One of the more popular theories behind Michael Phelps zooming past records with every stroke–besides his US$500 LZR super suit and daily regimen of 12,000 calories composed mostly of mermaid babies–is that the Olympic pool itself is turning swimmers into Aquamen, but you know, not totally lame. But the pool’s designer, John Bilmon says, it’s really just because the Water Cube is really pretty and inspiring. They actually left out the two changes that would’ve granted swimmers superhuman speed.
Since you’re at Gizmodo, and given our usual demographic, there’s a pretty good chance that at one time or another you wished for super powers. Well screw watching X-Men & Heroes, this Taiwanese guy and his kid actually have magnetic powers. That’s right, Magneto is real and he has a kid too.
Frankly we’re scared since our weekly levitation classes haven’t yielded any results yet. But it looks like we’ve got about 15 or so years before the boy really harnesses his powers.– Ben Longo
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