This is a timelapse of a 30-story, state of the art hotel being built in China in a meager 15-days. Wow. I don’t know about you, but I wouldn’t stay there. Get it? I don’t have the money for a hotel! I’ll sleep in the rental. Constructed in Dongting Lake in Hunan province, the hotel is 170,000 square feet and can withstand a 9.0 earthquake reports Treehugger. According to the International Business Times, the prefabricated modules were put together in a factory and then placed on steel structures at the construction site. The Chinese company behind the speedy design and building is Broad Group, a firm which previously built the 15-story Ark Hotel in Changsha, China, in just six days. Meh, I built a 30-story LEGO tower in a single weekend once. “And what happened to it?” WTF do you think happened — it collapsed before I was finished. Then I used the pieces to make a relatively anatomically correct LEGO woman. “Why?” I dunno, but if she tries to tell you that baby is mine she’s lying! Hit the jump for the video, but feel free to skip around. WTF do I care? I don’t. About anything . I’m battling depression. :/

Excerpt from:
Timelapse Of 30-Story Building Built In 15 Days

This is a video of a guy playing Battlefield 3 when he ejects out of his plane, rocket-launches an enemy jet , then gets back in his and flies off. “So just like the title said?” EXACTLY like the title said, except set to the A-Team theme song. You think anybody could actually do this in real life? “Absolutely not.” What if the pilot was wearing a jetpack? “No.” But what if it was Harry Potter? “I’m leaving.” But we haven’t even played footsie! Hit the jump for the video, plus a longer one of dude doing it over and over and over again.

More here:
Battlefield 3: The Old "Jump Out Of Your Plane, Rocket Launch An Enemy’s, Then Get Back In Yours" Move

This is a video of a Boeing 767 making an emergency landing in Warsaw after its landing gear failed to deploy. There were 230 people on board , but nobody was injured. Soaked in shit and piss, yes. It appears the Polish Lot aircraft, en route from New York, circled the city to burn up fuel and allow emergency crews to gather in preparation for the landing. Hey — how many Polish pilots does it take to land an airplane? Polish pilots — that’ll be the day! But seriously, sweet-ass landing. I actually have a spoon that looks like a little airplane and I can’t even get a spoonful of beans & weenies in my mouth without poking an eye. Hit the jump for the I’ve experienced rougher landings WITH landing gear.

See the original post:
Boeing 767 Emergency Landing Sans Wheels

This is the world’s largest pumpkin (1,818.5-pounds — not actually a ton like I said in the title because I’m a dirty liar) carved into a giant zombie scene by pumpkin impaler Ray Villafane. Impressive, right? WRONG. Cinderella’s pumpkin carriage was at least four times that size and you could ride in it . “That was just a fairy tale.” Was it? Then how do you explain…THIS?! “A buttplug?” No dummy, it’s Cinderella’s ass slipper. “Please tell me you’re joking.” I kept it in for a week straight — Prince Charming’s mine! Hit the jump for a bunch more.

Read more:
One Ton Pumpkin Carved Into Zombie Scene

This is Batman’s costume from the Arkham City game made in real life by the folks at The FX Labs. Am I going to steal it and wear it on Halloween? No. Am I going to steal it and wear it everyday except Halloween? Yes (I’ve already committed to going as a sexy XBox controller). Although it was difficult to make the suit wearable because “nobody in the world is proportioned like [Batman],” the FX Lab pulled it off by stitching together several flexible pieces that move with the wearer. They didn’t sacrifice accuracy, either. They even emulated the way the suit can look blue or grey depending on the light. Awesome, it even gives you fake muscles and everything — not that I need them! *flicking syringe, injects* “Please tell me those weren’t steroids.” Oh f*** no, that was 100% horse tranquili– *collapses drooling onto own crotch* Hit the jump for a couple different angles/closeups.

Follow this link:
Batman’s Arkham City Costume Made IRL

This is a video of a surgeon peeling a grape with the Da Vinci surgical robot to raise awareness for prostate cancer and help calm patient’s nerves about the precision of the technology. Unfortunately, the doctor actually stabs the grape a couple times, which, while watching the video, I was pretending was one of my balls. That’s probably why I passed out. That and the constant snipping sound. That is definitely one sound I definitely don’t ever want to hear down there . That and chains rattling. Hit the jump and try to not think about your balls, I dare you. You will fail.

Link:
That Looks Way Too Much Like A Ball: Peeling A Grape With The Prostate Surgical Robot

Granted it can only hover at 3-feet, but that’s a lot higher than your UFO. “I don’t have a UFO.” You ignorance pains me, you know that? But Shu Mansheng here? He’s smart . So smart he built an 18-foot UFO (NOT roflcopter ) out of $3,000 in parts (including eight motorcycle engines). It’s Shu’s third prototype and can hover 3-feet off the ground for a solid 10-seconds. Not sure how you can use that to fake an alien invasion , but who knows, maybe he’s gonna hang it in a tree or something. Chinese man builds flying wheel with eight motorcycle motors [dvice] Thanks to Martin, who claims he tried building a jetpack but ended up burning his garage to the ground. Martin? That was a meth lab and we all know it. Hey — let’s build something together on Faceybooks and Tweeter

Read the original here:
Chinese Farmer Builds Own Hovering UFO

Mad scientists at the University of California Berkeley are now able to create videos of what your brain “sees” after watching a video IRL using a bunch of complicated-ass computer models . Plus — PLUS — videos of Steve Martin with a mustache . Because what would science be without Steve Martin videos? I dunno, but if you think I’m wearing pants under this labcoat you’re dead wrong. Researchers at UC Berkeley used functional magnetic resonance imaging (fMRI) and some seriously complex computational models to figure out what images our minds create when presented with movie and TV clips. So far, the process is only able to reconstruct the neural equivalents of things people have already seen, but eventually it might be possible to construct the images people see in dreams and memories. The researchers developed this technique by showing study participants a series of black-and-white photographs while imaging their minds. By comparing the photographs with the scans, they were able to engineer a way to recognize any image from how the brain responded. With that basic principle in place, it was then only a question of building up a sufficiently complex computer model to decode moving, color images like those in the video above. That’s actually pretty wild. There’s a video of several examples (including the ones I screencapped in the picture!) after the jump, and I’ll be the first to admit I’m glad I wasn’t involved in the study. Everything my brain sees looks like privates. You think I can’t turn a car into a boob? Please . *licking grill* The grill is the nipple, see?! Mmmm, dragonflies. Hit the jump for the demo.

Originally posted here:
Scientists: Now With More Ability To Make Movies From What Your Brain Is Thinking

You ever wanted to see what a clear turtle looks like? Just ask Giotto, the fifth ninja turtle. “There aren’t five!” Yes huh, you just can’t see him. While the other four were rolling around in the ooze, he was actually drinking that shit . Now he’s invisible and has even seen April O’Neil shower IN TEH NUDE. These are a bunch of animal specimens preserved by Iori Tomita. Oh, but first he makes them clear and dyes their bones and cartridge so they almost look like x-rays . Speaking of which… *dons x-ray specs* HA — nice out-of-season novelty Easter boxers, bro. IT’S SEPTEMBER. Originally, the method of making transparent specimens enzymatically turning the protein transparent, dyeing the bones magenta and dyeing the cartilages blue was established for scientific purposes to study the skeletal system. Taking this a step further to refine the form and coloration of the specimens requires time and experience. I create transparent specimens as pieces of work that help people feel closer to the wonders of life. People may look at my specimens as an academic material, a piece of art, or even an entrance to philosophy. There is no limitation to how you interpret their meaning. I hope you will find my work as a “lens” to project a new image, a new world that you’ve never seen before. WTF is an “entrance to philosphy” (besides not this) aside, if you live in Japan you can actually buy some of Iori’s smaller specimens (fish, shrimp and squid) at a couple stores, but the larger ones (lizards, birds, turtles) are only available at his exhibitions. Plus expensive. Not that you need one anyways because it would just 1. gather dust or 2. get eaten when you’re drunk. Just sayin, I had a college roommate with one of those baby sharks in a jar he got at the beach. That thing tasted like shiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiit. Hit the jump for a ton more pictures to round out the anatomy lesson.

Read more from the original source:
What In The…?: Clear Preserved Animals

This isn’t the first lifesize papercraft Link we’ve seen, it’s just the first one we’ve seen outdoors . Created by DeviantARTist stuioofmm (aka Michaela Something), it’s always nice to see a character in their natural element . Mine? My natural element is in the middle of a epic battle box of Girl Scout Cookies. :/ Link is a life size papercraft model standing around 5′5. He is made completely from 250 gsm paper (about 4x stronger then normal paper). He has foam core supports in the top and bottom of his pants, top and bottom of his boots and a ring in his waist. There is also some in the back of his shield, and in the handle of the master sword. Link is made from 250+ pages, the initial template is 198, but there are layers of strips of paper inside for support, and 831 pieces. I worked on him constantly for a month, working approximately 12 hours each day but sometimes that number could go up to 20. Not gonna lie, when I first saw a thumbnail picture I thought he was a giant piata. “Haha — you would, GW!” I would what — hit that? All night long. Or him me, I don’t care. I swing every which-way, including blindfolded . What can I say, I’m kinky. “Pfft, blindfolds aren’t even kinky.” They are when you’re banging tree-people! Hit the jump for several more shots and a link to the artist’s DeviantART with high-res versions.

Read the rest here:
Lifesize Papercraft Link From Legend Of Zelda