I don’t know how practical it is, strictly speaking, to be able to open beer bottles, balance a glass of water, and shave another man’s face with the helicopter you’re piloting. But man is it fun to watch. More »
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] More »
It’s easy to turn video into stills – but going the other way around? Pretty impressive. A clever photog did just that – using savvy some some computer tricks. The soaring nature fly-bys are damn impressive (and wholly beautiful). And fake. More »
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The materials for YouTube Illusionist BrussPup’s latest work are simple: an iPad loaded with some images and a transparent sheet striped with black bars. But when the two are combined, those images come to life like you’d never expect. More »
Recently, a bank teller in California foiled a robber by convincing him that he actually needed to take out a loan, busying the criminal with paperwork until the police arrived. Do you consider the teller’s action a social hack? More »
Credit cards are great to pay for shiny things and get further in debt. But you can also make their concierge services to obey your every desire, from finding an out-of-stock gadget to a bathtub full of cheese. Here’s how. More »
From an AskReddit member: “Go to a hotel and say you think you lost it there. It’s the #1 most left behind item at hotels, so most places have a big bin filled with every phone charger imaginable. More »
