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Cosmic Rays from Slinky Toys

Remember those glow-in-the-dark stickers you used to put on your ceiling to make you room look like outer space? Well, here's a much better way to do it. Designer Georgiosi of Objects With Light (OWL) creates these cosmic light fixtures using common household objects like screws, marbles, bolts, saw blades, and Slinky toys. The one shown here is called Screwed Light. Want to see another?
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8:20 AM on Wed Mar 26 2008
By LISA KATAYAMA
1,618 views, 2 comments

Latest by Tiwa: AWESOME more »

mega structure

One Million Londoners Will Live in a Single Tower

London has to provide housing for a million more people by 2016, taking into account new arrivals, plus old-timers who need an upgrade. Since space is limited, UK company Popularchitecture is proposing a 5,000-foot high tower that would house pretty much everybody all in one shot—and reduce four city neighborhoods to a single cylindrical building. See the whole thing below. More »

8:40 AM on Tue Mar 25 2008
By LISA KATAYAMA
7,914 views, 91 comments

Latest by SkinnyChicken: Londoners ... I can't think of anyone better to use as guinea pigs for such a project. more »

filmmaking

Can You Make A Science Fiction Film In Two Days?

If you're in the U.K. and have always wanted to make a scifi movie in two days with a bunch of your pals, it's time to test your fast-movie fu. Scifi film geekfest Sci-Fi London is launching its "48 Hour Film Challenge" on April 5th at the Apollo West End. Entrants will be given a randomly-generated film title, some dialog and a prop. They have two days to turn those ingredients into a movie "no shorter than 3 minutes, and no longer than 5 minutes" by April 7th. Those conditions don't sound much worse than what B-movie directors of the 1950s and 60s dealt with. More »

10:46 AM on Tue Mar 4 2008
By Kevin Kelly
974 views, 19 comments

Latest by codydog: @Final: They sure look like it. Good to see the B- movie is still undead. more »

flood

New York City Destroyed. London, You're Next!

New York City has been hammered on by both I Am Legend and Cloverfield, as well as a slew of other films. It's been flooded, frozen, ravaged by viruses, and pummeled by monsters. But London has gotten off rather lightly, having merely been hit by one supervirus in 28 Days Later and the sometimes wonky special effects from multiple episodes of Doctor Who. Recently, however, disgruntled Londoners rejoiced when their city was hit by a massive wall of water in the August miniseries Flood. More »

12:10 PM on Fri Jan 18 2008
By Kevin Kelly
1,398 views, 24 comments

Latest by engtech: I'm starting to realize that I should've gotten a degree is pseudo-science -- then I'd be prepared for disasters in the world of tomorrow. more »

sentient subway

Your Subway Car Wants Kill You

What do you get when you combine a sentient, artificially intelligent subway train (starring Emma Clarke, the voice of the London Underground and Keanu Reeves) with Speed and Titanic? It turns out you get "Sentient Subway," a hilarious Hollywood movie pitch that needs a bit of work on its title. However, having heard this whole pitch, I'm going to go out on a limb and say... it ain't half bad. We'd take a ride on it. In fact, we're all for sentient every mode of transportation: bicycles, cars, roller skates, scooters. Just not buses. Those things are filthy.

2:40 PM on Wed Jan 2 2008
By Kevin Kelly
658 views, 14 comments

Latest by strider_mt2k: @omg-ponies: Thanks to you I've gotten a quick Portal education via Wikipedia and I can't get that song "Still Alive" out of my head. Cool looking game. more »