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Most Incredible Construction Projects (infograph)

By Ash on May 13, 2013 in Engineering, Libertarian, My fave, Right, The Best

source http://blog.rockanddirt.com/community/general-articles/the-most-amazing-construction-projects/

It’s too bad that it gets harder and harder to build awesome stuff in the USA due to excessive regulations. It took a little over a year to build the Empire State Building in 1930. Now it takes several years to build a tower. Case in point, the new World Trade Center. Read this story:

It took 410 days to build the Empire State Building; four years to erect the Golden Gate Bridge. The Pentagon took two years; … Read the rest

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10 Awesome Inventions from Everyday People

By Ash on May 7, 2013 in Amazing, DIY, Engineering, Gadgets, How to

1. Homemade Roller Coaster

With theme park admission prices increasing every year, enjoying roller coasters is a privilege that many just can’t seem to budget. Fortunately, a very skilled amusement park fan decided to build his very own coaster.

Located on a 10-acre plot southwest of Oklahoma City, Jeremy Reid built an incredible roller coaster in the backyard of his parents’ home. It cost Reid $10,000 to build and features a 16-foot drop that propels riders — friends and family … Read the rest

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The Future is here! No more paper with DigInfo

By Ash on April 30, 2013 in Amazing, DIY, Engineering, Gadgets, Money, My fave, Personal D

Prototype Real / Digital Info Interface System

Using projection and gestures to create interactive relationship with information – video embedded below:

Fujitsu Laboratories has developed a next generation user interface which can accurately detect the users finger and what it is touching, creating an interactive touchscreen-like system, using objects in the real word.

“We think paper and many other objects could be manipulated by touching them, as with a touchscreen. This system doesn’t use any special hardware; it consists of

… Read the rest

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17 Epic Gifs to slow your computer down

By Ash on April 30, 2013 in Amazing, Drunks, Engineering, Fails, Gifs, My fave, Organic, The Best, Tumblr, WTF

Like the best animated gifs I could find on the interwebs. Peep dat

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Atlanta the Nerdiest City in America?

By Ash on April 15, 2013 in Engineering, Gadgets, Money, The Best

I’m a nerd and proud of it. As a kid growing up in the ’80s, though, there were few things more terrifying than the prospect of being deemed a nerd for my love of comic books, computers, role-playing games, and myriad other “nerdy” pursuits.

Thinking back on it now, it seems crazy that things considered so mainstream and even cool nowadays could get anyone subjected to near constant ridicule at the hands of their peers, but, oh boy, did they … Read the rest

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How to make a laser and flame thrower (videos)

By Ash on April 12, 2013 in Crazy, DIY, Engineering, Gadgets, How to, My fave

Ive always been fascinated by lasers they are just such neat devices, the only problem is after a while you get a little bored just shining them at things. I always wanted the 007 laser that will just slice through anything, while this instructable wont give you that but it will let you easily slice through the black trashbag or electrical tape that Dr. No has tied you up with. All you need to be able to do it is … Read the rest

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And the Plumber of the Year Award goes to..(18 pics)

By Ash on April 8, 2013 in Engineering, Fails, How to, Redneck Engineering

An epic collection of plumbing fails and some wins.

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Happy Pi Day! (14 Funny Pics)

By Ash on March 14, 2013 in Engineering, Funny Pics, Meme, My fave

Pi Day is celebrated on March 14th (3/14) around the world. Pi (Greek letter “π”) is the symbol used in mathematics to represent a constant — the ratio of the circumference of a circle to its diameter — which is approximately 3.14159.

Pi has been calculated to over one trillion digits beyond its decimal point. As an irrational and transcendental number, it will continue infinitely without repetition or pattern. While only a handful of digits are needed for typical calculations, … Read the rest

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Awesome & Redneck Christmas Decorations (59 pics)

By Ash on December 19, 2012 in Amazing, Engineering, Fails, Food, Humor, My fave, Places, Redneck Engineering, The Best

This an update from last year. Enjoy

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Funniest Focking Shiznit from Interwebs (55 pics)

By Ash on December 12, 2012 in Animals, Demotivate, Engineering, Fails, Gifs, Meme, My fave, Sports, The Best

The funniest of this week.

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I wanna work here (15 bad-ass offices)

By Ash on November 29, 2012 in Amazing, Engineering, Money, Places, The Best

The chain of systems: Liberty > Capitalism > Corporatism > Fascism > Communism
Yay Corporatism!

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Google Glasses Can Turn You Into A Cyborg

By Ash on November 8, 2012 in Amazing, Engineering, Gadgets

For those that missed it, TIME magazine recently unveiled their picks for the best inventions of 2012. The list was filled with the usual assortment of techfoolery, ranging from makerbots, to home HIV tests, to even the Mars Curiosity Rover. Pretty big stuff, I know.

Google Glass

One such invention hitting the higher $600 – $3,000 tier was Google’s very own Google Glass. While I understand that not everything that made the list is actually “consumer” ready technology, I found … Read the rest

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