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Two Minutes Of Insane Destruction And Incredible Explosions

8:30AM January 26, 2012 | Roberto Baldwin

This video is exactly what you think it is. Two minutes and two seconds of pure, glorious destruction. More »


Gadgets

I’ve Been Waiting All My Life For This Kind Of Advancement In Pancake Plate Technology

10:40AM December 7, 2011 | Casey Chan

Pancakes! We love them. Pancakes with syrup! We love them even more. But sometimes, pouring syrup on top of your hot cakes just isn’t enough. You want to be able to conveniently dip ‘em too. This plate, created by designer Jon Wye, is the perfect plate for pancakes: they have a slope and bank to store the syrup. More »


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War Dogs Can Rappel Down Walls

5:20AM May 20, 2011 | Sam Biddle

War dogs are going to get you. You think you’re safe because you’re downstairs and they’re upstairs? Think again, chief—because those war dogs are about to rappel the hell down, clad in armour, and eat you to death. More »


Cameras

This Is The Most Amazing Light Graffiti Video Ever

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4:15PM May 2, 2011 | Nick Broughall

That light graffiti music video we featured earlier today? It’s all-Australian, baby. The team from Melbourne creative company Oh Yeah Wow has taken the concept of painting with light to an amazing level, partnering with Melbourne musicians All India Radio, to create the music video for the band’s song “Rippled” using long exposure photography and lots of light with an absolutely breathtaking end result. More »


Geek Out

The House From Up! Has Been Built In Real Life—and It Flies!

10:12AM March 7, 2011 | Jesus Diaz

This is really nuts. The people from National Geographic have built a house inspired by the Pixar’s movie Up! Yes, a house tied to gas balloons that actually flies. I’m so giddy I can’t barely type. More »


Online

Relive The Glory Days Of DOS…On A Website

3:20PM January 5, 2011 | Adrian Covert

If you still remember DOS commands, congratulations! You’re a huge nerd (and/or old)! Your reward is this personal site, which you navigate using DOS-like prompts. (Protip: DIR, HELP and BLOG are all good starting points). [StopWilson via Reddit] More »


Science

Where There’s Water…

10:00AM November 1, 2010 | Jack Loftus

Astronaut Douglas Wheelock, aboard the ISS, snapped this nighttime photo of the Nile as he shot over it on Saturday. The contrast between where there is life and there is not is striking, to say the least. [Astro_Wheels via defcon_5] More »


Cameras

The Cutting Edge Of Extreme Sports Photography

2:00AM June 6, 2010 | Kyle VanHemert

The Creators Project put together this video profile of Curt Morgan, a snowboarder turned filmmaker whose team, Brain Farm, uses the world’s most advanced cameras to capture extreme sports as they’ve never been seen before. Think Planet Earth meets snowboarding. More »


Cars

New Zealand Jetpack Video Is Awesome

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10:02AM May 14, 2010 | Nick Broughall

I read about this on Giz a couple of months ago when the jetpack was officially unveiled, but for the life of me I can’t find the original post. So here’s a clip showing this awesome Kiwi invention flying around. Watch it now. More »


News

We’re Looking For A Night Editor

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1:08PM July 2, 2009 | Nick Broughall

If you like getting up really early, know heaps of stuff about gadgets and games and happen to be studying some kind of journalism or media degree, we’ve got the perfect job to get you into the industry. More »