Games We Play
This reminder of your imaginative, slightly obsessive-compulsive childhood games will have you stepping over cracks all day.
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Imaging at a Trillion Frames Per Second
Our love affair with slow motion just got even more intense. Using inspiration from stop-action photography pioneer Harold Edgerton, the MIT Media Lab Camera Culture group has developed a high-speed camera that can capture 1,000,000,000,000 frames per second, fast enough to capture light in motion. Professor Ramesh Raskar gives the details on the femto-photography technology in this TED talk.
Wakeboarding Upstream in Slovenia
Red Bull wakeboarders Robert Pokovec & Dominik Hernler travel to the Bled Gorge and the Soca River to shred the freezing upstreams of Slovenia.
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Nike Back to School Collection
The return to routine deserves a wardrobe that can keep pace. Nike's Back to School Collection is built for wherever the season takes you. The Nike Par ADV Golf Jacket delivers weather-ready protection from the first tee to rainy commutes, while the Nike Club Wool Varsity Jacket brings timeless athletic style into cooler evenings. Heading beyond the pavement, the ACG "Misery Ridge" GORE-TEX Jacket is ready for changing mountain conditions. Complete the look with vintage icons like the Air Jordan 4 Retro or lace up the Nike Alphafly 3 when it's time to chase your next personal best. Whether you're heading back to campus, back to the office, or simply back into your routine, Nike's latest collection is built for the season ahead.
Presented by Nike.
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MetMo Eddy
In 1855, French physicist Léon Foucault discovered that moving a conductor through a magnetic field could generate circulating electrical currents within the metal, creating a force that resists its motion. Nearly two centuries later, MetMo harnesses that electromagnetic force into a palm sized gadget, the Eddy. Built around pure copper and a powerful magnet, the precision-engineered object turns electromagnetic induction into something you can see, feel, and repeat. Send the magnet into motion and invisible eddy currents fight back, slowing its movement in a strangely mesmerizing demonstration of physics at work. Equal parts scientific experiment, kinetic sculpture, and desktop distraction, the Eddy re-engineers a discovery from 1855 for anyone who finds magic in understanding how things work.
Presented by MetMo.
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Ten Questions
After grilling celebrities on Inside the Actors Studio, James Lipton finishes them off with these ten questions. The answers are surprisingly redundant.
Great White Remix
Moving from PBS Icons to Shark Week villains, John D. Boswell takes his autotune talents underwater to remix "Bite of the Great White. "
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Seven Years In Seven Minutes
A lot can happen in seven years: The birth of a baby, the death of a loved one, and the completion of a Mars Rover. JPL engineer Mark Rober is just one of the thousands who contributed to NASA's Curiosity Rover and on August 6, 2012, they saw seven years of hard work payoff in just seven terrifying minutes.
The Last Stand Trailer
Now that he's done with all that Governor nonsense, Arnold Schwarzenegger is back to doing what he does best for his first leading role since Terminator 3: Rise of the Machines. Also starring Forest Whitaker and Johnny Knoxville. In theaters January 18, 2013.
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Uncrate's 100-ish favorite things on Amazon
This is our shortcut to the good stuff on Amazon. It's an ongoing Uncrate-vetted list we'll be adding to and subtracting from. It's your field guide to use before wading through Amazon's millions of mediocre listings. It's our handpicked, battle-tested lineup of the clever, the durable, and the legitimately worth buying. The pieces that punch above their price, hold up in the real world, and never miss. In other words: the Amazon aisle curated by someone with taste.
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Jack Henry Karma Fragrance
Karma is a modern fragrance designed to harmonize your mind, body, and spirit. Inspired by the cycles of renewal and the spark of creativity, it's a scent that encourages mindfulness and empowers you to embrace new beginnings. Each note in Karma is thoughtfully chosen to evoke positivity, calm the mind, and energize the soul—blending the science of stress relief with the art of fragrance. Those include bergamot, juniper, green violet, saffron, amber, leather, moss, patchouli, and sandalwood. Long-lasting with just two sprays, Karma offers over 8 hours of wear; it evolves throughout the day, revealing layers of depth and character.
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Tightrope Trucking
World record-holding highliner Faith Dickey successfully walked between two speeding semis to demonstrate the precision and control of the new Volvo FH series and her total badassness.
Partysaurus Rex Sneak Peek
Rex gets the party started in the latest Toy Story Toon, playing in theaters September 14, 2012 right before Finding Nemo 3D.
