Who cares about plastic 3D-printed models of your head when an amazing, ornate room is being 3D printed out of sandstone? Digital Grotesque, as the project is called, looks like it was ripped from the frames of a sci-fi film. Read More >>
Sometimes a piece of design is so interesting, it's hard not to drop everything and pay attention to it. Dressed in bright, bold colours, with sharp, tessellated forms, these origami clocks from U.K. firm Raw Dezign definitely fits the bill. Read More >>
Want to be swole as hell? You can bulk up all you want, but once you get to a certain point, muscle growth is out of your hands. ASAP Science explains that our level of strength is basically pre-determined by our genetics. Read More >>
On the left is the sunset as seen from Mars. On the right is the same view from Beijing. Were it not for the latter's urban setting, you might not be able to tell the difference. Crazy, right? Fortunately, science can explain why. Read More >>
There's a strong probability you'd go crazy living inside of an egg, despite the fact that you actually came from one. But artist Stephen Turner is up to the challenge. Starting this month, he'll be taking up residence in the Exbury Egg, a self-sustaining studio/home/boat/monument to fertility, for the next 365 days. Read More >>
Featured comment by Ozzyg82:
""living in an ethical relationship with nature and treading as lightly as possible upon the land" does not include chilling in a giant egg-boat made o..." More »
It took photographer/storm chaser/all-around brave guy Mike Olbinski four years to capture this footage of the formation of a supercell near Booker, Texas. That is some real commitment, and it finally paid off in a stunning way, as you can see below. Read More >>
Everyone wants to be cool, but no one wants to admit it. In spite of that, since the beginning of the internet, people have been formulating an ever-evolving script for achieving coolness. It's confusing, and often contradictory. We've certainly toldyouwhattodo and what not to do plenty of times. But maybe it's time to throw out the script. Read More >>
Featured comment by khos:
"Aiiiight 'sup dawgs. WWW in the north and south poles are cool, in fact they are really cold, cold as ice.
This article is not cool, which I am coo..." More »
Wouldn't you be shocked if you were waiting for the bus, and you saw yourself magically appear in that Gap ad at your stop? Yup. And so were the victims of this delightful Photoshop prank by artist Erik Johansson and Adobe. Read More >>
Featured comment by lolhotdog:
"I would have reacted just like the man who got the muscle treatment, "quick, take a picture!" :D
Lovely, I might have to watch the live sessions fo..." More »
The term "landscape photography" usually conjures up visions of green vistas and sublime natural landscapes. But photographer Toshio Shibita takes a different approach in his series, Constructed Landscapes. Rather than focusing on what's natural about the landscape, he focuses on how humans have changed it. Read More >>
I pretty much never ever want to hear the edited version of any album. But for some reason, that 's exactly what Spotify wants me to hear. Or it least that's the way it seems. In most cases, the cleaned up version is what Spotify shows you by default, and you have to do extra work to find the real deal. C'mon, Spotify, why? Read More >>
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"Ok correction - spotify isn't *legally* used in retail environments unless there is some magic logging feature that sends data to the records label ab..." More »
Google Keyboard is Google's new keyboard replacement app that's very similar to Swype or SwiftKey. It's live in the Google Play store now, and it'll make your phone, regardless of manufacturer, a little bit more like a Nexus. Read More >>
Cool cucumber, weathered wood, crocheted doily—apparently these are the makings of the perfect Pinterest picture, according to a year's worth of research provided to Wired by data-crunching startup Curalate. Read More >>
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"Article neglects to mention that Paula Dean is "an American cook, cooking show host, restaurateur, author, actress and Emmy Award-winning television p..." More »
A very patient soul spent hours and hours of his life installing each version of Windows from 1.0 to 8.0 Pro, then sped up the footage. The result? The entire history of the operating system condensed into just over an hour. Bonus points: Daft Punk's Random Access Memories as the soundtrack.Read More >>
Featured comment by PetrolAholic:
"Lol I didn't watch all the video. I got a little bored to be honest! But I do remember installing Windows 95 with just floppy disks. Something like 30..." More »
Overnight, Apple released OS X 10.8.4, an update to Mountain Lion that (again) addresses some issues with Messages, as well as some miscellaneous bugs. Read More >>
Just because you have a 3D printer doesn't mean you're going to make anything remarkable. It doesn't even mean you're going to wind up with what you set out to produce. Believe it or not, 3D printing requires some skill. And when you don't have it, things go delightfully askew. Read More >>
Featured comment by Hamster of Doom:
"It can be done, but no plastic can be remelted indefinitely.
There are desktop extrusion machines being made right now that will take the much cheap..." More »