Beneath the streets of London, an underground rail network once existed to shuttle mail around the city. Decommissioned in 2003, this 3D laser scan serves to save its existence for posterity. Read more…
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3D Laser Scan Shows London’s Abandoned Underground Mail Rail Network
His true passion might be designing and building some of the most ridiculous slingshots the internet has ever seen, but even Joerg Sprave needs to stretch his creative wings from time to time. Which is why Joerg’s most recent creation is an insane chainsaw-powered wooden machine gun that can decimate a target firing nothing but marbles. Read more…
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Stop and Stare In Awe At a Chainsaw-Powered Marble-Firing Machine Gun
Staph infections are one of the most pervasive and annoying bacterial infections faced by hospitals every year. It infects half a million people in the US every year, with symptoms ranging from skin infections to heart problems — and worse, some strains (commonly known as MRSA) have evolved to resist common antibiotics. Read more…
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A Medieval Recipe Could Kill Hospital Superbugs. No, Really.
If you want to take your bicycle off-road, you need larger and larger tires depending on how rough the terrain gets—and that makes it harder and harder to pedal. But maybe Ron Schroer has found the perfect off-road cycling alternative with his Boneshaker Big Wheel that rolls and walks all at the same time. Read more…
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This Giant Rolling, Walking Bike Can Probably Tackle Any Terrain
Even if making digital music has never been easier for beginners, a lot of the work DJs and producers do remains relatively opaque to less experienced people. A new music format could help change this. Read more…
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A New Kind of MP4 File Lets Anybody Mix Parts Like a DJ
The only thing that sucks worse than doing taxes is a hacker stealing your identity, doing your taxes for you, and then depositing your return in a random bank account, where it can later be transferred to Nigeria. Sound impossible? It’s not, according to the story of an unlucky man named Michael Kasper. Read more…
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It’s Very, Very Easy for Hackers to Steal Your IRS Account
By the numbers, Gorilla Glass 4 is seriously tough, able to withstand a one-meter drop onto concrete. That’s impressive on its own, but this video seems to show it withstanding something far more impressive. Read more…
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This Drop Test Looks Too Good To Be True
Google is working on an exciting new feature for YouTube: videos you can’t watch! Blame your shitty computer and internet connection. Read more…
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YouTube’s Absurd 60FPS, 4K Videos Are Too Awesome for Your Computer
Construction teams around the world rely on bitumen—an incredibly sticky by-product of crude oil production—as the main binding agent for asphalt. But a team of scientists reckon that a compound found within plants could help replace it, making road-building a greener, more sustainable practice. Read more…
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A Compound From Plants Could Replace Bitumen to Make Roads Greener
Earlier this week, we heard billionaire entrepreneur Elon Musk describe his vision for the future of self-driving vehicles. Turns out, when Musk said “we’ll be there in a few years, ” what he actually meant was, his company, Tesla, will be there this summer. Slip of the tongue. Read more…