Wednesday, 9 October 2013

These Cubes With No Moving Parts Are Actually Self-Assembling Robots


There's no shortage of proposed ideas for self-assembling robots, but they're usually either incredibly complex or just a little boring. In contrast, these adorable little cubes have no obvious moving parts—but can still climb over and around one another, leap through the air, or roll across the ground.

Bizarrely Fascinating Videos From a North Korean Travel Agency


It's hard not to feel a sense of simultaneous discomfort and awe while watching the fascinatingly bizarre YouTube channel of Koryo Tours, a Beijing-based travel agency specializing in trips to North Korea.

This Smartphone Charger Also Hunts Down Malware


Numbers show that malware on smartphones is a bigger and bigger problem every year, and it's not like the phone companies are making it any easier. Would it really kill them to include a native virus scanner in iOS or Android? This is where the Skorpion comes in.

Best Buy's Selling the iPhone 5C for $50 This Weekend


The iPhone 5C will be on sale at Best Buy all weekend for $50 off. Holy smokes that's a good deal, and just two weeks after the iPhone 5C hit stores.

A Map of What Every State Reads Online Including Right Now


The most popular sites on the internet? Boring and predictable. The one site that each state reads more of than average? That's a world where USA Today and Huffpo reign supreme, and New Yorkers don't read the New York Times.

Best 404 Error Ever Makes Man Temporary Trillionaire


For a few brief, shining hours, one fated East Texas man become the world's very first trillionaire. And he owes it all to what may be the greatest 404 error to ever grace god's green Earth.

Russia's Unstoppable Terminator Tank Is Now Even More Deadly


After being thoroughly worked over by Chechen separatists at the Battle of Grozny in 1995, Russia set about reinventing its armored divisions. The existing BMP-2 vehicles were scrapped in favor of the improved BMPT "Ramka," better known as the Terminator. And like any blockbuster, this summer delivered an even bigger sequel: The BMPT-72. Call it Terminator 2.