Starting with a rare vinyl model of the T-800 that was released in limited numbers after Terminator 2 hit theatres, Japanese artists at T-Studios created these wonderfully detailed chrome terminator busts, complete with light-up eyes and animated features. It’s the perfect reminder that mankind’s days are numbered.
In today’s edition of “Oh shit, I’m getting old”: Terminator 2 turns 20 on July 3. To temper the blow, here’s an offensively cool video by the band Rymdreglage celebrating one of the great nerd films of all time.
When you first e-spy the amazingly molten Terminator 2 cake, you’re amazed at the fine balance of technical prowess and artistry that went into its creation. And then you start to think: what exactly would a cake like this commemorate? Birthday, wedding, bat mitzvah – doesn’t seem quite right.
Market analysts Gartner must really love the iPad. Not only have they lowered their annual forecasts for global PC sales by 14.6 per cent for the coming year to 440million, but they’ve also provided a rather absurd reasoning for their economic predictions: iPad’s are really, really popular. Who didn’t see that coming?
How does this happen? Well, the trick is that the spoon is made from gallium, a substance that melts at only 86 degrees Fahrenheit [about 30 degrees in our money -ed.AU] . So when you put the gallium spoon in hot water it turns into T-1000 style liquid metal ooze. So awesome. [Reddit via The Daily What]
Lady Gaga is bringing futuristic video screen glasses to the world, but movies and television have already expanded our eyewear horizons. Here are a dozen specs, lenses and goggles with powers that go far beyond video play
Twelve years ago, Professor Kevin Warwick became the world’s first cyborg. Today, at Motherboard he’s holding court on cybernetics, and how if we don’t embrace our cyber upgrade potential, the robots will someday win.
