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This Is Everything Star Wars Episode VII Should Be

Not too long ago, Patton Oswalt riffed on his idea for a great plot for the upcoming Star Wars VII film, on Parks and Recreation. Now, it’s got a whole bunch of… digital effects that turn it into the film we all deserve. It’s alright JJ, we’ve got this one on lock.


GoPro, Now Providing Us The Experience Of Being Chewed By A Bear

GoPros… not only are they handy, but delicious, apparently! A fellow by the name of Brad Josephs left a GoPro inconspicuously secured to a rock on the Alaska Peninsula, in an attempt to capture footage of grizzly bears. And he got a look at grizzlies alright, both inside and out.


Watch Ridley Scott’s Aliens Animated In Just 60 Seconds

Who has time to watch a whole movie anymore? It’s winter! So in the spirit of phoning in everything once the temperature drops below 15°C, here’s Ridley Scott’s Aliens in 60 seconds of adorable animation.


Start Your Day Right With A Daft Punk Laser Bubble Party

Lasers, bubbles, edge-tracking, and Daft Punk are all pretty awesome in their own separate ways, but put together, they can put one one hell of a useless, random, but awesome show.


Drinks-On With The World’s Biggest, Baddest Bartending Robot

At the Google I/O after party the other night, there was one bartender in particular that stood out. It wasn’t the drink he made, or the friendly chatter. It was more than he weighed several tons and could break you with the flick of the wrist. Meet the Makr Shakr.


NASA Designs The Perfect Space Meal

After being strapped onto the front of a 15-story controlled explosion and launched clear out of the atmosphere to live in an experimental laboratory orbiting around the Earth at thousands of miles an hour, the least NASA can do is give you a good meal.


Why Is This 112-Year-Old Church Floating In The Air?

Art installation? Trick photography? Nope, just a little restoration project going on at Utah’s Provo Temple, which was badly damaged in a fire in 2010. Thankfully, the Church of the Latter Day Saints is salvaging the 112-year-old building with a little architectural levitation.


Domino’s Makes Awesome DVDs That Smell Like Pizza When They’re Played

How’s this for a brilliant marketing campaign? To help sell the notion that there’s no better way to spend an evening than with a pizza and a movie, Domino’s in Brazil created custom DVDs with a heat-reactive flavoured varnish that actually smelled like pizza once they were played.


A Cruise Ship… In The Desert?

Zaha Hadid Architects’ proposal for a new intermodal transit station for the Saudi Arabian capital, Riyadh, at first glance looks something like a cruise ship with a sharp prow cutting through the desert. This was part of the inspiration, in fact, as the sine waves that roll across the façade and organise the interior are derived from complex wind-generated waves of sand.


Retail Employees Will Someday Be Replaced By This T-Shirt Folding Bot

Great news for anyone who’s ever felt ignored by snooty retail clothing store employees that seem more interested in what’s happening in their headsets than their customers. To celebrate its one year anniversary, ROS Industrial put together this highlight reel of its robots in action, including a bit showing this arm deftly folding a shirt.


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