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An All-in-One Biscuit Cutter That Makes Bite-Size Gingerbread Houses
Engineering a gingerbread house isn’t particularly difficult, the catch is they’re usually built around the holidays when you’ve got a million other things on your plate. That’s why this all-in-one biscuit cutter that produces all the parts you’ll need to build a miniature gingerbread house — walls, roof, and all — is so clever, and…
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Disney’s Super-Realistic CG Eyeballs Are An Uncanny Valley Airlift
What most often gives away a CG character as fake is their dead, lifeless eyes. It’s a common contributing factor to the uncanny valley effect, but now researchers at Disney have developed a system to perfectly capture a performer’s eyes that promises to make CG characters finally appear more lifelike and convincing.
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What It Feels Like To Crawl Into A -34°C Sleeping Bag In The Himalayas
Need to sleep outside somewhere that you could literally freeze to death in under an hour? Turns out they make sleeping bags designed to make that not just possible, but even comfortable. Here’s what they feel like.
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Search And Rescue Drones Are Being Trialled By NSW Police
I doubt anyone is in love with the idea of living in a surveillance state, but drones are becoming extremely affordable and are capable of filling a variety of useful roles, beyond spying on your bathroom habits. For example, police forces in the US and even Queensland are trying to slot the little flying contraptions…