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It’s Almost Impossible To Tell This Butterfly Is Actually A Robot
The butterfly is one of nature’s most graceful creations, but with upgrades from Festo, this robotic doppleganger is better equipped to navigate large spaces. It might flap and flutter like the real thing, but this butterfly is 100 per cent artificial — although the branding on the wings probably gave that away.
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These Structurally Absurd Homes Look Straight Out Of Harry Potter
If you’re a Potter fan who would have liked to see more impossible, Burrow-like homes in the movies, then you’ll love the fantasy world of German designer Matthias Jung, whose surreal houses look like they ought to be kept hidden from our Muggle eyes.
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A Badass Way To Kickstart A Hawaiian Weekend
Dayshot: This soldier is running off the back of a CH-47F Chinook helicopter during a simulated combat dive mission on the Hawaiian shoreline. Even if it’s hard work, I’d like to be him — and leave behind these screens, and keyboards and Interwebz.
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What Are These Bizarre Anti-Banking Ads Doing In New York’s Subways?
Bizarre ads for TransferWise, a P2P money-transfer system, have cropped up overnight in NYC’s subways. I had many questions: who is this guy? Why his face? What is he selling me? Turns out the more you try to learn about TransferWise, the sketchier the whole thing becomes.