This is a gallery of “genetic portraits” made by artist Ulric Collette by Photoshopping together photos of his family members . This is a father and daughter portrait here of Daniel, 60 and Amlie, 33. Not necessarily a new idea, but definitely the most Two-Face looking execution I’ve seen. And speaking of Two-Face executions, *pointing gun* call it in the air — heads or tails. “Tails.” Too bad, you lose. “That’s not even a coin — it’s a shirt button!” Ugh, MONEY’S TIGHT RIGHT NOW. Hit the jump for several more but be sure to check out Ulric’s website for the rest.

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Artist Creates ‘Genetic Portraits’ By Seamlessly Splicing Together Headshots Of Relatives

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. :/

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Timelapse Of 30-Story Building Built In 15 Days

Because using your real-life hand is just far too simple and inexpensive, Taylor Veltrop managed to hack together an XBox Kinect , Wii, head-mounted video goggles, a little treadmill and a $16,000 robot to remotely groom a cat . Wow, the cat looks thrilled about it too. In Veltrop’s setup, the HMD provides him with the robot’s viewpoint and also controls the Nao’s head and neck–whichever way the operator turns his head, the robot moves in kind. Wiimotes are used to control each hand, while the rest of the robot’s bodily movements are generated by cues picked up by the Kinect. So when Veltrop walks forward on a treadmill, the robot begins walking forward. If he turns sideways the robot rotates itself in place. Cat grooming aside, the implications of this tele-presence avatar technology actually sound pretty promising. Namely in the realm of adult entertainment . That’s right, folks — virtual avatar sex. *puts on virtual reality goggles, slams peener in desk drawer* “…Why’d you do that?” I don’t know but I’m regretting it. Hit the jump for the robotic avatar tele-presence cat grooming or whatever the f*** it is in action.

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Man Hacks Together Kinect, Wii, Video Goggles, Treadmill And Little Robot To Virtually Groom Cat

This is a video of a guy showing off his homemade Diablo III costume in what can only be described as his grandmother’s guest bedroom. I’m diggin’ the bare lightbulb, bro. Obviously, the costume still needs some work. Namely, in the crotch region. Sure Diablo III isn’t even out yet, but I get the feeling the demons won’t be wearing acid-wash jeans. Regardless, it still amazes me how people can create such intricate costumes but can’t decorate a room to save their lives. I dunno, paint a mural of hell or something — anything but that wallpaper, shit! Hit the jump for the video.

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Die Demonspawn!: Homemade Diablo III Costume

Note: Picture is of Volkswagen’s 20-story robotic parking garage. A $650-million, 57-story highrise designed by Porsche is going up in Sunny Isles Beach, Florida and will feature a robotic car elevator that takes condo owners directly to their door while still in the vehicle. That…sounds convenient. Convenient and terrifying. I guess that’s the price you pay for not having to carry groceries. Carry groceries, LOL — units are $9-million . After the resident pulls over and switches off the engine, a robotic arm that works much like an automatic plank will scoop up the car and put it into the elevator. Once at the desired floor, the same robotic arm will park the car, leaving the resident nearly in front of his front door. The glass elevators will give residents and their guests unparalleled views of the city or of the ocean during their high-speed ride, expected to last 45 to 90 seconds. The 57-story luxury tower will have 132 units. Smaller units will be allocated two parking spaces and larger ones will have four, with 284 robotic parking spaces in total. There will be three elevators. Residents will be able to see their cars from their living rooms. Can you hear that? It’s my Explorer crying because he’ll never get to experience this. “He’s not crying , he’s leaking oil.” Yeah I call that crying. “Well at least put a flattened piece of cardboard down.” Tissues — I call those tissues. At planned Sunny Isles Beach condo, cars and drivers ride elevator home [miamiherald] Thanks to daniel, who just lands his helicopter on the roof like a normal filthy rich person.

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57-Story Porsche Designed Highrise Features Car Elevator That Drops Both Car And Resident Off At Unit

Geekologie Reader Monta lives out in the boonies and doesn’t decorate his house for Halloween because nobody would see it (plus houses out in the sticks are usually scary enough). So what did he do? Constructed a mechanical monster that hides in the trunk of his car and opens the lid to peek out at the cars behind him at red lights. Hoho — bringing Halloween to the people, I’ll allow it. As a matter of fact, my brother actually has a pretty sweet Mercury Grand Marquis, I’ll see if I can’t convince him to do something similar. Hey Frank — what do you say we install a monster in the trunk of your car? “Absolutely f***ing not.” Let me use it for a car chase scene I’m filming? Hit the jump for a short video of the monster in action.

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Trunk Monster Mobile Halloween Decorations

This is Geekologie Reader Owain’s killer robot Halloween costume. He’s particularly proud of it because he found a way to still drink while wearing a mask . Clever, Owain. I mean I’m still gonna kill you, but clever. Picture

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"How To Drink And Still Wear A Mask": Geekologie Reader’s Killer Robot Costume

? Todaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaay is the greaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaatest daaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaay I’ve ever knoooooooooooooooooooooown ? See what I did there? It f***ing sucked, I know. This is a video of a bunch of pumpkins being smashed shot at 1,000 FPS set to some creepy-ass music. It’s Halloween weekend, so I thought it would be appropriate . Also: making a lot of fake blood , getting drunk, then passing out in it on the kitchen floor to scare my roommate when he got home. Long story short I got way too drunk, was unresponsive, he freaked out, called the police, they came, woke me up with smelling salts and busted me for weed. So yeah, Halloween’s off to a great start. For everyone celebrating this weekend INSTEAD OF ON ACTUAL HALLOWEEN, have fun, be safe, rot your teeth out with candy and I hope you all go home with the Harley Quinn of your dreams/ Ninja Turtle of your fantasies . I should be around in between witch’s brews so I might throw a couple posts up. Ooooooor just a bunch of mini candy bars (probably Snickers & Kit-Kats). Hit the jump for the damn I need that song on my iTunes.

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Smashing Pumpkins At 1,000 Frames/Second

Note: Slightly larger full-size version HERE . What? It’s Halloween weekend so this kind of post is appropriate. Although, truthfully, I’d also post this on Christmas Eve and you and I both know it. I keep it real! Also, a constant 72F because I don’t want it so hot that I start sweating, but I also don’t want it so cold that my nips get hard because I’ll rub them raw through my t-shirt. I…have issues. New AND out of print ones. I’m what you’d call a hot mess. Except it’s only 68 in here so I’m actually a cold mess with painful nipples. This is a map of what the citizens of each state are afraid is coming to get them. Me? There’s only one thing I’m worried about coming to get me — the police. Just saying, you know how many skeletons I have in my closet? One — the triceratops I stole from a museum! What Is Coming To Get Us [verysmallarray] via The Thing People In Each US State Think Is Coming To Get Them [laughingsquid] Thanks to Casey, who fears nothing but fear itself. Pluuuuuuuuus crazy people with knives, stepping on cracks, heights, dogs larger than 20-lbs, sleeping with less than three pillows, mirrors that aren’t full length, and dreams where your pants don’t fit.

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The US Map Of What’s Coming To Get You

Because what could be better than a bunch of unmanned flying death machines getting infected with a a computer virus , a bunch of unmanned flying death machines have been infected with a computer virus. *crosses fingers for something terminal* The virus, first reported by Wired magazine’s defense blog, is allegedly logging pilots’ every keystroke as they carry out their missions. “Military network security specialists aren’t sure whether the virus and its so-called ‘keylogger’ payload were introduced intentionally or by accident; it may be a common piece of malware that just happened to make its way into these sensitive networks,” the article says. “The specialists don’t know exactly how far the virus has spread.” Reuters posted a story that says the drones continue to carry out missions even with the virus. The article also quotes an unnamed source who said: “Something is going on, but it has not had any impact on the missions overseas.” “Meh, they got a virus — no biggie.” NO BIGGIE?! That’s like sending a kid to school with chicken pox! Or, even worse, no lunch . Don’t forget to pack them, parents — it’s the most important meal of their day. Get it?! Because you didn’t make them breakfast either. Combat drones’ computer systems reportedly infected with virus [latimes] Thanks to Jeff, Admiral Tits (I’d serve under you any day!) and Colin, who once used keystroke loggers to get their roommates’ Facebook passwords, then changed all their profile pictures to penises. OMG — CLASSIC!

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This Will End Well: Unmanned Combat Drones Infected With Computer Virus