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Chainsaw Ice Skating Looks Both Fun And Insanely Dangerous
Video: When I saw this video of Swedish skier Erik Sunnerheim zooming over the ice while carving with a chainsaw two thoughts popped into my mind: At first, I thought it was super-fun and wanted to try it right away, but then all the things that could go wrong started to pile up in my…
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First Images Of The World’s Largest Aeroplane
Behold the first glimpse of Microsoft’s co-founder Paul Allen’s crazy space venture: the largest airplane in history, a 117m wingspan beast designed to carry and launch a giant rocket to space, with a combined weight of 540,000kg! Check out these two photos. They blew my mind.
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New Amazing Metal Is So Hydrophobic It Makes Water Bounce Like Magic
Scientists at the University of Rochester have created a metal that is so extremely hydrophobic that the water bounces on it as if it were repelled by a magic force field. Instead of using chemical coatings they used lasers to etch a nanostructure on the metal itself. It will not wear off, like current less…
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The Alphabet Made In The Style Of 26 Contemporary And Classical Artists
Video: Here’s a beautiful video by french designers Alexis Zacchi and Federico Pelat — a brilliant typographic exercise that contains the 26 letters of the alphabet, each made in the style of contemporary and classical art masters.