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Engineer Created a Rotary Mobile Phone and It’s Awesome
It’s amusing to me that my kids have never really had to use a rotary phone. Even in my youth, button dial phones were much more common and mobiles become commonplace as I grew up too. I’m 35 now just for reference. However, the older tech of a rotary phone…
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YouTube Inventor & Legend Colin Furze Adds Propeller to 360-Swing!
There are some people in this world who are just not content with “normal” things, and thankfully for all of us, British inventor Colin Furze is one of those people. Having created many completely bonkers items on his YouTube channel, such as Wolverine retractable claws, magnetic boots, rocket powered go-carts,…
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Dad Constructs Enormous Death Star to Entertain His Children
Star Wars: The Force Awakens premieres on December 14th in Los Angeles and predicted to smash box office records. As you might expect, science-fiction fans are anxiously waiting to see the next installment in the franchise. Additionally, the plot and character development has been kept relatively secret, which means the…
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Check out this Supercut of Every James Bond Gadget Ever
From a simple hidden knife, to a laser equipped watch, James Bond has had a lot of cool toys over the years. Sure there are a few films that are a lot more understated in terms of tech than others, take the new Daniel Craig films for example, but the…
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Super Mario Overhaul Comes to Sonic Generations on PC
Sonic’s reputation has been abysmal in the last decade and categorically failed to live up to the iconic Megadrive/Genesis titles. SEGA released a number of atrocious Sonic games such as Sonic Boom, but there are two fairly recent hidden gems. Sonic & SEGA All-Star Racing Transformed is a magical kart racer…
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Engineer Builds Working Thor’s Hammer
You can’t beat a good practical joke, and this one is certainly one of my favourites. An engineer has built a working thor’s hammer, but of course, it’s not really as magical (sorry) as the one from the comics/movies. The legendary hammer Mjolnir is known to only be wielded by…
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iMac with Retina 5K Display Vs 90mm Anti-Tank Cannon
As much as Apple have proven to be a successful company, creating some of the most popular devices on the market, it still makes me smile to see them getting blown to a million pieces. Then again, I like seeing high-end military hardware blowing stuff up for fun regardless, it…
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GTA V AI Goes Mental – Causes Truly Epic Car Crash
Video game AI has made some incredible advancements in recent years; gaming just wouldn’t be the same without it! However, every now and then it goes wrong on a scale of epic proportions, which is no bad thing, because the results are more often than not, hilarious. GTA V is…
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Website Calculates Time “Wasted” Watching Your Favourite Shows
Ever sat there on a rainy weekend and binge watched your way through an entire boxset of your favourite TV show, got hooked on Game of Thrones and got lost in every episode for days on end, or given yourself a headache working out what the hell is really going…
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Akira Trailer Remade With Simpsons Characters
I’ve seen my fair share of random internet videos, but every now and then, something rather special crops up and distracts me from technology. Almost everyone loves a bit of The Simpsons, and it’s fair to say that quite a lot of people love the iconic Anime that is Akira.…
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AK-74 Vs iPhones – Who Will Win?
YouTube channel EverythingApplePro has taken a bunch of iPhones to the firing range to answer that age old question, just how many iPhones does it take to stop a bullet from an AK-74? OK, I’ll admit, that’s a pretty niche question and it’s unlikely you’ve ever thought about it, but…
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1000mph Bloodhound SSC Car Parachute Tested
Getting a 1000mph car to go 1000mph isn’t particularly hard, you just need an absolutely MASSIVE engine. However, keeping it from exploding, taking off, crashing and more is the really hard part. The latest tests for the hopefully land-speed recording breaking vehicle tested one of the most important components, the parachute,…
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Machine That ‘Uncooks Eggs’ Used to Improve Cancer Treatment
A machine invented by an Australian scientist that can “unboil an egg” by unfolding the proteins in egg whites back to their natural state has been hailed as a potential game-changer for the targeted delivery of chemotherapy drugs for cancer treatment. The machine, the vortex fluidic device was invented by Professor Colin…
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Yahoo Labs Finds Filtered Photos Are More Popular
A new paper from Yahoo Labs “Why We Filter Our Photos and How It Impacts Engagement” delves into its findings after analyzing 7.6million photos on Flickr. They found that filters boost engagement on Flickr. Thanks to social photo sharing apps the majority of the photos we seem to see these days…
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From Words to Beats with Typedrummer
Syllables have always been the building blocks of our words, sentences, languages. So what do you get when you change those letters, words and sentences into drum hits? Typedrummer it’s a website which changes letters, words and sentences into drum rhythms, if music has never been a strong point, this…
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