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At this point, there's nothing very special about taking a picture of yourself every day for a year as you grow a beard. But about a minute into the video, Cory Fauver of Carleton College starts getting really creative. He moves through hallways, spins around, and shows stop-motion animated movements that took weeks to create.

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Two companies called Pukas and Tecnalia built a surfboard with a gyroscope, an accelerometer, a GPS tracking device, a compass, and pressure sensors that can measure the stresses placed upon the board. All of the data that these instruments collect is wirelessly transmitted to a computer for analysis. The technicians have been able to understand the strains and dynamics of surfing greater than ever before.

Link via Born Rich | Photo: Pukas

March will soon be upon us. It is the traditional time for artists to compose images of the Marvel Comics villain MODOK (Mental Organism Designed Only for Killing). I'm especially taken with Kasra Ghanbari's depiction of the character on the cover of a romance novel.

Link via Nerdcore | Previously: March MODOK Madness

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There's something very soothing about this presentation. It's a time-lapse video of people pouring paint over a rectangular solid while Philip Glass' String Quartet No. 3 plays in the background. The art is by Holton Rower and the video is directed by Dave Kaufman.

via The Presurfer | Rower's Website

IBM's Watson computer beat two human opponents on Jeopardy. Would this strategy have worked?

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Relax, relax! There's no actual Predator musical in the making. This is just a parody by Jon and Al Kaplan, who have made several fake Schwarzenegger musicals, from Conan the Barbarian to Total Recall. This one, the last in the series, is a far superior production compared to the early musicals. Warning: foul language.

via io9 | Producers' Website

It is a principle of modern architecture that everything can be improved upon with a slide, from subways or airports. So, quite sensibly, Kazuki Nakamura and Kenichi Izuhara designed a house that has slides connecting each level.

Link | Architects' Website

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The ad agency Definition 6 developed a clever campaign for Coca-Cola. It created a truck designed to resemble a vending machine. There's a giant button on the back marked "Push". They drove it around Rio de Janeiro. When people pushed the button, all sorts of prizes popped out -- bottles of Coke, soccer balls, beach toys, and even a surfboard.

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Well, perhaps submarine is not the right term for this vehicle. Rather, part of this boat is partially submerged so that users can comfortably view the world beneath the surface of the water. The Korean company Raonhaje makes this battery-powered vehicle which can reach speeds of five knots. You can view additional photos and a video at the link.

Link via DVICE | Photo: Raonhaje

But the scientists mean it as a compliment, not an insult. The brontomerus had exceptionally large leg muscles:

It could have given other animals a hefty kick, say its discoverers.

It seems most likely to us that what this is about is being able to deliver a strong kick”

"If predators came after it, it would have been able to boot them out of the way," said Dr Mike Taylor, from University College London, UK.

The team has named its dinosaur Brontomerus mcintoshi - from the Greek "bronto", meaning "thunder"; and "merós", meaning "thigh".

The fossilised bones of two specimens - an adult and a juvenile - have been dated to be about 110 million years old.

Suggestion: playfully address your wife and/or girlfriend as "thunder thighs". Explain that you mean it in a good way, particularly that they give the ability to kick hard.

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deviantART user SharpWriter is fond of depicting scenes from American history, such as Abraham Lincoln riding a grizzly bear while wielding a M-16 and the Emancipation Proclamation. That's January 1, 1863, just in case you are curious. One of his more recent works is this image from Teddy Roosevelt's first full term in office. You know -- when he killed Bigfoot. One nitpick: in the actual historical event, Roosevelt used a Krag-Jørgensen. Link via Geekosystem

A company called Sprout Home sells superhero comic books that, if you plant them in the ground, grow herbs. Each is sold in a plastic sleeve in mint condition should you choose not to bury yours.

http://store.sprouthome.com/gacobo.html via Comics Alliance

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In this scene from the BBC's Human Planet, three men in Kenya approach a slain wildebeest. Fifteen lions are gorging over this fresh, delicious kill. The men, armed only with bows, decide to take it away from the lions.

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On the 1960s Batman show, Bruce Wayne and Dick Grayson opened the entrance to the batcave by pushing a secret switch hidden in a bust of Shakespeare. The New Hobbyist, quite reasonably, figured that it would be totally awesome to have one of his own. A switch, that is. Batpoles will come later. He provides detailed instructions on how to make one at the link.

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Every year, the company behind Scotch brand plastic tape holds a contest which invites people to create sculptures out of their product. Pictured above is one leading entry called "The Big One". You can see this and other high-ranked entries and vote for your favorites at the link.

http://www.offtherollcontest.com/main/Gallery.aspx via Make