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For those unfamiliar with the concept of a railgun, it’s a dangerous weapon which uses a massive electrical pulse, instead of gunpowder or other chemical propellants to fire its ammo. The US Navy is showing off the latest iteration of its railgun, and it’s a beast. This thing can launch projectiles distances over 100 nautical miles – and at speeds that exceed Mach 6. So yeah, this is a serious gun.
You see that puff of smoke after it fires the projectile? It is not really smoke. Because the projectile is moving so fast, it vaporizes the air around it. Now let that sink in for a moment. It vaporizes the air! You do not want to be on the receiving end of that projectile.
The way it reloads and fires reminds me of a robot, which reminds me that robots should not get their hands on this when the eventually take over.
[via Digg via Geekologie]
What if food was made of LEGO? Watch as this guy makes some toast and eggs for breakfast, except his ingredients are all LEGO bricks.
BrickBros Productions’ stop-motion animation is fun, but I don’t think it would be tasty. Plus, if it hurts like hell to step on LEGO bricks, can you imagine how they’d feel in your mouth and going down your throat. That is a painful thought.
Nevertheless, it is fun to watch this guy make a LEGO breakfast. This is how the people of LEGOLand start their mornings, and to them it is nutritious and delicious.
Some 40 million Congolese people are at risk of river blindness, which shatters lives and devastates communities.
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“It’s been around too long. And the American people have gotten accustomed to it.”
“We call each other and text each other all the time,” Kenan Thompson says.
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