So. Oil has dipped below the cost of a steel drum. It has dipped below the cost of an expensive steak, a few pints in Ireland, and also, reportedly, a pair of men’s cargo pants from Target. Who cares? Much like the...
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Finally, a drone with a cockpit…
Have you flown your friend’s drone yet? 90% of your efforts will likely end up with you crashing the miniature copter into a tree, or a lightpost, or a brick wall, or a human being. However, the other 10%? Fun as...
Premium at a Premium: Dispelling the Myths Surrounding Gasoline Grades
Oh, the misinformation… If you’ve got the nice ride and the extra bills to go with it, it turns out that Premium Gasoline may not be so bad an investment, after all. Well…for some. Before the internet...
The Inventor of Sandblasting was a Real, American Hero
A common thread in American history has been the veneration of the multi-tasker. Whether it be George Washington, Benjamin Franklin, Teddy Roosevelt, or Jim Thorpe, Americans have always been fascinated by a jack-of-all...
A blind man drives a car for the first time
On a day to day basis, there are few things we take for granted more than our eyesight. It’s difficult to imagine not seeing anything – not even blackness: but this is precisely what blind people experience every day...
Josef Albers: The Man Who Made Sandblasting An Artform
Poet, painter, sculptor, teacher, theoretician…sandblaster? Josef Albers was one of a kind. Though remembered fondly as an “abstract painter,” many of Albers’ most famous works involved, in some capacity, a uniquely...
One really strange scene from the STAR WARS Saga
A new Star Wars film in theaters is roughly the media-equivalent of the Christmas Truce of 1914 — tonight, enemies from either side of the Force will yet again join hands to witness the continuation of a global...
Trending: Laser Strikes on American Airplanes
FAA Officials declared earlier this week that lasers “struck” four airborne vehicles over Phoenix, AZ this past Tuesday according to NBCnews.com. (For those who may not know, FAA is the acronym for the...
Stepping Into the Holographic Landscape: Volvo Joins Microsoft HoloLens in new Advertising Campaign
The ever-innovative, creative minds behind Volvo have cemented the premium European car manufacturer as the first major vehicle company to hop on board with Microsoft’s new hardware, the HoloLens, a remarkable, new...
The Trouble With Tires — A Brief History of Synthetic Rubber
Long before it was vulcanized, molded, driven 20,000 miles, and tossed carelessly in the backwoods, rubber was a valued commodity. Native Americans discovered the unique properties of rubber latex some 3 millennia ago;...