit is more interesting. The yearly breakdowns and explanations are the best part. I'm relatively new to reddit (and totally feel like an old man when I visit), so it's fun to see what the site used to be. More news and fewer Scumbag Steves, with a humble beginning in nsfw?

As far as tyrannosaurus rex replicas go, this one seems pretty cheery. Sure, it has sharp teeth and claws but they look playfully toothy. One thing scary about it though: the head and eyes seems to follow you wherever you go. Like the paper T-Rex is watching your every move. What's scarier? It's not actually moving. How is this possible?

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