Iki-ningyō are life-sized dolls that were primarily used in festivals and exhibitions in Japan. This one, which belongs to the Victoria and Albert Museum, is estimated to have been made around 1880, shortly after the samurai class was outlawed. Read more…
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Watch 130-Year-Old Samurai Armor Get Restored to a Pristine and Fearsome State
3D TVs may have gone the way of the Dodo, but as the Oculus Rift has proven, a third dimension can make video games far more immersive. That even goes for the 2D Nintendo classics you grew up playing, thanks to a new emulator with a intelligent algorithm that automatically converts those games to 3D. Read more…
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Free Emulator Lets You Play Classic 8-Bit Nintendo Games in 3D
Octopuses, undoubtedly the best creature lurking in the ocean, come in all sorts of shapes and sizes and colors but this one might be gnarliest of them all: it’s a ghost. Or at least it looks like it. Recently spotted in the deep sea 2.6 miles down in the ocean, the octopus could very well be an entirely new species. To my eyes, it’s like a real life cartoon ghost or if the ghosts from Pac-Man came alive. Read more…
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This Newly Discovered Octopus Species Totally Looks Like a Ghost
Marine archaeologists have discovered a large iron-hulled steamer near North Carolina’s Oak Island. The decaying wreck has yet to be identified, but it’s the first Civil War-era vessel to be discovered in the region in decades. Read more…
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Rare Civil War-Era Shipwreck Discovered off the Coast of North Carolina
The Raspberry Pi can power all kinds of great projects, but building an interface to actually interact with those projects is a chore. DIYer Toby Kurien decided to implement the Star Trek LCARS interface into his Pi projects. Read more…
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Add the Star Trek LCARS Interface to Any Touch Screen Raspberry Pi Project
Behold SkyWall100 , the latest in a string of new tools to neutralize problematic drones. This shoulder-mounted cannon can capture a drone with a net—and then land it safely with a parachute. Read more…
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This Net-Firing Cannon Can Take Down a Drone Without Destroying It
The entry-level Tesla Model 3 sedan is coming this month, and it’s not just supposed to transform the future of the company, it’s supposed to transform the electric car into a bit player for the sybaritic and the techno-weirdos into a clean vehicle for the masses. Here’s everything we know. Read more…
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Everything We Know About The Tesla Model 3
Why “like” something with a thumbs-up or smiley face, when you can say it with Donald Trump’s spray-tanned mug or a startled Pikachu? Read more…
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How to Swap Facebook’s New Reaction Emojis With the Emoji of Your Choice
Kanye has tried repeatedly and often to made artist-friendly streaming service Tidal happen. The premise is that Tidal is a “fair” way to stream music , an artist-friendly experience that gives back money to the creators. Which is great, but it appears Kanye can’t be bothered to pay $200 for music software. Read more…
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Kanye, Champion of Paid Streaming Music, Got Caught Torrenting Software
With the Oculus Rift and HTC Vive now up for pre-order, anxious analysts worldwide are finally starting to get a handle on how much the general public cares about virtual reality. If the HTC Vive pre-sale is anything to go by, the answer is quite a lot. Read more…
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HTC Sold 1,000 Vive Headsets Per Minute When Pre-Orders Opened