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Random Stuff
If You Lived Here…Your Van Would Be On Fire
9:23AM Wilson Rothman | Something tells me the Google Street View team should be equipped with emergency response gear and training. What tells me this? This van that’s totally on fire, for one thing. [Google via Twitter - thanks Will!]
Science
LA Smouldering From Space
1:40AM Matt Buchanan | The LA fires have actually exploded to double the 245 kilometres they cover in this photo taken Sunday morning by NASA’s Terra satellite. I imagine this is sort of what LA will look like from space mid-apocalypse. [NASA via BoingBoing]
Gadgets
Lawnmowers, Killer Bees and Fire: Five Tales of Mowing Madness
9:00AM Dan Nosowitz | Who knew a machine with razor-sharp blades spinning at 200RPM you’re supposed to sit on top of might cause injury or death? Here are gruesome tales of mowing mishaps—from this past month alone! More »
Robots
Rovio Modded To Fight Blazing Candles
8:40AM Mark Wilson | The Rovio is the most promising webcam-wielding robot out there that, sadly, we don’t exploit because of conscience. But one modder has tweaked the otherwise pervy spybot to become a brave and loyal firefighter. More »
Robots
‘Puff’ The Magic Firefighting Arduino Dragon
4:20AM Sean Fallon | So you are a 2-pack a day smoker and it’s your birthday. Congrats, you lived another year. Unfortunately you lack the lung capacity to blow out your candles. Puff the arduino dragon can help. More »
Science
NASA Testing Next Generation Firefighting Gear for Fires… In Spaaace!
8:00AM Jack Loftus | In space, no one can hear you scream “Fire.” Not that it’d matter, as few people could recognise a microgravity fire anyway. This means space firefighting gear needs to be special. NASA is on it. More »
Design
Lounge Fire Fireplace Looks Like a Bench—What Could Go Wrong?
5:00AM Jack Loftus | Woe to the guest who mistakes your Lounge Fire fireplace for a comfy bench, for hidden in the middle is a flame producing jet. Who green-lit this pyro project, Mr. Magoo? More »
Press
Building Near Beijing’s Rem Koolhaas-Designed CCTV Headquarters is Up in Flames
4:20AM Elaine Chow | Guess what’s happening in China? Beijing’s CCTV headquarters, the Rem Koolhaas building, is at a major fire risk. Fireworks, from the last day of New Years celebrations here, could be the culprits. Updated More »
Hardware
Video: ioSafe Solo Fire/Flood Hard Disk Test Puts ‘Will It Blend?’ To Shame
6:10PM John Mahoney | I was taken to a Vegas house off the strip. There’s a fluorescent green pool, a purple jacuzzi. No strippers in sight—it was time to set a fireproof hard disk aflame. More »
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