This is a computer graphics clash between the forces of Star Wars and Star Trek in and above San Francisco. Who wins? I'm not saying, that would be a spoiler. I'm joking, the video's called 'Death Star Destroys Enterprise'. It's a special extended re-release of this crappier version made in 2009. Can you believe I remembered that? ME NEITHER. It's like how some days I can't remember my ATM PIN but I could easily stand there singing the entire f***ing DuckTales theme song. Whoo-oo!
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This is the Pentagram Bikini sold by Etsy shop MASSBlack for $55. Thankfully, that price includes a top and bottom, so the '666' you shaved into your bush can remain you and the devil's little secret.
Hit the jump for another shot where she kind of looks like Kim Kardashian if Kim Kardashian were a real human being and not a government conspiracy to keep morale at an all time low.
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This is a gallery of tiny 'nanoflowers' grown on the surface of pennies and glass by engineers at Harvard University. They're not actually flowers though, they just look like them. In reality they're microscopic bits of carefully grown crystals. "Like meth." Exactly like meth.
To get a sense of just how small these flower sculptures are, grab a penny and flip it on its back. Right in the middle of the Lincoln Memorial, you'll see a faint impression of Abraham Lincoln. These roses would make a perfect corsage for the president's jacket lapel.
The flowers sprout up spontaneously when a glass plate is dipped into a beaker filled with silicon and minerals (specifically, barium chloride). Then Wim Noorduin at Harvard coaxes the salts to spiral and swirl into smooth, curvaceous shapes, like vases, leaves and petals.
He sculpts the stems and blossoms by slightly tweaking the environment in which the crystals grow. Lowering the temperature makes the petals thicker. Bursts of carbon dioxide send ripples through the leaves and blossoms.
Are you thinking what I'm thinking? "Give your girlfriend a penny and say you grew her a nanogarden on it even though you just found it tails-up on the sidewalk?" What? No! Well yes, but damn it sounds pretty shitty when you say it out loud.
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This is a small gallery of 3-D foam art created by Osaka barista Kazuki Yamamoto. He's clearly got some foam skills. I'm not even sure what I'd say if a barista called my name and then handed me a drink that looks like this. Probably something like, "Awesome, but I ordered my coffee black."
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This is a video of glassblower and skateboarder Robert G. Burch riding his skateboard through a puddle of molten glass. Why? Presumably to combine his two passions in life. Like me when I'm laying down AND playing video games.
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This is a short video of French bicyclist François Gissy setting a new world record by hitting 263km/h (~163mph) on a hydrogen peroxide powered rocket bike. That seems dangerous. I've probably hit 25mph on my bike before and I felt like my face was going to melt off. Then I hit a curb trying to dodge a dead opossum and melted both my knees and the palm of one hand off. People at work would get all offended when I wouldn't shake hands and I'd have to show it to them and they'd be all, "Whoa -- you've got a Two-Face hand!" Then I'd flip a coin to see if I was going to sneak up on them at their desk later and squeeze the back of their neck with it.
Hit the jump for a couple worthwhile videos (skip to the last 20-seconds of the second one to see the takeoff from behind).
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Because everybody ran out to see the new movie this weekend, here's a video of Harp Twins Camille and Kennerly performing a Star Trek: The Next Generation theme duet ON AN ALIEN PLANET. Jk, I think they're in Utah. Smart decision both wearing yellow command uniforms though, it would have been a shame if one opted for a red shirt and the next video had to be a solo. Or, should I say, Sulu? "That doesn't make any sense." Nothing does anymore. *throws smoke bomb, retreats to bathroom*
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This is the giant basement arcade built by Redditor mertzlufft and his father. Mertzlufft sounds kind of braggy about it to which sucks because the last thing you want to hear from a person you're already jealous of is bragging. Have fun while it lasts, mertzlufft, but my dad and I built a rocketship. Let's see if your basement arcade will save you when the world is burning.
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