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Air Force Study Shows How to Boil Eyeballs with Lasers

We may not be using lasers on the battlefield yet, but when we do we'll know exactly how to use them to make our enemies' eyeballs explode. And how to create heat-induced bubbles inside "biological substances" (i.e., bodies). A researcher funded by the Air Force to study laser safety has inadvertently also produced a lot of data on what makes them unsafe too. His paper is ominously titled "Laser Induced Shock Waves and Vaporization in Biological Systems and Material Science." More »

3:02 PM on Fri May 2 2008
By Annalee Newitz
1,820 views, 21 comments

Latest by n/a: @ManchuCandidate: Exactly. Same reason it used to be a good strategy to shoot the horses first. Confused, injured horses were good for creating a lot of chaos on the battlefield. more »

speed racer

Race Through A Day-Glo Hot Wheels Playset

People who have seen the trailer for the live-action version of Speed Racer say it looks more like a video game than a movie. But what's wrong with that? If you can make a film feel like the eyeball-blasting you get from a game these days, then the marketing department, the toy department, the sequel department, and yes, even the video game department will fall over backwards trying to kiss you on the ass. So it's no surprise that Speed Racer is getting a video game for the Wii and the Nintendo DS (which unfortunately means that graphics are less than amazing), and you can check out the new images from it in the gallery below. More »

1:30 PM on Mon Feb 18 2008
By Kevin Kelly
2,134 views, 2 comments

Latest by n/a: @zenpoet: 'glo speed racer, glo speed racer, glo speed racer glooooo' ;P Add a pink pepto bismol chaser and I think you will have the whole color pallete down. :D more »