This is a test video of what's allegedly the first fully 3-D printed plastic gun (previously: an AR-15 with 3-D printed receiver) firing a bullet and not shattering to pieces in the shooter's hands like I expected. PROTIP: Never bring a plastic fork to a knife fight. I've nev... / Continue →

In agreement with last year's announcement by Human Rights Watch, an initiative created by the Campaign to Stop Killer Robots (an actual organization I didn't start myself) urges policy makers to ban the development and use of autonomous robots that can kill without human inter... / Continue →

This is a new license plate from the Mexican state of Coahuila. It features a badass (albeit stoned looking) dino with the phrase "Coahuila: Land of Dinosaurs". According to tipster Ricardo (who lives in Torreon, Coahuila), most people don't like them, which makes about as muc... / Continue →

Stealth Wear is a line of counter-surveillance clothing designed by Adam Harvey to help avoid detection by the government or whoever the hell else might be hunting you down. The Illuminati? Probably not, you're not that important. A jilted ex-girlfriend MAYBE, but don't kid ... / Continue →

This is a video of an AR-15 that has a 3-D printed lower receiver (in green -- the "firearm" part of the rifle that would require a federal firearms license). The rest of the weapon consists of standard metal gun parts you could buy without a license. The piece lasts six shot... / Continue →

Leeeeeeeeeeroy Jenkins! I meant to post this story last month, but, I'm going to be perfectly honest with you, I got drunk and forgot about it. But now we know the results so I don't have to write about it twice, which works out for me because words can be tricky to type. An... / Continue →

The Department of Homeland Security is encouraging citizens to be prepared for a zombie outbreak, not because they think there's going to be one, but because they think the preparations you'd make for zombies are similar to those you'd make for a natural disaster or terrorist a... / Continue →

This is a US map depicting alcohol regulations by county. Some might argue it's the most important map of America since Google Street View, and those people would be 100% correct. When prohibition lifted almost eighty years ago, many communities (particularly in the Bible B... / Continue →

Because a legged robot that can run faster than anybody but the quickest sprinters is something that should exist, DARPA and Boston Dynamics are happy to announce their new Cheetah robot can gallop at up to 18-MPH, shattering the previously record of 13.1-MPH, which was already... / Continue →

In case you've been living in a cave for the past several months (tell me -- on a scale from 1 to 10 how robot-proof is it?), Congress is trying to push some legislation through the system THAT WILL CHANGE THE FACE OF INTERNET AS WE KNOW IT. And not in a good way like to a Bra... / Continue →