The Floor is Lava [ Short Film]

“Three roommates must survive when the floor… is lava!”..(Read…)

Phillips 49 Inch 492P8 Monitor

Phillips has unveiled a new 49 inch curved display they will soon be officially launching priced at around $1,100 or €899 offering a native resolution of 3840 x 1080 pixels. The monitor includes a DisplayPort, an HDMI port, a USB Type-C input, a D-Sub connector, as well as a built-in dual-port USB 3.0 and an Ethernet hub (the USB-C acts like an upstream port for both) together with two 3.5-mm audio connectors for headphones and a microphone. The Philips 492P8 monitor is expected to be officially made available during the second quarter of 2018…(Read…)

BMW Concept X7 iPerformance

BMW’s Concept X7 iPerformance will be making its debut at the IAA Cars 2017 show in Frankfurt, Germany soon. The car offers three-row seating and comes built with two-toned black and white leather seats. The vehicle also comes built with BMW’s signature TwinPower Turbo engine, allowing the hybrid model to run with zero local emissions. Another one of the Concept X7 iPerformance model’s standout features is the large glass sunroof on the top of the vehicle. Taking up almost the entire roof of the car, this is paired with the entertainment screens built to serve the second and third rows of the vehicle, as well as a built in navigation system up front…(Read…)

Cheetah Purrs Loudly While Being Attacked by Meerkats

While visiting Cheetah Experience in Bloemfontein, South Africa, a non-profit conservation project dedicated to protecting cheetahs, zoologist Dolph Volker filmed this cute and amazing footage of Kinji, the cheetah, happily purring while getting “massaged” by feisty little meerkats. “Kinji the Cheetah is something special. He honestly tries making friends with everyone… especially the animals that live within his reach. He is very clever and extremely calm and non aggressive in nature.Here he is at 8 months and 2 years old trying to get the meerkats to scratch him. He ends up purring to the delight of getting a grooming from these small creatures. He has no idea they want to kill him. Meerkats are territorial and do not like predators.”..(Read…)

Artist Ties Herself to 20,000 Helium-Filled Balloons That Kept Her Floating in Mid-Air

British artist Noëmi Lakmaier tied herself to 20,000 helium-filled balloons, which kept her afloat for 48 hours in a live art installation entitled “Cherophobia“. Lakmaier repeated the show in September 2017 at the Sydney Opera House in Australia where she stayed afloat for for nine hours…(Read…)

Circus Acrobats Set Guinness World Record For the Most Consecutive Back Flips on a Teeterboard

Maxim Laurin (Canada) and Ugo Dario (France) have just broken the record for the most consecutive backflips on a teeter board (Korean Plank) by a team of two…(Read…)

Fascinating Footage of Melting Aluminum Rims

Darrin Scott captured fascinating footage of aluminum wheels being melted down in an extremely hot furnace…(Read…)

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Studio lighting in your phone-case

I’m reminded of how Phil Schiller made a rather important observation at yesterday’s keynotes. The iPhone’s camera is pretty great, but there’s still one thing that it isn’t completely in control of… Lighting. Now while the iPhone 8 and X take care of lighting in their new and improved Portrait Mode, here’s something for the predecessors.

LuMee’s first iteration of smartphone cases featured two strips of light on the front that would illuminate your selfies with a lovely warm glow, making your front-facing camera shots wonderfully illuminated. Social media queen Kim Kardashian even gave it her seal of approval. Now, LuMee Duo adds another strip of lighting that illuminates the back of the phone too, giving you great lighting that’s warm and soft, unlike your phone’s flash. The LuMee Duo case features a button on the back that allows you to activate the front and/or back facing lights. Holding the button even allows you to control the light’s brightness, so you have the perfect intensity for your photos and videos.

The LuMee Duo’s case runs on its own battery, so that it doesn’t steal power from your phone. That also allows it to work independently, letting you use the case separately to cast the light at different angles while the phone films videos or takes shots. It even means you can use just the case as a flashlight while you use your phone to talk to someone!

Designer: LuMee

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The BMW R100R: Stripped Down and Gussied Up

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Hubba hubba – I can’t stop looking at that hand shaped tank! But that’s just the first noticeable thing about this ambitious custom BMW R100R cafe racer build by Paul Brauchart and Philipp Rabl of Austria-based Vagabund Moto.

The stripped-down, streamlined design also sports near seamless seat integration to the tank with a built-in taillight, a matching front mudguard and headlight shell, minimalist Motogadget turn signals, and sleek black powder-coated rims. Even more interesting is a leather-clad secret compartment under the hinged seat for keeping accoutrements.

Designer: Paul Brauchart and Philipp Rabl of Vagabund Moto

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