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The power of overhead shots in cinema in one cool compilation
Some people call these
overhead angles birds eye view, other prefer the grandiloquent Gods eye
view. But anyway you call them, when these shots are used to enhance
the story and not just as a gimmick, they are pure cinematic magic. Editor Brian Carrol put together some of the best in this cool compilation.
Scientists create sparkling apple that fizzes in your mouth
Scientists at Swiss fruit company Lubera have
created a genetically modified apple that fizzes in your mouth. This
new variety, called Paradis Sparkling, has big cells in the flesh that release effervescent juices when you bite into them.
"Black & Yellow" Played Over Found Footage of a 1960s Grandpa Party
A random YouTube user recently found some old home movie footage of his
grandparents throwing a party in the 1960s. Then, he dubbed over it
with the popular hip-hop song "Black and Yellow" by Wiz Khalifa. The
outcome is simply perfect.
The best time to buy airline tickets is on Sunday 57 days in advance
The holiday travel season is coming, and here's some important new data
that might help you enjoy it more: The cheapest airline fares can be
found 57 days before your planned departure. What's more, the best day
of the week to buy those tickets is now Sunday—which has changed in
recent years. It used to be Tuesday.
From Peanuts to Private Suites: The Evolution of In-Flight Service
When the first commercial flight
took off in 1914, in-flight service was minimal — the focus was on
getting from point A to point B without so much as a packet of peanuts
thrown in. But over the past century, the concept has shifted
dramatically. Here's how the role of flight attendants and the services
provided…
Report: Verizon's Tech News Site Will Ignore the NSA and Net Neutrality
Who doesn't want to have their own tech site these days? According to the Daily Dot,
Verizon's recently launched SugarString will have two very conspicuous
holes in its tech coverage: U.S. government surveillance and net
neutrality. What a big fat coincidence that Verizon is embroiled in
both.
The Unmanned Antares Rocket Just Exploded Immediately After Lift-Off
Mere seconds after NASA's live-streamed
Antares rocket launch, the craft exploded and crashed back down to
earth. There were no crew onboard, and it's been confirmed that all
personnel have been accounted for and no one was harmed.
DARPA's Chipset Runs an Astonishing 1 Trillion Cycles Per Second
DARPA's
boffins have just set a new world record in computing with a
solid-state integrated circuit that packs the power of a supercomputer
into a single chip. You thought your six-core, 3.9 Ghz Mac Pro was a
computational powerhouse? This single chip is around 250 times as fast.
Boston's Thinking of Building Canals Like Venice Because Climate Change
Imagine
taking a scenic gondola tour through Boston's historic Back Bay as Red
Sox fans saunter towards Fenway over arched bridges. Not far away, the
Charles River Basin is padded by wetlands that soak up the rising sea
water. This surreal scene, a sort of Venice in New England, could be the reality in a few years.
A Cheaper Highway Guardrail May Be Malfunctioning and Deadly
It's
the difference of just one inch. In 2005, the guardrail manufacturer
Trinity Industries shaved that much off its guardrail design, saving the
company $2 per guardrail head. It also neglected to report this design
change to the Federal Highway Administration. Tens of thousands of these
potentially deadly guardrail…
A Slim Filter That Purifies Water Bottles From the Inside
You
can be relatively certain the water inside a bottle is clean and pure
when you first open it, but what about when you refill it from a tap or
drinking fountain? That's where a water filter can help prevent you from
getting sick, or just save your taste buds. And few look as easy to use as the WaterBean, which…
We Need More Fat Phones With Killer Battery Life
Your
smartphone has a terrible battery life. I can say this with confidence
because it is universally true. Phones today have ludicrous screens and
processors that rival the supercomputers of days gone by, but they can't
last a day. We need more thick-ass phones that make it through the
weekend.
Interstellar Review: Don't Read This, Just Go See It
Interstellar
is Christopher Nolan's end-of-the-world space epic. It is beautiful and
ambitious and incredible from beginning to end. But it's impossible for
me to rehash someone else's masterpiece. You need to see Interstellar for yourself.
A Quantum Internet Connected By Cargo Ships Is Not as Crazy as It Sounds
Our internet has a physical infrastructure:
thousands of miles of cables that criss-cross the oceans. The quantum
internet, when it exists, will have a physical infrastructure, too. But
you can't send quantum bits, "qubits," on fiber optic cables, so a group
of physicists has proposed a bizarre solution: cargo ships…
Taco Bell's New App Didn't Work So I Got These Cinnamon Twists for Free
They
say there's no such thing as a free lunch, but today, at lunch I got
some free dessert at least. Because Taco Bell's new app didn't work.
Last Chance to Preorder Amazon's Chromecast Competitor for $19
In case you somehow missed it yesterday, today's your last full day to preorder Amazon's Fire TV stick for $19, or $20 off MSRP. You'll still need to be a Prime member to get the deal, but you can sign up for a free trial if that isn't in the cards.
This Street Has No Lanes, Signals, or Signs—And It's Safer For It
Imagine a street where pedestrians, bikes and cars peacefully coexist
without any posted regulations or official roadway technology. Is this
some autonomous car utopia of the near-future? Nope. This is a globally
proven design for safer streets, which is finally making its way to the
U.S.
From Ice Cream to Toothpaste: Seaweed's Hidden Uses
The humble seaweed may best be known for its ability to encase morsels of sticky rice and raw fish (not to mention spa-goers)
but this plant-like organism has slowly worked its way into an
impressive variety of human industries over the past 15 centuries. Now
one can find seaweed, or at least one of its many prized…
Google X Wants to Track Cancer With Nanoparticles and Wearables
Google
X, the company's secretive arm tasked with dreaming up the future, is
as you would imagine pretty ambitious. But in the area of medicine,
their plans seem ripped from the pages of science fiction. Today at the WSJD conference, Google X announced a project that wants to track cancer in your blood with the help…
Apple Watch Accessories Are Already Out of Control
Whenever Apple announces something new, companies will use the most
basic specs revealed onstage to take a stab at making What You Need to
go with it. But the Apple Watch is even crazier; despite not even existing yet, more than a few companies are already accessorizing for it.
The Russian Military Despises This Strange Wedge Shaped Spy Ship
When
it was launched it looked like nothing else. Its pizza slice-like
design made it one of the most stable ships for its size and it has
since spawned a whole new class of crazy looking vessels. Yet this
clandestine spy ship is most notorious in Russia, whose military
absolutely detests its existence.
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