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Fact Black Hornet – Hand-Held Helicopter Drones to War Zone

British troops in Afghanistan are now using 10-centimeter-long 16-gram spy helicopters to survey Taliban firing spots. The UK Defense Ministry plans to buy 160 of the drones under a contract worth more than $31 million.

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06 Feb 2013 14:59:00,post received 0 comments

Educative Google Takes Street View Tech Into the Grand Canyon

GRAND CANYON NATIONAL PARK, Ariz. -- Google and its street-view cameras already have taken users to narrow cobblestone alleys in Spain using a tricycle, inside the Smithsonian with a push cart and to British Columbia's snow-covered slopes by snowmobile.

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11 Feb 2013 09:10:00,post received 0 comments

Sad Roman Sakovich's by Portraits Before and After Drug Abuse

The above portrait is part of London-based photographer Roman Sakovich's project, “Half”, which highlights the drastic physical effects of substance abuse. Sakovich has created split images that simultaneously portray an individual prior to and post addiction, leaving the viewer with a stark visualization of the damaging effects of drug use on our bodies.

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10 Mar 2013 11:19:00,post received 0 comments

Funny The Fantastic Adventures of Biddy the Hedgehog

“The other day while taking photos of our Hedgehog I thought of your site! Me and my gf have a Hedgehog named Biddy that we enjoy taking on road trips/adventures. We made a hash tag on Instagram that we use every time we post a photo of him.” From Cuteporter Thomas U.

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13 Jun 2013 09:06:00,post received 0 comments

Wow Free Dive Hunters

Without the use of any type of scuba equipment, divers descend to great depths armed with underwater guns, harpoons and strong line to stalk and hunt prey. Some of the best free-divers in the world can hold their breath for up to 5 minutes under water and go to depths greater than 100 feet.
(All photography © Eyeconic Images.)

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26 Jun 2013 14:17:00,post received 0 comments

Fact Tiger Stone – A Fast and Tidy Drafting Brick Road Machine

Tiger-stone allows you to build 400 yards of road a day using cobblestone. This doesn’t automatically sort, cut and arrange the bricks in patterns. It just lays them. Someone needs to put the right bricks in the right places at the top.

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26 Nov 2012 14:48:00,post received 0 comments

Touching “Diving into the Colors of Holi”

Jaipur, India, 2013, (Photo by Takehiko Yagi/The Guardian)

Takehiko Yagi is a rising star in Japanese photography, and his vibrant pictures of the Hindu spring festival of Holi won the Grand Prize at the fourth annual Nikkei National Geographic Photo Prize. Diving into the Colors of Holi is his first exhibition in the US, on show at Foto Care Gallery in New York until 28 September, 2016. Here: Jaipur, India, 2013, (Photo by Takehiko Yagi/The Guardian)

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23 Sep 2016 09:05:00,post received 0 comments

Touching The Second Life of Tires in Nicaragua

Birds made of recycled tires are displayed in a shop located on the Panamerican highway near Catarina town, May 7, 2015. (Photo by Oswaldo Rivas/Reuters)

Birds made of recycled tires are displayed in a shop located on the Panamerican highway near Catarina town, May 7, 2015. Salazar recycles used tyres to make bird figurines and sofas to sell in his shop located on the Panamerican highway. (Photo by Oswaldo Rivas/Reuters)

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10 May 2015 12:49:00,post received 0 comments