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Frankenstein’s Monster Saved Mankind From Extinction
Everybody knows about Frankenstein. A monster brought to life by the forces of electricity and dead body parts joined together, Frankenstein has thrilled audiences and cultural consumers since the...
The next wave of AI is rooted in human culture and history
Understanding humans is essential to the design and experience of a technology. For decades, major corporations have turned to social scientists for insight into human behavior, culture and history. At Intel, Genevieve Bell, a prominent Australian an...
Victor Frankenstein Trailer: James McAvoy and Daniel Radcliffe Giving life to a Monster
The first official trailer of horror flick “Victor Frankenstein” has been released. The movie is described as “dynamic and a thrilling twist on a legendary tale and promises a lot of horrifying...
Daniel Radcliffe’s ‘Horns’ Reveals Deepest, Darkest Secrets
Daniel Radcliffe's shed Harry Potter completely from his career in Alexandre Aja's Horns.Horns is an adaption of Joe Hill's dark fantasy of the same name, where Ignatius “Ig” Perrish's on the hunt to...
Oh My Gourd! Frankenstein Pumpkins
Tony Dighera of Cinagro Farms is a mad scientist kind of organic farmer. He has spent the last four years on his 40-acre farm in Ventura County, CA perfecting his process to create pumpkin versions of Frankenstein’s monster.
It took a while because the plastic molds for the pumpkins were tricky and it took some time to figure out how to use them and what material to use.
If it’s not right, it can accelerate the rotting of the fruit. There’s also the timing of mold placement. It has to be done with the fruit’s small enough to fit inside, but there’s a risk the fruit will turn during it’s growing process and snap away from its stem.
See? It ain’t easy creating mutant gourds shaped like horror legend heads. Ultimately, his efforts paid off, and the end result is awesome.
Dighera harvested about 5,500 Pumpkinsteins this first year. The crop even sold out to suppliers months back at $75(USD) per head. I can’t wait to see what he does next. He has plans to devote more land to projects like this.
[via New York Times via Geyser of Awesome]
Brain Candle Looks Perfectly (Abby) Normal to Us
Yeah, I can’t believe it either, but Halloween is just weeks away. If you’re looking for some fun ideas to decorate your pad for every geeks favorite holiday, why not send Igor out to steal you a brain in a jar?
The perfect centerpiece for any formal dinner, the brain candle is hand-sculpted to look just like real brains, floating in clear gel wax so it looks like something you’d find in Dr. Frankenstein’s lab-or-a-tory. Thankfully, this thing is unscented, as we’ve all smelled formaldehyde in high school biology, and that’s not something any of us would care to repeat – especially the dissecting frogs part.
So if you’ve got an open mind, head over to ThinkGeek now, where you can grab the brain candle for $19.99(USD). Igor promises you that it’s a totally normal brain.
[via 7gadgets]
Dracula, The Mummy and six other horror classics coming in a Blu-ray set October 2nd (video)
Universal Classic Monsters: The Essential Collection will arrive on shelves October 2nd, and pack eight classic horror movies, all restored so they can be seen in the highest quality possible. Among the releases is Creature from the Black Lagoon restored for Blu-ray 3D (yes, like Dial M for Murder it was originally shot and released in 3D back in 1954), as well as Dracula, Frankenstein, The Mummy, The Invisible Man, Bride of Frankenstein, The Wolf Man and Phantom of the Opera. This is all a part of the ongoing Universal centennial celebration that's seeing its vaults unleash many of our favorites for the first time in high definition. After the break you can check out a featurette detailing the process undertaken to prep Dracula for Blu-ray release, as well as a press release with details on all of the flicks and which extras are included for each movie. Of course, the downside of a pack like this is that it's pricey -- the MSRP is $160, but it's available for preorder on Amazon currently priced at $112.
Dracula, The Mummy and six other horror classics coming in a Blu-ray set October 2nd (video) originally appeared on Engadget on Sun, 08 Jul 2012 17:47:00 EDT. Please see our terms for use of feeds.
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Amazon | Email this | Comments Pentagon starts Phoenix trial to harvest defunct satellites, MacGyver new ones from orbit
The Phoenix Frankenprogram to harvest the corpses of expired satellites and cobble together new ones seemed like one of DARPA's more daft ideas, but this one has actually kicked off its first phase of development. The plan is to first launch a service craft -- replete with robotic arms and enough processing horsepower to work independently if needed -- followed by the tiny base-unit skeleton satlets. The service mothership would dip into an orbital area called the "graveyard", grabbing pre-chosen cadavers and picking off usable parts, especially valuable antenna arrays, with its robo-limbs. Those parts would be jury-rigged to the bare-bones units, creating usable Pentagon satellites and saving the $10,000 per pound launch cost. So far, a $2.5 million contract to develop the needed technology has been put in place, and bids for the no-frills satlets went out last week. Plenty of dirty work is still needed, so check the video after the break to see if the overly-elaborate plan can un-moot $300 billion of orbiting cold metal.
Pentagon starts Phoenix trial to harvest defunct satellites, MacGyver new ones from orbit originally appeared on Engadget on Thu, 28 Jun 2012 19:46:00 EDT. Please see our terms for use of feeds.
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