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A massive life sized Volkswagon Passat transformer has been built and displayed outside a Beijing shopping Mall. The extraordinary design has been made to publicize their brand new theatre.
Check out the image!A massive life sized Volkswagon Passat transformer has been built and displayed... more
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A new analysis has apparently found that the world's oldest tattoos were etched in soot.
Scientists analysed the preserved flesh of Ötzi, a 5300 year old Tyrolean iceman, and say the simple tattoos may have served a medicinal purpose, not a decorative one!
Most of the designs, which are of crosses and bands of lines. Alpine climbers discovered Ötzi near the Italian-Austrian border in 1991.A new analysis has apparently found that the world's oldest tattoos were etched... more
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Japanese and American researchers have carried out the biggest earthquake simulation ever on a wooden building in a bid to seek ways to better protect homes in future big quakes.
The 40-second experiment, held in the southern Japanese city of Miki, used a seven-story wooden building placed on the world's largest shake table, and measured the building's movements by exposing it to the equivalent of a 7.5 magnitude quake.Japanese and American researchers have carried out the biggest earthquake simulation... more
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A Harry Potter musical is inevitable. But what about a Harry Potter rap battle? Indy Mogul brings us a rap battle between “the chosen one” Harry Potter and the evil dark lord Voldemort.A Harry Potter musical is inevitable. But what about a Harry Potter rap battle? Indy... more
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Check out this viral inspired by the upcoming blockbuster, G.I. Joe. A skater dons the Delta 6 Accelerator suit, which has been 'specially designed to enhance an individual's natural speed and power while also offering them maximum protection,'whilst pulling some sick stunts on a halfpipe.
The Delta 6 Accelerator suits worn by G.I. JOE operatives were inspired by Lockheed Martin's HULC [http://bit.ly/60R82], Sarcos [covered in Wired: [http://bit.ly/1a5rj2] and Future Combat Systems [http://bit.ly/SzwlI]. The super-suit concept has also been popularised in top selling video game "Crysis" [http://bit.ly/2u2RIv]. Whilst the MARS Industries deadly air vehicle nano-technology could be a reality in the very near future [http://bit.ly/Mf6Qm].Check out this viral inspired by the upcoming blockbuster, G.I. Joe. A skater dons the... more
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After Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull was released, a new pop culture term was coined. Nuke The Fridge is a reference to the film’s opening scene (possible spoilers if you haven’t seen it) where Indiana Jones finds himself on a Nuclear test site and hides in a refrigerator to survive the atomic blast.
But did you know that Back to the Future almost Nuked The Fridge almost 25 years earlier?
In the original draft of Back To The Future, Marty McFly worked for Professor Brown, who was a movie bootlegger and the time machine was a laser device that was housed in a room. In the story’s climax, the device was attached to a refrigerator, and taken to the Nevada desert test site for the atomic bomb, where it was strapped into the back of a truck and driven into the atomic explosion in order to harness the power from the nuclear explosion. Marty had to climb into the fridge as the truck barreled towards ground zero.After Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull was released, a new pop... more
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Harry Potter has conjured up a record-breaking witching hour.
The latest adventure of the teen wizard, “Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince,” took in $22.2 million domestically from midnight screenings, distributor Warner Bros. said Wednesday. That breaks the record set by another Warner blockbuster, “The Dark Knight,” which grossed $18.5 million from midnight shows last summer.
The sixth installment in the “Harry Potter” franchise also topped this year’s biggest hit, “Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen,” which pulled in $16 million from midnight screenings on its first day in June.
“Half-Blood Prince” raked in $10 million more from midnight screenings than part five, “Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix,” in summer 2007.
There was pent-up demand for “Harry Potter” after that last movie. The two-year lag since “Order of the Phoenix” was the longest fans have had to wait for a new “Harry Potter” flick since the first movie arrived in 2001.
Warner originally planned to release “Half-Blood Prince” last November but bumped it to 2009 to take advantage of an open weekend in Hollywood’s busy summer schedule.
“We’re sorry that it caused some angst with our fans, but they’re troopers, and they came out and supported the movie,” said Dan Fellman, head of domestic distribution for Warner.
The new movie has Harry (Daniel Radcliffe) trying to pry loose a hidden memory from one of his teachers, who holds key information about the wizard world’s darkest enemy, Lord Voldemort.
Earning some of the best reviews in the franchise’s history, the new “Harry Potter” tale played to packed crowds in 3,003 theaters for its midnight debut. Domestically, that theater count climbed to 4,275 later Wednesday, and 50 more cinemas will be added Friday.
With that kind of market saturation, “Half-Blood Prince” could set other new box-office highs — both for the “Harry Potter” franchise and Hollywood in general.
“It’s definitely within reach of some of the biggest records in box-office history,” said Paul Dergarabedian, box-office analyst for Hollywood.com
“Order of the Phoenix” also opened on a Wednesday and had the franchise’s best five-day debut at $139.7 million. “Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire” had the top three-day weekend opening of $102.7 million.
“The Dark Knight” is the record-holder for best opening day ($67.2 million), best weekend ($158.4 million) and best five-day debut ($203.8 million).
The seventh and final book in J.K. Rowling’s fantasy series, “Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows,” is being split into two parts for the big screen, with the first movie due out in November 2010 and the second in July 2011.
David Yates, who directed both “Half-Blood Prince” and “Order of the Phoenix,” also is making the final two films.
“We just wish there were another four books,” Fellman said...Harry Potter has conjured up a record-breaking witching hour.
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" It could be a combination of 19th-century mechanics, 21st-century technology — and a 20th-century horror movie.
A Maryland company under contract to the Pentagon is working on a steam-powered robot that would fuel itself by gobbling up whatever organic material it can find — grass, wood, old furniture, even dead bodies.
Robotic Technology Inc.'s Energetically Autonomous Tactical Robot — that's right, "EATR" — "can find, ingest, and extract energy from biomass in the environment (and other organically-based energy sources), as well as use conventional and alternative fuels (such as gasoline, heavy fuel, kerosene, diesel, propane, coal, cooking oil, and solar) when suitable," reads the company's Web site.
That "biomass" and "other organically-based energy sources" wouldn't necessarily be limited to plant material — animal and human corpses contain plenty of energy, and they'd be plentiful in a war zone."" It could be a combination of 19th-century mechanics, 21st-century technology... more
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I love the idea of a robot insect detecting land mines. That would be very helpful.
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They've come up with a new 'Rubik's Touch' cube, that has turned the frustrating 80s toy into a frustrating 2009 toy. Take a look at this video of my old boss Dan from Tech Digest explaining it.They've come up with a new 'Rubik's Touch' cube, that has turned... more
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Exciting news for any Londoners reading. Apparently O2 are saying that phones with built in Oyster cards are just about ready, following a trial with 500 people earlier this year.
If you're from the colonies (outside the M25), then you needn't worry - your horse and cart will still work just fine.Exciting news for any Londoners reading. Apparently O2 are saying that phones with... more
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Along with the release of the villains trailer today, Eidos Inc. and Warner Bros. Interactive Entertainment have also published a ton of new concept art, renders, and screenshots for the villains in Batman: Arkham Asylum. Check them all out here: http://www.totalgamingnetwork.com/main/showthread.php?t=199709Along with the release of the villains trailer today, Eidos Inc. and Warner Bros.... more
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Nothing But Shooters takes a look at their top ten campaign levels from the Call of Duty series.Nothing But Shooters takes a look at their top ten campaign levels from the Call of... more
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Microsoft's motion-sensing camera, Natal will make its way to Windows PCs in the future, says chairman Bill Gates.
Speaking to CNet about Microsoft's in-development technology, Gates said: "I'd say a cool example of that, that you'll see... in a little over a year, is this (depth) camera thing."Microsoft's motion-sensing camera, Natal will make its way to Windows PCs in the... more
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As real Pro fans will know this edition of PES should be the dogs funny bits, as they always tend to have a great pro game out every 2 years! and the next year is an updated version etc. With fifa release date around the corner and with notably new improvements it looks like it will be a fight to the finish. My bet is on PES 2010 to take back the title what do you think?As real Pro fans will know this edition of PES should be the dogs funny bits, as they... more
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Now I couldn't care less about Fifa as I'm a born and bred PRO EVO Player, but still interesting to find out when the competition is getting released.
"It’s official. FIFA 10 is coming on 2 October, landing on all consoles just in time to spark the annual dust up about whether this time it really is better than Pro Evolution Soccer. The new version of PES is currently scheduled for Autumn"
PES or Fifa?Now I couldn't care less about Fifa as I'm a born and bred PRO EVO Player,... more
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Designer Marlies Romberg has made a wooden desk with a built in computer. The untraditional design is laser cut and is basically exactly what you see: a wooden table with a computer.
Let hope those keys work!Designer Marlies Romberg has made a wooden desk with a built in computer. The... more
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Film and television quotes are so entangled with our language that their origins are irrelevant to most speakers. We use Seinfeld-popularized neologisms and phrases constantly without considering how they became popular (“shrinkage,” “close-talker,” “not that there's anything wrong with that”). But games are a younger medium, and for a time were thought to be the realm of only children and socially-inept geeks. HA HA HA. NUH-UH! Hardcore gaming culture is wriggling its way into the mainstream as you read this (it had to make a brief stop at Hipster Town on its way, but it’ll get there).
Some of our in-jokes won’t ever stick to the masses (a good thing), but as time goes by, videogames will inevitably secure a stronger influence on our culture’s hive-database of quotable quotes. We, however, will always be the cool kids who were irritating each other with these gaming quips before the masses fully caught on.Film and television quotes are so entangled with our language that their origins are... more
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Neo from the Matrix films and that Max Payne fella from the console games can slow down time whenever they like and, let's be honest here, bubbles exploding gorgeously in slo-mo aren't likely to make them take time out from dodging bullets to gawp helplessly in wonder.
For the rest of us rubbish mortals though, it's absolutely fine for us to dribble, rub our eyes in disbelief and grin like stupid chimps in awe at these pictures of a bubble bursting. In fact, it's expected so go for your life. Carpe diem and all that.Neo from the Matrix films and that Max Payne fella from the console games can slow... more
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