Criterion Games is giving away free ECTO-1's in Burnout Paradise in honor of the legendary Harold Ramis . Owners of the Xbox 360 and PlayStation 3 versions of the game in North America can download the TV and movie themed "Legendary Cars" DLC for free today.
    
|
In 1992, Amanda Boxtel suffered a vicious skiing accident that left her paralyzed from the waist down. Doctors said she would never walk again. This week, she proved them wrong, with the help of the world's first 3D printed exoskeleton that gives her the ability to climb out of her wheelchair and walk once again.
|
|
This is the found object Cthulhu lamp sculpture crafted by French Canadian artist Karl Dupere-Richer. What a beautifully assembled pile of garbage. Want to bake your own Cthulhu? The ingredients!:
...one PVC patio chair, 14 chair feet, one flowerpot, one umbrella base, two bike tires, 30 cans, many pieces of PVC pipes, one acrylic globe lights, some car body parts, a few pieces of garden hoses and about 1,000 devoured human souls.I think the human souls thing was supposed to be a joke. Now, let's gather junk from around the house and make our own. Then when we're finished we can look at our creation and realize what a shitty job we've done because he have no business trying to make our own Cthulhu sculptures. I'll still make all my guests look at it, but I won't be proud. You know those painting classes that groups of girlfriends go to where they all paint the exact same flowery scene? It will be like that, except it will be the worst looking painting of all the friends. Wow, Cathy, who knew all these years you had so much artistic talent! "It sucks, doesn't it?" It might be actually be the worst painting in the world. Keep going for a ton more pictures including the piece looking magnificent hanging in a bar.
Even though it has many real-world applications—like as a self-sealing lubricant—ferrofluid's most common use is as one really awesome desktop distraction. But when you've seen one black spiky blob, you've seen them all. So the creators of the new Fluux LiquiMetal toy have breathed some novelty back into ferrofluid by chemically engineering it to shift colors.
|
|
When you think about military drones, chances are your mind conjures up the image of a grey airplane-shaped object with a windowless cockpit. But actually, combat drones come in all shapes and sizes—including some very futuristic ones.
|
|
They'll never get their own LEGO set - they won't even get their own Mega Bloks set - but the cartoon destruction of Team Fortress 2 is still perfect for the plastic block treatment.
|
|
It's funny how many people willingly jump off their trail to fall down into that canyon. Or actually come to a stop rather quickly, realize they didn't complete the rolling descent they had planned, and keep re-falling until they get where they want to go.
See, bigots? Slopes work both ways.
PHD UNKNOWN - my other webcomic about fierce creatures, biology, and grad school
SCIENCE THE WORLD - research on STEM
education open to all K-12 educators
Liked this lesson? Share this comic! 
Did you all know yesterday was World Pangolin Day? Somehow we overlooked it, and we're kind of ashamed about that. Because look at this thing. It's an armor-plated mammal, for crying out loud. To make up for the oversight, here's a video of a pangolin wallowing merrily in a pool of mud.
|
|
Artist Joe Alexander has created this gorgeous set of prints showing just how iconic the silhouettes Disney's animation has created. And my how they loom.
|
|
Robots and Nerf, two toys that are the staple of every child's messy bedroom floor, are finally coming together in what could be one of the best (and safest) ways to harass your siblings, parents, and even co-workers. Because Hasbro's new Combat Creatures let you remotely unleash a barrage of foam darts from a safe distance.
|
|
Imagine going on a fishing trip with your buddies. Beers are had. Jokes are tossed. Fish are caught. And then a killer whale pops up out of nowhere to steal the halibut you just snagged to scare the hell out of you and give you an awesome story to tell. Digg found this video of a killer whale attacking a caught fish and it's incredible. It's not everyday you get to see such a beautiful beast steal your dinner plans.
|
|
The rollout of Steam Tags has been full of highs and lows. It seems like for every funny or useful tag attached to a game, there's been a lot more that are mean-spirited or judgmental. It's been called out as a major failing of the system. Now, Valve's looking to do something about it.
|
|
by onfreeparking and others
![Tonight's top story: Lucifer, the Prince of Darkness, died in his home this morning at the age of [unintelligible rune]. Due to the large number of sharks inhabiting his former kingdom, no body could be recovered.](http://imgs.xkcd.com/comics/kola_borehole.png "Tonight's top story: Lucifer, the Prince of Darkness, died in his home this morning at the age of [unintelligible rune]. Due to the large number of sharks inhabiting his former kingdom, no body could be recovered.")
