Random Awesome Things

A 360-degree video of a football stadium being imploded from the inside:

http://gizmodo.com/5517106/what-its-like-to-stand-inside-an-imploding-stadium

(click and drag on the video image to change your viewing angle)

Jeff L wrote:

i saw this on the news i want to cut the grass with doomsday the undercuter

i think thats already been posted

YEAH COWBOYS! ...even tho they suck, THEY'RE STILL MY TEAM!

And I drive by the new stadium everyday on my way to school. Man that thing is huge. HUGE I tell you. (and that is not what she said)

it's not? that's kinda unfortunate... haha

Trust me on this one:

Part 1:

Part 2:

FORD FTW!!!!

Top Gear FTW!

This is Awesome (in my opinion, at least):


(recorded during Dughi's visit)

Jetpacks are impractical. Jump-packs on the other hand...

Also: 3D LCD screens that work without glasses.

(Finally: This is the 8000th post on the forum.)

This might be better suited to the video games thread, but:

Starcraft 2 Release Date Announced: July 27th, 2010

Google Chrome: Faster than a Flying Potato

HOLY SH*T!!! THAT'S FREAKIN AWESOME!

Man where do people come up with this crap. It's amazing!

watch nerf is gonna come out with a potato launcher now

How to Fly an SR-71 Blackbird

http://www.local-motors.com/
^Seriously. Look at this.

For sale: one Batpod, lightly used: http://gizmodo.com/5542965/own-a-batpod-from-the-dark-knight-for-a-mere-100000

Jeff,

Where the heck do you find all this stuff. The Local Motors link and the LED video were amazing.

With all of the talk around the economy and all the news report you hear about people basically being idiots, sometime I forget how smart and talented people can be. There really are some amazing things going on in the engineering world and this doesn't even touch the surface.

I dunno, maybe it's just me.

gizmodo.com

the batpod shouldn't be in a section on awesome things....it should be burnt and a law passed, not letting anyone build something as stupid as that thing..

I'd like to see someone try to drive that thing with those tires ....first attempt to turn.... but is it awesome? not at all

I prefer a Bristlebot...

jmo....and not worth much either

There is only one flaw with your argument: anything associated with Batman [or used by Batman as a tool, weapon, form of transportation, or all of the above] is therefore awesome. But yes, the thing apparently has atrocious handling and is possibly one of the worst vehicles to ride ever. That still wouldn't stop me from trying to ride it down the street, cape billowing in its wake.

Oh, and Senai, I read gizmodo, popular science, engadget, ars technica, and several other tech sites daily. It's just a matter of looking in the right places to find this stuff.

its not so much even riding it, just turning it

Jeff

If you tried to ride it down the street, you'd end yp in a full body cast...especially if you had to turn.

So, again....call it awesome if you want , but it's still a POS

True. But I never said awesome things had to in any way be remotely safe - sort of like how the wrist-mounted flamethrower in the video below is awesome, but completely insane at the same time.