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Spectacular stunt: Man runs up 98-foot ship mast and jumps into the sea
Alex Thomson is an experienced sailor with an 8-tonne racing sailboat as tall as a 10-story building. He’s also a bit of a madman and here’s the proof—watch him running over the 98-foot-long mast of his ship and then jump into the sea. Here’s the video recorded in Cádiz, Spain, Thomson first heeled his ship, … Continued
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The iPro is a mix between a Mac Pro and an iMac
Swiss designer Kurt Merki Jr. thought it would be cool to mix the iMac with the Mac Pro into one product called the iPro, complete with a 35-inch display and integrated sound bar. It looks… interesting, albeit a little bit far-fetched. In his own words: Ever since I was a kid, I have always been … Continued
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This pilot firing a missile is the coolest selfie ever, not the Oscars’
Forget about Ellen Degeneres and forget about this astronaut. This is the most awesome selfie,not theirs: A Royal Danish Air Force pilot firing a live air-to-air AIM-9 Sidewinder missile form his F-16 fighter. I feel a bit of deja vu writing about this—after this and this—but it’s such a cool image that it had to … Continued
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Man builds giant 50-foot-tall snowman with entire trees for arms
A farmer in Gilman, Minnesota, decided he have had enough of the snow that was ruining his greenhouses, so he decided to start piling it all up intothis 50-foot-tall snowman.Because why not. SPLOID is a new blog about awesome stuff. Join us on Facebook
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Cool photos of Raptors firing missiles from their hidden weapons bays
I like these old photosof F-22 Raptors firing AIM-9M Sidewinder missiles from their hidden weapons bay. Especially the way this one curves looking for its targets, photographed from the top at the firing range over Point Mugu, California. The ones belowshow the very first time that a Raptor fired an air-to-air missile. Check out as … Continued
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They should have featured this absurd star-studded skit at the Oscars
The funniest thing that happened yesterday involving famous actors didn’t happen at the Oscars. It was this trailer for a fake movie featuring Ben Kingsley, Gary Oldman, Mandy Patinkin, Kevin Spacey as Keyboard Cat and Chistoph Waltz as Hamster on a Piano. It’s hilarious. At least seeing some of my favorite actors ever doing completely … Continued
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Terrifying photo of a tuna about to eat its prey
National Geographic’s photo of the day is, as usual, spectacular: a bluefin tuna about to eat its prey while it swims at extremely high speed. Taken by Brian Skerry, it’s part of a series featured in their March 2014 issue titled Quicksilver. SPLOID is a new blog about awesome stuff. Join us on Facebook
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High-speed photos turn violent gun explosions into delicate stills
Herra Kuulapaa loves to take high-speed photos of firing guns, moved by a desire to see the unseen. His precise technique turns violent explosions into delicate spirals of flames and smoke. Here are a few examples. I’ve always been a scientific person fascinated by unseen phenomena especially too fast or slow. When we started doing … Continued
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Ellen DeGeneres used an iPhone backstage instead of that Samsung
The Oscars 2014 feel like (are?) a commercial for Samsung, with Ellen DeGeneres flashing a Galaxy Note and taking selfies left right and center. It’s ridiculous. Backstage? She actually used her iPhone, of course. PR people will never learn. I really don’t know what were they thinking. DeGeneres is a well known iPhone fan.She even … Continued
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Revolutionary membrane can keep your heart beating perfectly forever
You’re looking at a rabbit’s heart beating outside the animal that once hosted it. It’s alive, pumping blood on its own thanks to a revolutionary electronic membrane that may save your life by keeping your heart beating at a perfect rate. The thin, circuit-lined stretchable membrane has been developed by scientists at the University of … Continued
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Crazy tower design takes people in glass pods on a roller coaster loop
The winner of Turkey’s Çanakkale Antenna contest was pretty damn crazy, but some of the runner-ups are even more insane. Like this 328-foot-high (100-meter) design that would have taken passengers in glass pods on a roller coaster loop.
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Insane tower design launches people on an awesome roller coaster loop
This 328-foot (100-meter) structure wasn’tthe winner of the Çanakkale Antenna contest, a communications tower that will be built in Çanakkale, Turkey. This makes me sad because it looks like a lot more fun to me, even if those glass pods wouldn’t move through that loop at roller coaster speeds. I guess the pods would take … Continued
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What the hell is this giant Russian car?
According to English Russia,a Russian guy designed this car using a 3D modeling software. Then he and his friends got a Nissan Maxima “as a source for some parts” and built it. Looks like an all-terrain batmobile to me. Why can’t Russian keep building insanely dumb stuff like this instead of trying to start World … Continued
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This must be the coolest city model ever made
Chris Burden says his amazing Metropolis II—a gigantic retrofuturistic city model where thousands of slot cars race forever—is not just a city model. Of course it’s not. It’s a goddamn amazing jesuschrist look at that city model. It looks glorious in this short by Henry & Rel. SPLOID is a new blog about awesome stuff. … Continued
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Cool photo: Boarding an amphibious assault ship seems like a lot of fun
From the US Navy: “Marines assigned to 31st Marine Expeditionary Unit enter the well deck of the forward-deployed amphibious assault ship USS Bonhomme Richard.” That looks like an amazingly fun ride to me. A lot more fun than this: Sgt. George Cardenas, an explosive ordnance disposal technician with the Maritime Raid Force, 11th Marine Expeditionary … Continued
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Video: Russian attack helicopters entering Ukraine
This is pretty damn scary but, according to local media, this video allegedly shows about ten Russian attack Mi- 24 Hind helicopters entering Ukrainian air space through Crimea, the autonomous Ukrainian republic where 58.5-percent of the population are ethnic Russians. Ukraine’s government says that 2,000 Russian soldiers have already invaded their territory as the tension … Continued
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Real life submarine Iron Man suit can take humans 1,000 feet underwater
Gizmodo’s Leslie Horn went to the American Museum of Natural History to meet the Exosuit, a first-of-its-kind 6.5-feet-tall aluminum alloy rig Robotech that weighs more than 530 pounds. The $600,000 atmospheric diving suit will take humans 1,000 feet underwater at surface pressure. Check out her cool reportage here. SPLOID is a new blog about awesome … Continued
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