Cold War era spy gadgets (18 images)

Cold War era spy gadgets (18 images)

Generally speaking, I post things because I find them interesting or think they’re cool.  These Cold War spy gadgets, however, are on another level.  Back in the day, these were the weapons with which the most powerful governments in the world carried out an information-collecting war. Some of them are pretty impressive, as I usually think of spy gadgets to be a more modern phenomenon.  They were able to make the cameras and guns...

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Blackberry’s amazing new camera feature (1 video)

Blackberry’s amazing new camera feature (1 video)

It’s been a hectic couple of days, and I’m about to head out of town for my brother’s college graduation (congrats, Dylan!), so I only had time for one post today.  BUT, it’s pretty awesome. The video below is of a new camera feature Blackberry and RIM have developed that allows you to travel back in time a couple of seconds to grab images of a person who may have blinked during the photo.  It’s a great technology...

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Grilled cheese in the toaster? Don’t mind if I do (1 image, 1 video)

Grilled cheese in the toaster? Don’t mind if I do (1 image, 1 video)

I know this is pathetic to say, but sometimes I want a grilled cheese but don’t want to go to the trouble of making one.  More precisely, I don’t feel like dirtying and then washing the dishes necessary for making a grilled cheese. Enter the Toastabag, reusable bags / sleeves designed by Dutch design company Bosta that allow you to make a grille cheese right inside your toaster.  No mess.  No clean-up.  It’s the lazy...

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Festo ExoHand – Exoskeleton hands are officially real (1 video)

Festo ExoHand – Exoskeleton hands are officially real (1 video)

Ever since MechWarrior, I (and probably every similarly-aged male) have always fantasized about a day when I could hop behind the controls of a giant, unnecessarily dangerous exoskeleton robot and go around generally creating havoc for anyone who has wronged me.  It appears that I might not have to wait too much longer. Below is a video of the ExoHand by Festo, an exoskeleton hand that can be controlled by a user wearing a mechanized glove....

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Wedding invitations – You’re doing it right (35 images)

Wedding invitations – You’re doing it right (35 images)

When I came home the other day, my girlfriend was looking at wedding stuff online – just for fun, no pressure – she assured me.  And it got me thinking about just how much thought goes into the planning of a wedding, and how many options there are. Whenever I think of options on that scale, I like to see what creative solutions others have come up with, and I wasn’t disappointed to find these awesome wedding invitations....

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