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Cambits Lets You Build A Camera Like Lego
Many companies, including Alphabet’s Project Ara, promise us that the future is modular, pieces of hardware added individually to create the exact gadget you need. Although Ara is still toiling away on its piecemeal smartphone, research from Columbia University’s computer vision laboratory is making that promise a reality for cameras.
The Porn House From The Big Lebowski Has Been Donated To A Museum
For design nerds, the Sheats-Goldstein residence is well-known as one of the most triumphant works of renowned architect John Lautner. For hard-core basketball fans, it’s the home of James Goldstein, the flamboyant courtside fixture at Laker games. And for everybody else, it’s known as Jackie Treehorn’s house.
Power Wheels' Wild Thing Is A Tiny Version Of Disneyland's Spinning Tea Cups Ride
Fisher Price’s Power Wheels line is best known for its miniature drivable versions of real-life cars, like the Porsche 911 GT3. But one of its more original and unique creations, the Wild Thing, is being brought back with a more rugged design so kids can now take it off-road.
Here's How This Magical See-Through Wine Rack Actually Works
For just shy of $US300 ($418), Harlequin Illusions is selling a seemingly magical red oak wine rack that always looks empty when viewed from the side, despite there obviously being bottles stored in it. But the secret behind this trick isn’t wormholes or holograms, it’s a magician’s most faithful assistant.
Celebrate Gravitational Waves With This Spiral-Patterned Soup Bowl
Last week physicists finally succeeded in directly detecting gravitational waves, 100 years after Albert Einstein predicted them. Even before then, the phenomenon inspired modernist chef Nathan Myhrvold to design a unique soup bowl mimicking the pretty spiral patterns of these elusive ripples in the fabric of spacetime.
A T. Rex Riding A Horse Kicking A Soccer Ball Is Everything Wonderful About The Internet
Video: The internet has some dark corners, there’s no denying that. But how could humanity ever carry on without a tool that lets us share a brilliant video of a man in an inflatable T. rex costume riding a horse kicking a giant soccer ball? Lets make sure we never do anything to endanger the world wide web, because how else could we possibly survive Thursday nights without it?
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