Lightning struck Rio’s Jesus Christ statue and broke off his fingers

Lightning struck Rio's Jesus Christ statue and broke off his fingers

Rio de Janeiro, which has been getting lit up with lightning storms this week, just got hit with another one—and this one struck the city’s famous 125-foot tall Christ the Redeemer statue on top of the Corcovado mountain. A lightning bolt broke off a few fingers on his right hand.

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How ILM created Hong Kong with special effects just to destroy it

Probably the most insane fight sequence of Pacific Rim was when a Jaeger fought a Kaiju in the streets of Hong Kong. The entire city was destroyed, glass shards flew everywhere, neon lights were exploding, streets were being crushed, shipping containers somehow were involved and the whole battle was just beyond epic. Here’s how ILM made it happen. It involves a lot of computers, yes, but also a miniature scale set filled with 3D printed goodies.

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Valve Creates A Holo Deck; Gives The Technology To Oculus

Valve To Collaborate With Oculus On VR TechnologyToday at Steam Developer Days, Valve reportedly unleashed a ‘holodeck-level’ virtual reality demo on attendees. The bad news is that this demo won’t be made available to the general public. Instead, Valve will be providing the tech to Oculus, with whom the studio collaborate on future VR hardware.

Amazon is thinking about shipping you packages you haven’t ordered yet

Looking forward to buying the next season of Game of Thrones on Blu-ray? Amazon may already be preparing to send it to you. The retail giant is working on an idea it calls “anticipatory shipping” as a way to reduce package transit times. It’s …

Bird steals camera hidden in an egg and films entire penguin colony

From BBC’s Penguin – Sky in the Huddle, comes this adorable footage taken by John Dowder of a bird of prey, the Striated Caracara, stealing a hidden camera inside a Penguin egg and taking it for a fly to film an entire Penguin colony. The bird made sure to get the camera angle just right to capture the massive amounts of happy feet dancers.

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Need This New Finding? The Best Kind Of Music For Exercising

Exercising WomenYou may have just made a New Year’s Resolution to get in shape this year. So you are heading off to the gym several times a week to get your heart rate up, burn calories, and stretch those muscles. It can be so easy to lose your determination and enthusiasm once you are there. Scientific studies have shown that listening music can help keep you going longer and stronger during a workout. New research shows that just any music won’t do — there are specific criteria to the best music to use when exercising.

Zoom Q4 camcorder for musicians takes on Sony

Zoom has launched a new camcorder targeted at musicians wanting their audio to be just as good as their video, the Q4, complete with a flip-up X/Y microphone that records … Continue reading

Windows Vista Beta 2 Download Links Are Active

This article was written on June 07, 2006 by CyberNet.

Windows Vista Beta 2 Download Available To The Public

The links are active for the Windows Vista Beta 2 Public Download. I won’t say much other than go get it!

English Download (x64 also available)
German Download (x64 also available)
Japanese Download (x64 also available)
Go Here To Get Your Serial

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Logitec LDV-PMH8U2NBK Portable DVD-ROM Drive

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Logitec has unveiled a new portable DVD-ROM drive to its range, the LDV-PMH8U2NBK. Measuring W138mm x D134mm x H19mm and weighing 280g, this read-only DVD-ROM drive features an aluminum body, a USB 2.0 connection interface and promise to provide read speeds of up to 8x for DVD-ROM/DVD+/-R/+/-RW. The LDV-PMH8U2NBK will go on sale from early March for 4,980 Yen (about $48). [Product Page]

Arctic Freezer i11 CPU Cooler

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Here comes a new CPU cooler from Arctic, the Freezer i11. Supporting only Intel (LGA1150/1155/1156/2011) socket, this side-flow CPU cooler is packed with three 6mm Direct Touch copper heatpipes, 45 aluminum fins and a 92mm PWM fan that operates at 500 to 2000 RPM. The Freezer i11 is available now for a retail price of 19.90 Euro (about $27) and comes bundled with MX-4 thermal grease. [Product Page]