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Rockets of the world
I’m a sucker for rockets and technical illustrations, which is why I love this poster of rockets of the world drawn to scale by Tyler Skrabek—a clean, updated version of a 1995 classic by professor Peter Alway, published in the book Rockets of the World. SPLOID is delicious brain candy. Follow us on Facebook or … Continued
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The most iconic race cars in history captured in beautiful paintings
Tom Havlasek is a painter who is obsessed with motorsports. His large format pieces, all made using acrylic, capture the perfect angles of some of the most iconic race cars in history. I would love to have the Gulf Porsche and any of the cars with Marlboro livery. See if you can identify all of … Continued
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I didn’t expect the twisted ending in this brilliant short film
I don’t want to spoil this brilliant short film by freelance London director Toby Meakins—starring Josef Altin, Pypar in Game of Thrones—so please watch it and try not to hold your breath. You won’t regret it. SPLOID is delicious brain candy. Follow us on Facebook or Twitter.
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Amazing aerial photos show Las Vegas like you have never seen it before
After capturing the most amazing images of New York ever,Vincent Laforet is using the same technology to photograph other major cities around the world. This is Las Vegas. The results are even crazier than NYC—with this unprecedented clarity and from this vantage point, Sin City looks like the world of Tron. Unreal. Click on the … Continued
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Good evening, Manhattan
This time-lapse by Dominic Boudreault’s is a beautiful, crystal clear view of Manhattan.Even after all these years of coming here it causes the same reaction of awe and wonder in me, both in real life or watching these animated images. This is part of a series in which we are featuring beautiful time-lapses of cities … Continued
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Behold the unfilmed Star Wars scenes you always wanted to see
I always wanted to see the actual infantry attacks on the Hoth’s Rebel Base. Not just a couple scenes but a full Saving Private Ryan’s Normandy invasion battle with a ton of imperial storm troopers led by Darth Vader. Apparently illustrator Dave Dorman had the same idea in mind. Here’s his vision. Imperial troops disguised … Continued
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Secret stash of Moon artifacts found hidden in Neil Armstrong’s closet
These are the contents of a mysterious white bag found hidden in Neil Armstrong’s closet: Weird looking lamps, wrenches, utility brackets, sights, and a film camera that later was identified as the one that captured the famous Apollo 11’s descent on the Moon’s surface. Nobody knew about it, including his widow. According to NASA, Carol … Continued
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Fascinating photos reveal how they built the SR-71 Blackbird
Built and designed in the 1960s after the A-12 Oxcart, the SR-71 Blackbird is still the fastest, most vanguardist air-breathing airplane in the history of aviation. These once classified photos reveal how Lockheed built both birds in secret, in California. They look taken at the Rebel base in Hoth. “Everything had to be invented” The … Continued
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How the Pentagon plans to launch rockets into orbit using jet fighters
DARPA’s Airborne Launch Assist Space Accessis not a new idea. In fact, they have been working on it for some time. Now the Pentagon’s research arm have a neat concept video to show us how they are planning to put stuff in low earth orbit. You know, like satellites and other secret darpish things. SPLOID … Continued
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The concept art of Jupiter Ascending is glorious eye candy
“Jupiter Ascending isn’t just a mediocre film. It’s also self-indulgent, and in love with its own excesses,” says Charlie Jane Anders for io9. One of the excesses is the glorious eye candy, which seems to be a constant mental overload. You can thank the genius of George Hull and his baroque concept art for that. … Continued
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How to perfectly cut a giant glass pane by slamming it
I’ve seen this cutting operation with smaller glass panes, but I would have never imagined that it could work so nicely at such a big scale without the glass shattering in a million pieces. I can watch these dudes doing this job for hours. SPLOID is delicious brain candy. Follow us on Facebook or Twitter.
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I don’t know what the hell I just watched but I watched it all
So this machine comes with a weird thingie and it starts moving the ground and then there’s this weird hose that goes under and stuff or something. I guess the hose will be connected to a pump to drain the water at some point. I don’t know. I don’t care. I just know that I … Continued
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The phenomenal alien worlds of Jesse van Dijk
If you have played Destiny, you are familiar withJesse van Dijk’s phenomenal work. His work as lead concept artist at Bungie have resulted in incredibly vast settings full of detail. His architecture feels real, with purpose, history, character. His titanic machinery, overwhelmingly heavy, solid. Jesse van Dijk is Dutch concept artist now living in Seattle … Continued
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Life would be a lot cooler if it had these anime effects built in
Neat animation effects in this video directed by Ernest Desumbila for Lighten Up, the latest song by Citizens! This London band kind of reminds me of Phoenix after going through a dance club blender mixed with some LCD Soundsystem and Pet Shop Boys ice. Good track to drive around LA, destination unknown. Citizens! is a … Continued
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The story of the ultrasecret A-12 Oxcart—father of the SR-71 Blackbird
It may look like the SR-71 Blackbird, but this sleek flying beast is not the most famous supersonic spy plane ever created but its father, the A-12 Oxcart. In some ways, it was a better machine than the famous Blackbird. This is its history. The story of this Mach 3.2 technological wonder starts in 1957 … Continued
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Beautiful tilt-shift photos turn the Universe into precious jewels
The Universe is an incredible place that defies belief. We take it for granted because the distances and scale is so alien to our little tiny pale blue dot that our brains can’t even process them. Maybe that’s why Italian artist St. Tesla turns galaxies and nebulae into tiny precious jewels. “Macrocosm and microcosm is … Continued
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This cool flying Millennium Falcon needs a full scale version ASAP
There’s no reason why a full size version of this RC quadcopter Millennium Falcon wouldn’t work. We just need a good titanium frame, a carbon fiber hull, the twin turboshaft engines from four Sikorsky SH-60 Seahawks, a light cockpit from a Sikorsky Schweizer, and we are in business. Punch it! Here’s the second flight with … Continued
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A coffee shop that will disorient you more than any dive bar
D’Espresso was a neat coffee shop on 317 Madison Avenue, New York, that had its walls, ceiling, and floor turned 90 degrees. It makes me sightly dizzy when I look at the photo. Maybe that’s why it does not exist anymore. SPLOID is delicious brain candy. Follow us on Facebook or Twitter.
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The ink in a one dollar bill is surprisingly thick under the microscope
The light angle helps, no doubt, but the depth of the ink inthis microscope photo of a one dollar bill is impressive. Keep in mind that the dollar bill is only 0.0043 inches thick (o.1 millimeters): SIZE: US currency bills are are 2.61 inches wide and 6.14 inches long; they are .0043 inches thick and … Continued
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