Pittsburgh Pirates center fielder Andrew McCutchen 2-week pay stub
McCutchen is scheduled to make $10 million this year as part of his 6 yrs/$51.5M deal with the Pirates.
Student nurses in China take an exam
The Art of Camouflage
This makes me really sad
Daily breakfast of cocaine and anorexia. Breakfast of champs of 29 year olds
Baobab Trees
Aerial Yoga (video)
This is what happens when your car gets towed and you leave it in park
This is what happens when a nitrous bottle is left in the car on a hot day
63 years of aircraft development
Fossilized Dinosaur Skin
A 30mm round. The GAU-8 Avenger, the nose cannon of the A10 Warthog, shoots these rounds at about 4200 rounds per minute. Every second, 70 of these rounds are fired (video)
9 Awesome Futuristic Gadgets:
Epos-Lite
The Epos-Light is a small cash register primarily designed for restaurants. It has the option for a food/drink menu and customers can pay with the device. The orders are directly sent to the bar and kitchen providing very fast service.
Hapifork
The Hapifork is no ordinary fork, it helps you lose weight! The fork vibrates when you’re eating too fast, which is bad if you want to lose weight. It measures several things and uploads it to the internet so you can track your progress.
Lockitron
The Lockitron is a lock that lets you unlock your door with a phone. With this worrying that you haven’t locked your door is a thing from the past. It also notifies you if your door has been opened. So even if you’re on the other side of the world you’ll know your door is safely locked.
Furtif Evercut Knives
These knives are so strong you’ll only have to sharpen them once every 25 years. The surface is made from titanium-carbide making them 300 times stronger than normal knives. Its unique design gives the knifes a really awesome look.
Miito
The Miito heats liquids in the vessel to be used. The advantage of this is that you’ll never use to much water. You can heat all sorts of liquids, so you’re not just limited to heating water.
Transparent Faucet
This transparent faucet designed by Phillippe Starck lets you see the inner workings of your faucet. And aside from that it just looks awesome.
Minipresso
This portable espresso machine gives you the luxury you have at home. It’s a great gadget for people who enjoy camping but still need a fresh cup of espresso. The Minipresso is very small which makes it easy to take with you.
Tempescope
The Tempescope brings the weather into your living room. It’s an ambient physical display that visualizes various weather conditions like rain, clouds, and lightning. The Tempescope receives the forecast from the internet. It’s a Japanese crowd funded project scheduled for mid-2015.
Transparent TV
This beautiful transparent TV blends in with every living room design. Designer Michael Friebe explains, “As the first of its kind, the Loewe Invisio introduces technical innovation, combining conventional LCD and the latest TOLED display technology. This allows to create non-transparent / solid moving pictures with rich color reproduction and full contrast range from solid black to pristine white.”
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Interestingly the A10 is very hard to shoot down. I knew a Col who lost half of 1 wing and most of his tail section. He still flew back and landed.