Inside a cave so deep and dark it’s called Hoyo Negro, or Spanish for “black hole, ” divers are transporting a 12, 000-year-old skull for 3D scanning. The skull belongs to one of the oldest and most complete skeletons ever found in the Americas. Lucky for us, the expedition was documented with an entire set of stunning photos. Read more…
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This Diver Is Cradling a 12,000-Year-Old Skull in an Underwater Cave
Holy crap, this guy made the best Wolverine claws replicas ever. These 12-inch steel blades are fully automatic: they can deploy or retract with the push of a button. I’ve seen many tries at making these, but nothing as amazing as this these ones. And for sure, you can use these as real—very—mortal weapons. Read more…
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These fully automatic Wolverine claws are as badass as the real thing
If you’re deaf or in an emergency where you can’t speak, getting a hold of 911 is problematic. In just a few hours, the nation’s leading mobile providers will start the support of texting to 911 for emergencies in certain areas. Read more…
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You Can Text 911 in an Emergency, Starting Tomorrow
I recently switched from an iPhone to Android, and discovered shortly thereafter that my phone number was still associated with iMessage, meaning that any time someone with an iPhone tried texting me, I’d receive nothing, and they’d get a “Delivered” receipt in their Messages app as though everything were working as expected. Read more…
Sometimes, you need the tool that’s best suited to the job in hand. And for George R. R. Martin, that means using an archaic word processor—WordStar 4.0, running on DOS, no less—to write Game of Thrones . He explained why to Conan last night. Read more…
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George R. R. Martin Explains Why He Writes Game of Thrones in DOS
CGI is everywhere now. In many cases, it’s almost completely indistinguishable from things that were actually filmed. You can only tell by the impossible camera angles. It wasn’t always that way though—you remember The Last Starfighter , don’t you? Still, 20th century CGI had its high points, and these are 10 of them. Read more…
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10 of the Best Moments From the Early Days of CGI
The European Union Court of Justice has ruled that people can ask Google to delete sensitive information from its Internet search results. Maybe that’ll happen in the U.S. at some point, too? Read more…
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The European Union Court of Justice has ruled that people can ask Google to delete sensitive informa
A home in Brentwood, New Hampshire, exploded today live on TV as an ABC News helicopter was flying over the area, filming as it was burning. Read more…
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Holy crap, a house just exploded live on TV
As part of the site’s ongoing Coolest Thing I’ve Ever Made series, MSN has a video about Mexico’s Richart Sowa, a former carpenter who became interested in ecological engineering and left his job to spend over six years building a manmade island made from mostly recycled materials. Read more…
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This Manmade Island Floats On Over 150,000 Recycled Plastic Bottles
Agents from the Agencia Tributaria— the Spanish IRS—announced the find of a priceless Van Gogh which disappeared from the Kunsthistorisches Institut in Vienna, Austria. Dated in 1889, the painting “Cypr ess, sky and field” was discovered in a safe deposit box that belonged to a Spanish fraudster. Read more…
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Police finds priceless Van Gogh taken by Nazis hidden in bank vault