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Sometimes there are no words for something this cool. You just have to look at it and take it in.

Sagat cosplayed by Miss Sinister.
Photography by Laphotonet.

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If you liked Benjamin Berg’s glitch art throw pillows, check out Phillip Stearn’s Glitch Textiles. With the help of professional knitters and weavers, Stearns turns patterns generated from broken digital cameras and binary files into blankets and tapestries.

According to Fast Co. Design, Stearns makes the patterns by rewiring digital cameras and by “custom-made data visualization software, which translates raw binary data into images.” 

This must be extremely embarrassing for computers. You can buy knitted and woven blankets and tapestries from Glitch Textiles for $250-$350 (USD). And when the robot uprising commences, you will be one of the first to go.

[via Fast Co. Design]

Alcohol brands can plaster their logos all over race cars, and gun nuts can sponsor races, but if you pay to show an ad attempting to educate NASCAR fans on the benefits of weed, they'll pull it.

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Did you know the 23rd was National Hot Dog Day? I certainly didn't, but if I did, I'd certainly have tried my hand at making one of the many tasty dogs featured on Food Beast that day. I'm particularly interested in the poutine dog by Portland's The Daily Dog.

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You probably have this in your kitchen, but you've likely never thought to put it under a scanner

Polyvinylidene chloride is a fancy name for what most people refer to as saran wrap, but usually it's used for wrapping up leftovers — not for creating trippy artwork.

Mixed media artist Bruno Levy started scanning saran wrap after seeing the results of moving around and scanning another household basic, aluminum foil.

Viewing the images at different scales also yields different viewing experiences. In close-ups, the colors coalesce into other forms. Who would have guessed saran wrap could look this cool? Read more...

Forget Veronica Mars. Forget Zach Braff. This is the Kickstarter project that really needs more attention. Jake the Snake Roberts will be starring in the new movie Heavy Water. That is, if director Andrew Donoho can raise enough funds.

Donoho is currently trying to raise $25,000 for his project. So if you want to see Jake the Snake play an eclectic leader of a bunch of street urchins, visit the Kickstarter page and make a donation.

Donoho writes: “Jake’s experience as a professional wrestler translated into strong performances and brought a powerful presence to his character. His ability to improvise, take direction, and become the character shines through in his depiction of Jed.”

Heavy River tells the story of a character named River, played by Carter Jenkins, who has just been released from prison. River is a recovering addict and finds support via Jed (Jake the Snake) and his family of street urchins.

Donoho writes: “The film opens with River desperately trying to reintegrate into society and make enough money to keep his home, pay for his mentally distressed younger brother, and escape the control of his domineering uncle. When all options disappear and times grow harder, an old friend provides River with what seems to be the perfect solution.”

Jake the Snake was one of the biggest names in wrestling during the 1990s but his own battles with drugs and addiction have derailed his career. Thankfully, the former wrestler is now sober.

Roberts recently took to Twitter to tell his fans that he’s gone nearly a year without cocaine and more than a month without liquor.

The big board. 27 of 90. And 254days coke free. 33 w out a drink! Moving forward. pic.twitter.com/2MOtneXClu

— JakeSnakeDDT (@JakeSnakeDDT) July 20, 2013

Here’s a video about Jake the Snake and his new movie Heavy Water.

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Assembled from more than 200,000 photographs captured by the Cassini Spacecraft between 2004 and 2012, this remarkable video serves up one of the most awe-inspiring views of Saturn and its moons we've seen in ages.

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This dude observing Rally Estonia 2013 got hit in the nards with something as one of the rally cars took a turn. Whether it was gravel or something else that made him fall to the ground, it evidently hurt. Poor guy.

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When computers were new, people interacted with them via punch cards. Then came the keyboard, and soon after, the mouse. More recently, touchscreens have become another way we interface with devices. But what's next?

Leap Motion, a motion-sensing technology company, believes it's gestures. Through an $80 device, available now, anyone can add motion control to their Mac or PC. The company's controller is a tiny gadget that sits in front of your monitor, and can detect your hand gestures with high precision (its creators say it can give Microsoft Kinect a run for its money).

Om nom nom nom nom. I’m Batman.

[Via OW | Daily Superheroes]

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I want one. No, in fact, I want several of those to guard my backyard so that when we eat outside, we’re left undisturbed by those darn wasps.

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If you've ever tried to compare flashlights or lighting of any kind, you've probably been confronted with a bunch of confusing terms like lumen and lux that are supposed to describe how powerful a light is.We think? Well here they are explained in a single image.

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