About 10 seconds after liftoff from runway 19R something happens with the left engine. A lot of smoke and fragments of metal and other material falls down on the runway. At first the pilots don't get any indications in the cockpit and plan to go on to Kuala Lumpur. Then we decide to call Arlanda duty officer to make sure that they have noticed... | More →

This toaster uses Ultrason plastic which is heat-resistant up to 220 degrees celsius and is shatter-proof, scratch and impact-resistant, and is not damaged by hot water, steam, or chemicals. The toaster is open and transparent to allow you to see all the toasting magic that happens when you toast. Which isn't really magic. More of a, uh, toasting action. Source... | More →

These USB flash drives use the typology of a ruler to show how much capacity they have. It's an interesting idea, but I doubt anybody wants to carry meter sticks in their pocket for really huge devices. Source | More →

Scandalous! I'm all for mods, but I don't want my Xbox 360 looking like a slutty little hussy. Source | More →

A shark with the ugly proportions of the pre-historic era has surfaced near Japan offering a rare view of this denizen of the deep. The "Frilled Shark" is hardly ever seen because its habitat is 600 metres or more below the ocean surface. The shark was quickly captured after being spotted but died shortly after. Proving once again that our mission to eliminate all... | More →

These Pallino glasses are marked at the halfway point with the Italian word for optimist above the line and pessimist below. Noticeably missing: the Italian word for stallion with an arrow pointing at me. Source | More →

Masaaki Nagumo, an engineer at Japan's machinery maker Sakakibara Kikai, gets into a 3.4-metre tall, two-legged robot called Land Walker for a demonstration as part of an art exhibition. Attach a bazooka or two to that and I think we've got ourselves a winner for bestest thing ever. Source | More →

This is a modified satelite-guided bomb which releases thousands of darts carrying the chemical DETA that's meant to take out mines. The Venom dart can go through ten to twelve feet of water or two feet of sand and still retain its effectiveness. Although I'm not entirely sure what the chemical is for. I'm guessing they're pheromones so that when the dart gets to... | More →

The Evoluent VerticalMouse 2 keeps your hand in a vertical handshake position which the company claims is more comfortable than current mouse positions. I gotta admit I'm a little curious, though I can't imagine you'd have as much control with the side of your hand as you would with your palm. Though I've been wrong before. Like the time I mistook my TV for... | More →

The greatest marketing of a toy ever. Source | More →

This version would've been so much better. If you disagree, you're forgetting the scientific fact that Chistopher Walken automatically makes a movie eighteen times better than it actually is. | More →

What happens when Google Maps gets lost? It keeps making U-Turns until it finally gives up. Sort of like what I do, except with less cursing and crying. Because everybody knows real men don't ask for directions. I saw it on TV so it must be true. | More →

I was sitting around waiting for Battlestar Galactica this evening watching Iron Chef America. I had seen the commercials for tonight's episode, and it looked neat so I set it up to record. Towards the end, when they're going over the iron chef and the challenger's entries a McDonalds logo popped up for a single frame. It was pretty obvious at the time because... | More →

Is Canada carving women's faces into their terrain or is it just some geological coincidence? We may never know for sure. Dum dum dum! | More →