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Want to escape this dreary winter and flee to an isolated tropical island? You’re not alone. I’ve been day dreaming about reclining on a beach lounger, sipping mango smoothies and napping under the afternoon sun since the first day of June. This is quite easy to do in 2018 – by simply browsing the world virtually: you […]
Read MoreYou’re reading the newspaper. Maybe checking the stock market. You see yet another article talking about “blockchain”, “bitcoin”, or “cryptocurrency”. Depending on what you’re reading, the article’s either telling you how you can make ridiculous money through bitcoin, or predicting the bubble bursting. You probably know someone who knows someone who once bought bitcoin for […]
Read MoreOn Tuesday, a complaint from the marketing strategist: “The dog gets more attention than I do!” Of course. In this agency our office dog Dakota, a Groenendael rescue, is probably the most popular employee. The most popular client-facing employee, even. It’s good to be a dog. Even–or especially–a giant fluffy wolf-shaped dog. Office pets are […]
Read More“What is reality?” Builders Club creates a short film about elusive artist Robert Rushkin. According to the directors: We met Robert a year ago. It was during a hike deep in the woods, where he did some research for his new installation. After introducing each other, we were really surprised that so little is known […]
Read More…is a GoPro strapped to a Jedi. Work those lightsaber katas! Ingenious and entertaining parody of the usual GoPro extreme sports-type videos. Via slashfilm: As you can see, it starts simple with the Jedi taking on some of the Empire’s least accurate soldiers, but then he ends up facing some speeder bikes, a TIE Fighter […]
Read MorePicture credit: Germain Lussier San Diego Comic Con rolled into full swing last weekend. Unlike many of the other Comic Cons elsewhere in the world, it was, as usual, a massive event that attracted thousands upon thousands of fans of comics, films, pop culture and more. Shows like Game of Thrones often trot out the […]
Read MoreGoogle’s artificial neural network is having some seriously weird dreams. These images are all created through Google’s image recognition neural network, taught to identify things such as buildings and animals in photographs. Then the program is asked to modify the image to emphasize the feature. At a low level, the end result looks like a […]
Read MoreIn Japan, manhole cover lids are quite often feats of urban design: intricate and beautiful. For more photographs, check out photographer S. Morita’s flickr page. Why are the lids so intricate and beautiful? Amusing Planet explains: The trend started in the 1980s when Japan wanted to standardize their sewer system. Until then, Japan used regular […]
Read MoreNot convinced about drones? Check out these winning photographs from the 2015 Drone Aerial Photography Contest. Sponsored by heavy-hitters like National Geographic, Adobe and GoPro, the contest received over 5,000 entries from drone photography enthusiasts. Some of our favourites: A well deserved 1st Prize Winner – Above the Mist (Category: Places) by Ricardo Matiello: See […]
Read MoreLast week, US inventors Megabots Inc challenged Suidobashi Heavy Industries to a giant robot duel, in a dramatically patriotic video with helpful Japanese subtitles. Because: “[Y]ou have a giant robot, we have a giant robot. Let’s fight.” Yesterday, Suidobashi Heavy Industries accepted their challenge, raising the ante by suggesting that the fight be melee combat, […]
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