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When you think about face painting, you probably think of the booths set up at amusement parks and county fairs. You can choose from a variety of simple images like shooting stars or balloons, and the objects are painted onto your cheek in minutes. Photographer Alexander Khokhlov is showing us a different way to think about face painting with his “Art of Face” series. He’s focused on amazing makeup jobs that transform the face of the person underneath. They’re all amazing.

Check out more breathtaking examples after the break.

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The wearable tech space is booming and different companies are vying to create the next big thing.

But Sony engineers just filed a patent that veers sharply from Google Glass or its own new smartwatch: A smart wig. 

We first found the SmartWig thanks to Engadget. 

The patent filing describes the SmartWig as a hairpiece that covers and hides at least one sensor, a control unit, and a communication interface.

The idea is that someone can pair their wig with "a second computing device," like a smartphone, and receive "tactile feedback," like vibrations, on their head, presumably when the user gets a text or email. Sony also suggests that the wig could have a GPS sensor, the ability to use soundwaves to detect objects around it, a camera, and a laser pointer. 

But, Sony, why put all this stuff in a wig? From the patent filing: 

Wigs are useful to enhance a user’s appearance and change other’s impressions because different hairstyles give different impressions. Thus many people use wigs. Especially bald people who usually wear wigs in their daily lives could take advantage of this.

Here are some diagrams from the filing:

Sony also specifies that the wig could be made from horse hair, human hair, wool, feathers, yak hair, buffalo hair, or synthetic materials. 

Sony wins the Weirdest Wearable Tech Award for now, but only narrowly: Google recently filed a patent for a throat tattoo that can act as a lie detector. 

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There comes a time when you discover you’re no longer a kid and its time to get off the playground.

The Wright Flyer took off in 1903 powered by a measly 12 horsepower straight-four. Little did Orville and Wilbur know that just 110 years later, their pokey engines would eventually lead to a power plant with more horsepower than The Titanic and Shepard's Mercury-Redstone 3—combined.

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Here is a new sculpture , not in very good health. The recycled skeleton is composed by:

• A lid of cooking cut with holders of gas by way of eyes for the head,
• A bike chain allowing the junction of the trunk with arms, hands made in cup-roast,
• The breast consist of a bit of horse fixed to a railing of informatics aeration,
• The groin is a chip-cutter in stainless steel,
• The legs below dishes stretchable,
• And spatulas for the feet.

DG is his name. Question: who was DG ?

More information: Gille Monte Ruici website !

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Doctors have long treated patients for exceptionally bad bee stings, but now, it looks like the insects may be helping the field of medicine.

New research from Inscentinel, a UK-based firm specializing in insect research, suggests that honey bees can be trained to detect certain early-stage cancers in humans.

Using this breakthrough, Portuguese designer Susana Soares has developed a glass device for diagnosis using honey bees and a patient's breath

Thanks to their super-sensitive sense of smell, bees can detect odors that a human nose can't, Soares explains on her website. Biomarkers associated with tuberculosis, lung cancer, skin cancer and diabetes, which can all be detected through smell, are present on a patient's breath. Read more...

“This quick drawing tutorial shows you how to draw a young woman standing in the classic sorority, or ‘skinny arm’, pose using a few simple letters and numbers. Combined, these characters make a secret code that you can carry with you to remember how to draw her, which you’ll be able to do on any bar napkin!” — Karl Gude

“What makes some ice cloudy and some perfectly clear? Discover the answer and learn how to make your own batch of clear cubes.” — BrainStuff

“Remember all the videos with dramatic cats?. Here is a video with a dramatic dog. Watch that scary look while he suddenly turns.” — mihaifrancu

If you’ve ever had a flat tire on your motorcycle, scooter, or ATV, you know how helpless you can feel. Stuck in the middle of nowhere, with no help coming, especially if you’re stuck somewhere without cell service. This can mean a trek back to civilization, or waiting for some help. This will never happen with this ATV.

The Polaris Sportsman WV850 HO ATV will stand up to any punishment you feel fit to deal upon it. It’s built to military specifications, and features the industry’s first non-pneumatic tires, which will never get flats, tear, rip or puncture. They can actually stand up to a .50-calibre round and still work for another 350 miles.

 It comes equipped with a steel exoskeleton, racks, a large towing capacity, and powered by a 77 hp engine.

All this military technology doesn’t come cheap, as you’ll have to fork over at least $14,999(USD) to get yours. Think about how much money you’ll save on flats. Ok, it’s probably not that much, but this thing is still pretty damned impressive.

Most of us will instantly recognise these symbols immediately, but we know little of how they came about and who thought of them. Thankfully, a collaboration between 500 Startups and Visual.ly breaks down these enigmatic user interface symbols that we see almost every day. Perhaps it’ll help you appreciate them more. Click to enlarge.

Read the full article: What Do These Common Symbols Mean?