Have Australian Free-To-Air Channels Abandoned 3D? 
Watching The World Cup In 3D: The (More) Beautiful Game 
Your Guide To World Cup 3D Goodness In Australia 
The World Cup Goes High-Tech 
The Ray Guns Of War: I Fought In A Laser Tag Nerd Platoon Sony To Film 2010 World Cup In 3D For Futbol-Loving Countries Only Designed for those seeking a more eco-friendly alternative to a fuel-powered ATV, or grownups who simply never learned to ride a two-wheeled bike, the Athos is a pedal-powered quad racer that looks a lot safer to ride than the sum of its parts.
Watch as these inexplicably fearless thrillseekers traverse a slack-line hanging 700 metres above the Verdon Gorge in south-eastern France. It is so nail-bitingly horrifying, you will not be able to look away.
Vision Research expanded its line of popular Phantom cameras recently to include a series of compact, rugged high-speed options. One lucky user is the first to get his hands on the Miro M120 and let it loose in the wild. And we’re lucky enough to see the results.
It seems the home team might have a bit of an advantage at this year’s Olympic games. British athletes have been training with what’s called the MotivePro Suit, an awkward-looking getup that tracks their movements and provides vibrating feedback when they’ve nailed a routine.
They’re not exactly haute couture, but Lyon’s new 2012/13 soccer jersey’s are definitely haute — er, high concept. The clubs new threads — designed by Adidas — will be embellished with a 3D design in honour of Lyon’s own Lumiere brothers, the pioneers of filmmaking in the 1890s.
Watch Anna and her friend utterly destroy the Maryhill downhill as part of the Maryhill Freeride 2012. It was likely shot in Maryhill, Washington, though if you have a guess otherwise let us know in the comments. The girls are gorgeous, the scenery is gorgeous, and the ride itself is sublime. Best of all, nobody rivets out and bails. And extra props to the cameraman for filming and skating the course simultaneously.
Everyone knows you should warm up prior to exercise, but very few people actually bother. Turns out, that could be a real mistake: a new study suggests that warming up actually increases the maximum power a muscle can provide during exercise, as opposed to just shortening the time required to reach maximum output.
Witness these people speed flying down the Mont Blanc. It takes 10 minutes of pure joy and freedom to go from its summit to its base. I saw the whole video wishing I was one of them — with every cell in my body.
The Olympics is all about grand feats of athletic prowess and endurance demonstrated by its competitors. But for the folks behind the scenes, it’s hardly a party — and in fact, the team responsible for running the event’s data centre will be sleeping in these tiny pods next to their computers the whole time.
