Now and forever, no one will ever dispute that this man isn’t Awesome! Just read that Awesome header. And he’s only 20! Awesome!
20 year old Chinese farmer Wu Zhongyuan built himself a helicopter using only what he remembers from middle school physics lessons and “relevant knowledge [found while] surfing the Internet via my mobile phone.”
Well, sure looks like things worked out. His single-seater conveyance has blades made from the wood of an Elm tree, a frame reinforced with steel pipes and uses an engine from a motorcycle — all for around $1,600. Wu claims the ‘copter can get him as high as 2,600 feet [800 metres], though it seems he’s grounded for the time being as the Chinese government has forbid him to fly because of safety reasons.
Wu Zhongyuan, whose father Wu Xizhao, pegs him as a gadget lover who would always take things apart, says that he “had this dream from childhood of not needing to climb mountains anymore. I wanted to go to school in my own flying machine.” [Dvice]
FPS “Call Of Duty: World at War” is graphically impressive, but I didn’t care much for the old war style gameplay. Although once the main campaign is clocked, a new mission is unlocked:
You’re trapped and cornered in a small room as zombies slowly advance. You’re armed and meant to kill them before they tear down the barricaded windows and enter. Survive the first wave of zombies and you move on to the next wave, hopefully with more money to buy more ammunition or a new gun, and enough time to barricade the windows back up again.
You can unlock three other sections of the house once you have killed enough zombies and earned enough money, but beware; more space to ‘run and gun’ means more windows and ledges for zombies to enter and surround you.
I think it’s a bloody great WWII zombie occult angle…
And I’m TOTALLY FUCKING ADDICTED!!!
You may be wondering what zombies are doing in a World War II game, well Executive producer Daniel Suarez has your answer:
“It was one of the pet projects of one of the designers. The seed of the idea came out of casual [tower] defence games online. It was something that they [developer Treyarch] had been working on for a while and went back to when they had time.”
“Nazi Zombies was sort of this rumour, and everybody would be like, ‘Nazi zombies? What Nazi zombies?’ The designers would sort of chuckle in the back corner and be like, ‘I don’t know what that is.’ And then one day it all of a sudden appeared in a build and it got so much traction internally.”
“All of the QA guys, the marketing guys, even the PR guys became big fans. So we decided to save it and announce it [the week of Halloween on GameTrailers]. It was a project of love that a lot of guys had a hand in.”
Cops in the city of Tulare, California shut down a seven year old’s lemonade stand that she set up to try and raise money for a trip to Disneyland because the little criminal didn’t have a permit or an approved location to set up her business. [IHC]
I think Anna Paquin is one of the most diverse kiwi actors New Zealand has ever had claim too, of course there are many more like say, Sam Neill, Cliff Curtis, Karl Urban and Melanie Lynskey; but none of those actors are in TRUE BLOOD!!!
Anna Paquin and Stephen Moyer, those adorable co-stars from the HBO vampire series “True Blood” who’ve been biting each other on the neck both on- and off-screen, have gotten engaged, it was reported Wednesday.
The two actors have been dating since Feb. 24. Paquin, who plays a non-vampire, telepathic, woman on the hit show, was nominated for an supporting actress Oscar in 1994 for “The Piano.” Moyer plays vampire Bill Compton in the series. He also has two children from previous relationships.
No wedding details were released.
Last month, Paquin, 27, said the fact she was dating her co-star made their love scenes in front of the camera a lot easier. “Obviously, if you’re already with that person then you’re not having to sort of get over the ‘Wow, I’m naked with someone that I don’t even know the middle name of!‘”
Sticky Light is a smart laser scanner that uses a laser diode, mirrors and detector to trace contours, enabling you to play games like air hockey and pinball with bare hands:
A laser spot bounces on a figure being drawn on paper, trying to escape the labyrinth of lines. There is no camera nor projector; this is an experience where the audience can touch and interact with a beam of pure light – and even play a pong game with bare hands.
The quality of the laser light, and the fluidity of the motion makes for a very unique experience.
A beach in Essex attempted to break the [Bikini Beach Bash] world recordfor number of women wearing bikinis in one place, but fell just a wee bit short when only 42 of the required 1,924 women showed up.
We would classify that as an epic fail; funny, but not in a good way as it was a charity event, trying to raise money for a breast cancer appeal. Very PETA tactical though:
A poor weather forecast in Southend-on-Sea, Essex, was blamed for the disappointing turnout.
Organisers had hoped to enter the record books by getting more than 1,923 women wearing swimwear on the sands of the Essex seaside town, beating the number reached in Russia last year.
One said that only 42 had turned out to raise money for Southend Hospital’s breast cancer appeal, the oldest of whom was in her 80s.
Debbie Reynolds, 23, said she thought they would at least break the UK record of 320.
Tracy Jones added: “I don’t think the terrible weather yesterday and forecast today helped.
“It was a beautiful day but I think a lot of people made up their minds yesterday.”
Ms Jones said: ‘We did raise lots of money which was great.
A recent piece of marketing for Tecmo’s Ninja Gaiden Sigma 2 is catching a lot of attention, because – well, because it features people groping breasts that are mysteriously jutting out of a wall:
I just saw a totally awesome news piece on TV about Biohackers. The video I saw doesn’t seem to be on their news website, so I’ll explain the term:
Scientifically inclined youngsters are setting up do-it-yourself biology laboratories at home. Likened to self-trained computer hackers, these enthusiasts — self-styled biohackers — browse online catalogues of DNA parts and order them from small commercial labs. With self-modified household items and used equipment acquired online, they try to tweak bacteria or synthesise novel organisms in their free time.
How cool is that! Catching this story is a peculiar coincidence as I also happened to watch a TEDtalk last night presented by Bonnie Bassler, a professor of molecular biology who discovered that bacteria “talk” to each other using a chemical language, and how the future of antibiotics lies in manipulating bacteria molecules:
“Good news, everyone!” The Futurama voice cast includes John DiMaggio, Maurice LaMarche, Billy West, Tress MacNeille and Katey Sagal – They’re all coming back Yo!
You no longer need to worry that your favorite cast members will be missing from the revival of cult cartoon Futurama – A compromise has been reached that will see everyone returning to the show when it returns next year.
The Toronto Star, of all places, reports that negotiations between Fox and the cast have finally ended with the studio agreeing to offer more money than was originally on the table, and the cast taking less than they originally demanded, meaning that both sides can move forward begrudgingly into production for the new 26-episode season ordered by Comedy Central.
We eagerly look forward to the episode that makes fun of the negotiation, deal and publicity surrounding both. You know it’s coming. [via io9]
“We are thrilled to have our incredible cast back. The call has already `gone out to the animators to put the mouths back on the characters,”Futurama creators Groening and David X. Cohen said in a joint statement.
I’m glad that’s finally over with. Good job Fux Fox.
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