Ejector Seat Bar Stools Are the Most Efficient Way To Get Rid Of Creeps [Furniture]

If you completely avoid the bar scene because you’re tired of spending your nights dealing with creeps, you’ll sincerely wish this bar stool—crafted from an F-4 Phantom ejector seat—were fully functional. Because instead of having to jot down a fake phone number to escape an awkward situation, you could simply send the jerk blasting through the ceiling. More »

These Kids Want To Blow Up the White House [Lockheed Martin]

Hordes of children ran around as wild as a locust swarm at the recent USA Science & Engineering Festival. The main attraction: the Lockheed Martin booth, with its faux F-22 cockpit and Orion spacecraft simulator. There, the virtual big guns provoked a surprising mix of reactions from the 7-year-olds. Some apathy. Some shouts of: “Shoot him! You had him!” And some surprising willingness to destroy the nation’s capital. More »

Supersonic Jets Shatter Brazilian Supreme Court Building (Updated) [Video]

If you’re tuned into Brazilian national politics, maybe there’s some sort of metaphor here. But for the rest of us, awesome video of sonic boom resulting in massive destruction!—these fighters just ruined Brazil’s Supreme Court. More »