Those of us from the West tend to associate smaller numbers with the left side of the brain and larger ones with the right, based on how we learn math. Now researchers from the University of Plymouth have taught a robot to respond the same way to numbers. The so-called SNARC (spatial-numerical association of response […]
Coin-stacker Tai Star stacked 3,118 coins on a single dime. The impressive structure consisted of 600 quarters, 501 dimes, 313 nickels, 1699 pennies and five foreign coins. He starts with the single dime and places it near the edge of a table. Star explained: ‘It is on the very corner for a few reasons: to […]
Etsy user woodguy32 has crafted some freakin’ awesome steampunk monitors and keyboards. These bad boys will only set you back $1,439.00, and they look AMAZING. [Via This Is Why I’m Broke]
I’ve never played World of Warcraft, because I thought that it was stupid and a total waste of time. Now that I see this, though, I realize that it just wasn’t the right kind of nerdy for me. This DC Universe thing, I can totally get behind. Though the increase hasn’t manifested without its share […]
Gamma Squad has a fantastic article up explaining exactly why your brain hates and refuses to be wrong. Everybody hates being wrong. I turn red when I am. But I try so hard to admit it. But now I’m thinking, maybe I don’t! Maybe I am wrong about everything! Articles like this, that cause introspection, […]
An Ice tray that makes ice cubes shaped like Han Solo in carbonite? Send me a dozen please. Be sure to check out this awesome R2-D2 version as well. [$9.95 @ The Neatoshop]
I try to be as careful an eater as I can be, but without fail, every time I get up from the table I have ketchup/coffee/beer spilled all over the front of my shirt. I will be buying this product ASAP. Though it did pain me to see them waste all that perfectly good chocolate […]
Now that’s kind of really stupid when you think of it. How could Bethesda not foresee that people would do this? [Via]
What do you get when you crossbreed a wampa with a pub? A wampug, of course! [Via Geekologie]
[Source: Zac Gorman]