Jan 31
When Maxim Grew got bored, he decided to try building an instant camera out of a Polaroid film holder and a bunch of wooden popsicle sticks. He succeeded in building the thing—and it seems to work pretty well, too. More »
Jan 29
Natural Tilt-Shift Effect Turns the Biggest Warship in the World Into a Tiny Model
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I love this photo of the USS John C. Stennis nuclear supercarrier. It looks like a tiny model thanks to the F-18’s exhaust fumes, which distort the air above part of the deck and turns the image into a bit of a tilt-shift photo. More »
Jan 28
You probably juggle a phone number or two around in that skull of yours just out of necessity, but there are memorization experts out there who would put you to shame. At this year’s World Memory Championships, champion Johannes Mallow memorized a 2,245 digit number and the order of 1144 playing cards each in just an hour. He also memorized a string of 3954 binary digits in 30 minutes, and another competitor soaked up 269 random words in just 15. More »
Jan 27
The USS Gerald R. Ford (CVN-78) is a beast. It’s the first of the new Ford-class supercarriers, and arguably the best aircraft carrier ever designed. And building these mammoths is a serious undertaking. More »
Jan 26
It seems that if you join the USAF you may become a superhero. But if you join the US Marines, you will turn into some kind of Peter Pan, like Sgt. Michael Murphy: More »
Jan 26
Paris may be the City of Light, but the City of Sin is looking to give it a run for its money. This pair of shots was tumblr’d (tumbled?) and tweeted by Colonel Chris Hadfield, who’s currently up on the ISS. At night, the city looks like some pool of molten metal, scalding the desert’s surface, burning a hole straight to hell. And maybe that’s not too far from the truth. [Col. Chris Hadfield] More »
Jan 25
Fox are beautiful and cute, despite their chicken addiction (hey, I’m a fan of chicken too). And this photo is really sweet, especially when you look at the result. More »
Jan 25
We think there’s a lot to love about Windows 8, but not everybody feels that way. Some people hate it. Luckily, this computer store is offering a service to help the clueless users who want nothing more than to go back to Windows 7. More »
Jan 24
Folded, NASA’s TDRS-K spacecraft looks like a Zentradi-ish ship ready to launch. In reality, it’s a vital space communications relay statin ready to be inserted in a United Launch Alliance Atlas V 401, which will launch by the end of the month. More »
Jan 24
U.S. Marine Corps Corporal James Sauter captured the precise moment when a 120-mm mortar makes a fiery smoke ring in the sky during a training session for Operation Spartan Fury. More »
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