Do not fear the first four-legged robot to do a backflip.
This is the first four-legged robot to do a backflip. "The robot can also trot over uneven terrain about twice as fast as an average person's walking speed." You've been warned.
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The AK-47 of suicide drones.
Kalashnikov changed the world with its AK-47 assault rifle, known for being reliable, cheap, and widely available. Now the company introduces the KUB-UAV, a "suicide drone" that boasts similar benefits, yielding “a step toward a completely new form of combat.” From the Washington Post: The KUB
RIP to Talk Talk's Mark Hollis, the reluctant pop star behind "It's My Life."
RIP to Talk Talk's Mark Hollis, the reluctant pop star behind "It's My Life," one of the singularly great songs of the '80s.
Known instances of electoral interference carried out by the US and the USSR/Russia.
Known instances of electoral interference carried out by the US and the USSR/Russia between 1946 and 2000.
Yosemite hosts a rare "firefall" in February.
Yosemite National Park's Horsetail waterfall becomes a "firefall" in February, when the setting sun makes Horsetail look like molten fire. Some bonkers history: The magnificent glow is an eye-catching illusion known as a “firefall,” with its name drawing back to the manmade Firefall that used
Iranian postage stamps come to life in a video based on Sara Jamshidi's "Project M."
Iranian postage stamps come to life in a video based on Sara Jamshidi's Project M, which uses the stamps to tell a cultural and political history of Iran.
Lowrider culture in Japan.
As we continue to think about appropriation, here's Chicano チカーノ, a short documentary from 2016 about how Chicano culture has been embraced in Japan—less for gang style than family values. For a more recent take, see Walter Thompson-Hernández in the New York Times, "How My
Aerial views of cities and roadways, infinitely spliced and remixed by Dirk Koy.
Aerial views of cities and roadways, infinitely spliced and remixed by Dirk Koy.
New from Visible Cloaks: "Stratum," an unexpectedly unsettling ambient track.
A new collaboration between Visible Cloaks (who released one of our favorite albums from 2017) and avant-garde musicians Yoshio Ojima and Satsuki Shibano: "Stratum," an ambient track with surprise twists that turn it into something unexpectedly unsettling.
Pieced together from multiple image sets, a NASA software engineer's low flyover of Europa.
Pieced together from multiple image sets, NASA software engineer Kevin Gill's low flyover of Jupiter's moon Europa.