We’ve posted a short video featuring this water-powered jet pack a few years ago, but we haven’t heard of anyone trying one since then. Now, thanks to Translogic’s Bradley Hasemeyer, you’ll actually see a common human being using the thing, and proving that driving one isn’t really all that difficult. Check it out: [Via]
Brittney Lee makes amazing cut out art, and her series featuring Harry Potter and friends makes no exception to this. Check it out: [The Art of Brittney Lee | Via Buzzfeed]
Check out Ericpowerup’s latest “on paper” animation: Mario on Paper! Enjoy! [Ericpowerup]
In the latest in a series of unconvincing announcements, Microsoft is claiming Windows XP really will die in 2014. All those previous announcements were just for show, but this time the company really means it. Honest. Microsoft’s Stephen Rose has issued a statement that is, perhaps unwittingly, extremely telling about the company’s history over the […]
Instructable user The Papier Boy wrote a short guide on how you too can make your own superhero garden gnomes! Evil lurks in the shadows of our backyards. Rogue snails. Radioactive skunks. My yard has a maniacal possum that will stop at nothing until he controls the entire area behind the compost pile. That’s why […]
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This picture was taken during the mid 1970s at Sea World, in Orlando, Florida. [Via Neatorama]
The Beer-o-bot is a mini fridge that shoots beers from an air cannon and is controlled via a web based iPhone interface. Check it out: I don’t know about you guys, but even though this project is awesome in itself, this guy seems to have poor taste when it comes to drinking good beer. Features: […]
There are so many interesting bits of space stuff floating about the Innerwebz this week! Planets and moons and asteroids (with moons?!), oh my. Here’s brief rundown of each with links to in-depth articles if you’re of the space geek set. Our Eighth Planet is so Grown-Up! Tomorrow, June 12, we celebrate Neptune’s first birthday. […]
Some rather awesome star wars/?classic blockbuster mashup movie posters by Australian artist Matt Ranzetta. [Source]