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Share Your Sex Memories With All Your Coworkers

Whenever someone urges you to do something dumb in the name of science, it's always a good idea to stop and ponder. That's the important takeaway message in this clip from 1983's Brainstorm, the second movie from Silent Running director Douglas Trumbull. Scientists invent a new method for recording experiences, thoughts and even sensations, for later playback. So of course one of the first uses someone puts it to is seducing a blonde in a stripey polo shirt, so every sleazebag around the office can share in her connubial experience. (Clip is probably work-safe, although the guys are very skeezy.) More »

2:46 PM on Fri Mar 28 2008
By Charlie Jane Anders
5,381 views, 24 comments

Latest by null: Comment on Share Your Sex Memories With All Your Coworkers Yep, the guy sets up a loop of an orgasm and just plays it over and over again - after the experience he's totally useless having stimulated his more »

feng shui

How To Improve Your Starship's Feng Shui

When you're cruising across the galaxy at faster-than-light speeds and battling super-intelligent crystaline beings, the slightest mistake can spell disaster. So it's vital to have good feng shui on your starship's bridge. Just look at this flight deck from the movie Red Planet: cramped, ugly and angular, with no way for energy to "flow" around the space. We asked experts how to improve your starship's feng shui. Click through for tips, plus a gallery of command centers with good and bad feng shui. More »

10:00 AM on Wed Mar 5 2008
By Charlie Jane Anders
4,784 views, 23 comments

Latest by donkeygoat: Don't forget the Normandy! more »

cute robots

The Robots That Launched The Cute-Bot Revolution

Wall-E may be the cutest lil robot ever to hit our screens, but he's also the latest in a long line. It seems like wherever you go in scifi, you have to step over a cute chirpy little bot, who whistles, or tweets out a little catchphrase — including R2D2 from Star Wars, Twiki from Buck Rogers and K-9 from Doctor Who. The cute-robot trend may have taken off in the late 70s, but it really began with 1972's Silent Running, as you can see from the clip above. Click through to find out how Bruce Dern's little robot friends changed science fiction forever. More »

4:00 PM on Tue Mar 4 2008
By Charlie Jane Anders
2,069 views, 36 comments

Latest by idoru45: You may want to check out my icon, people... more »