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Speed Enforced by Aircraft

Speed Enforced by Aircraft

RocketJump takes the “Speed Enforced by Aircraft” sign literally to tell a story about a pregnant couple and an overzealous airborne traffic cop. It makes no sense at all, yet at the same time it makes too much sense.

Samsung Galaxy Note 7

Samsung Galaxy Note 7

It’s the S7 Edge made slightly bigger and better. The Note 7 has a 5.7″ 1440p AMOLED screen with a slightly flatter edge-to-edge design, a 3500mAh battery, a microSD slot, waterproofing for both the phone and stylus, a new iris scanner and more.

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Pendulum Balance Robot

Pendulum Balance Robot

If you thought that machine that could balance itself on a single point was cool, check out Andreas Eder and Tobias Glück’s robot, which can swing three pivoting sections upright and keep them balanced. It can’t hold on indefinitely, but we’d like to see you do better.

Essential Novels Scratch-off Chart

Essential Novels Scratch-off Chart
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Pop Chart Lab’s upcoming poster features its top 100 novels. Each title is represented by a foil-covered book cover. You can scratch the foil off to reveal the full cover art. The poster measures 18″x 24″. We’d love to have a customizable print.

Catching a Horse Nap

Catching a Horse Nap

While out checking on her horses, UK farmer Lisa Brown found herself turned into a human pillow by a equine named “Jimmy.” We’re not sure Lisa will be getting any rest, but Jimmy seems quite content with his new headrest.

Welcome to The Last Bookstore

Welcome to The Last Bookstore

Chad Howitt’s profile of Josh Spencer, owner of Los Angeles’ famous used book shop The Last Bookstore. An outdoorsman, Josh was paralyzed from the waist down after an accident. But it led him to create what become a beloved landmark.

Inside Toyota’s Truck Factory

Inside Toyota’s Truck Factory

We visited Toyota’s 4.2m sq.ft. San Antonio Texas manufacturing plant to see how they build their rugged Tacoma and Tundra pickups. Over 7200 people from Toyota and its partners work in concert with robotics to complete a truck every 60 seconds. (Video by Jim Rough)

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The Shining Star of Losers Everywhere

The Shining Star of Losers Everywhere

In 2003, a failing small town horse track in Japan made a desperate gamble: hype up Haru Urara, a horse with a record of 0-88. The country rallied around her story, “a message about the value of trying hard even when no one’s looking.” Ganbatte kudasai!

Castlevania OST LP

Castlevania OST LP
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Mondo kicks off its celebration of Castlevania‘s 30th anniversary – damn, we’re old! – with a double-sided 10″ vinyl of the NES/Famicom original. The cover, sleeve and vinyl art was done by comic book artist Becky Cloonan (East Coast Rising, Batman).

David Cross vs. Hot Wings

David Cross vs. Hot Wings

(PG-13: Language) It’s official: David Cross is tougher than Redman. The actor and comedian found out that he had an iron tongue when he dropped by First We Feast’s show to talked about his latest comedy tour, Mr. Show sketches coming true and more.

Doodle Jewelry

Doodle Jewelry
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Etsy shop Tasarim Takarim specializes in custom jewelry based on children’s drawings (or yours!). You can ask them to turn the doodles into pendants, bracelets, cufflinks, tabletop sculptures and more. The shop also accepts handwriting, handprints and footprints.

BattleBots: Hypershock vs. Warrior Clan

BattleBots: Hypershock vs. Warrior Clan

BattleBots recently featured a showdown between front-spinner bot Hypershock and orbital spinner Warrior Clan. The highlight of the match was the last minute addition of a garden rake which Hypershock used to swat Warrior Clan’s companion drone from the sky.

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Shark & Diver Models

Shark & Diver Models
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Designed by Matt Cavanaugh for Kontextür, these awesome vinyl models offer lots of points of articulation, and a fun and easy assembly process using plastic screws to attach their parts. The shark and diver each measure 14″ long when swimming.

The Was

The Was

We’re not exactly sure what we just watched, but this epic music video from Soda_Jerk and The Avalanches crams in countless references to pop culture icons from the ’60s through the ’90s, from Saturday Night Fever to Seinfeld, from The Warriors to Will Smith.

The Rysonic Wheel

The Rysonic Wheel

Musician Pete O’Connell shows off an unusual contraption, which automatically strums the strings on his guitar for him. While flaps on the spinning wheel hit the strings on his guitar, he can focus on fretting and adding a beat with his kick drum. Plus it doesn’t just work with a guitar.

EDC Trending Gear: 7/16

EDC Trending Gear: 7/16

Our pals at Everyday Carry present a collection of the most awesome gear they spotted in the past month, from bags to knives, from multi-tools to Bluetooth speakers, there’s something for everyone in this latest roundup. We particularly dig the Anso Matrix wallet.

The Handmaiden (Teaser)

The Handmaiden (Teaser)

From director and writer Park Chan-wook (Oldboy) comes an Asian adaptation of Sarah Waters’ novel Fingersmith. The Handmaiden is about a rich and sheltered Japanese girl and her Korean handmaiden, who’s secretly plotting to steal her employer’s inheritance.

Crackle Ball Mod

Crackle Ball Mod

Grant “The King of Random” Thompson came across some brilliantly sparkling fireworks and decided to see what would happen if he combined six of them into one giant ball of flame and sparks. The resulting explosion is quite spectacular – especially in slow-mo.

Filson The Smokey Bear Watch

Filson The Smokey Bear Watch
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Made by Shinola for Filson, this 43mm watch features the iconic anti-forest fire mascot Smokey Bear. It also comes with a bandana, postcards based on Smokey Bear posters and a book about the mascot’s origin. Limited to 1000 units.

DIY Mini NES

DIY Mini NES

Sorry Nintendo, but this is how you make a miniature NES. Modder daftmike’s Raspberry Pi-based NES emulator not only has working buttons and ports, it also uses tiny cartridges as NFC tags to load games. It even has an equally tiny functional controller. Build log here.

LEGO RC Land Rover Defender 90

LEGO RC Land Rover Defender 90

LEGO master Sariel made this badass model of the Defender 90. It moves like a turtle even in fourth gear, but yeah, it has a fourth gear. It also has 4×4 drive, a working winch, locking differentials, and can be controlled from up to 160ft away thanks to the SBrick module.

Tripping Balls

Tripping Balls

(PG-13: Language) Our latest edition of People After Anesthesia is about an embarassed elder and a young woman with an impromptu fourth wall-breaking skit about balls. Shout out to all the bouncy balls in the world.

The Rise (and Fall) of Hollywood

The Rise (and Fall) of Hollywood

Now You See It made an abridged history of the movie-making capital. Hollywood started as a rebellious albeit greedy movement, then devolved into a monopoly of studios. The rise of the internet and affordable equipment could finally put an end to the blockbuster factory.

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