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There’s Something Comforting About A Peanut-Shaped Nursery School
People say that peanuts are healthy. They’re a super food or something. But the peanut is apparently good for other things too, like inspiring design. The Japanese architect Hiroshi Ueda overlapped two circles to create the peanut concept for this building, completed last year. And it seems only fitting that the peanut house a nursery school.
Science Happens In Places That Are Beautiful By Accident
Those spikey deals look pretty menacing. It wouldn’t be a bad guess to think that they’re abstract art meant to invoke a Medieval torture aesthetic. But that’s way off. The infinitely repeating barbs are part of the anechoic chambers at the Technical University of Denmark. Basically they absorb sound and electromagnetic waves so scientists can test wave-emitting devices for things like volume and clarity. And they look badass doing it.
No Star Wars Fan Could Resist Photos Of You On This Tauntaun Skin Rug
Your standard alluring, boudoir-style photos usually sees someone stretched out on a bear skin rug. But if the only thing you’re looking for in a partner is an obsession with Star Wars, perhaps a photo of yourself sprawled across this life-size tauntaun skin rug would serve as a better dating site profile pic.
Use PRISM Break To Reduce Your NSA-Related Paranoia
OK PRISM. It’s enough already. Erosion of privacy! Whatever. Apathy is setting in. But actually we should probably all be putting some thought into what we’re doing with our private information. Maybe you’re already trying to. But it can feel like the walls have eyes no matter where you go. Prism Break is a guide to opting out.
SMS Alarm: Always Find Your Misplaced Phone, Even When Its On Silent
Regardless of how tightly and/or desperately you cling to your phone, there comes a time in every person’s life when he or she realises that they have absolutely no idea where they last put down their Precious. Then the panic attack hits. Fortunately for Android users, SMS Alarm can end the frantic search almost immediately — even if your phone is set to silent.
Huge Lego Wizard Of Oz Build Includes A Motorised Tornado
At last weekend’s Brickworld 2013 in Chicago, one Lego build stood out above all else, a 3D diorama that showcased virtually every major scene from 1939′s The Wizard of Oz. The detail is incredible — and it features a tornado!
Four Insane ’60s Military Prototypes That Crashed And Burned
If the music‘s anything to go by, pretty much everyone was on something in the ’60s — and that includes the engineers. BAE Systems has recently dug up some totally batshit-crazy ideas that were seriously being kicked around by its ‘crack’ team of engineers, and they’re both totally ridiculous and dangerously awesome.
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