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Design

Plus Pool Is A Floating Swimming Pool That Cleans New York's Rivers
Meet the guys behind Plus Pool, a floating, river-filtering watersports fun zone in Motherboard TV’s new series Futurestructures.
Sean Yeaton
8.23.12
Motherboard Blog

The Wiki Weapon Project Promises A 3D-Printed Handgun For Everyone
The 3D-printing gun enthusiasts are at it again coming up with master plans to democratize weapons manufacturing, and this time, they're doing it in the name of the First Amendment. That's right. The Second Amendment is important too, but if you listen...
Adam Estes
8.23.12
Stuff

I Taught a Grown Man How to Ride a Bike
When my friend (and VICE writer) Clive told me that, despite being a grown man, he couldn’t ride a bike, I decided to step in and help him (by embarrassing him in this blog post).
Oscar Rickett
8.23.12
Motherboard Blog

Pennsylvania's 'Godfather of Copper' Arrested After Accomplice Electrocuted Himself
It always feels kinda weird saying it, but copper theft is a huge problem in the United States. Scrap copper is worth "around three bucks a pound":http://www.scrapmonster.com/scrap-prices/scrap-metals/-2-Copper-scraps/19/1/1 right now, which means that...
Derek Mead
8.23.12
Sex, Drugs, and Rock 'N' Roll

Clitoral Gel and Coke
While the gentle stuff felt burning in a good way, the Max O burned in an "oh fuck do I need to get tested?" way. It felt like my pussy had smoked a menthol cigarette.
Sophie Saint Thomas
8.23.12
Stuff

How to Pay Your Student Loans Without Actually Paying Them
Pay attention, poor bastards, and you'll never have to pay a dime for being swindled into your expensive over-education. Go ahead and default, you fiscally irresponsible renegade.
Shane Danaher
8.23.12
Motherboard Blog

Orbit Ain't Easy: Encounters with the Kerbal Space Program
Imagine, the freedom to design your own space launch vehicle without the hassles of "budgetary constraints and bureaucratic wrangling":http://www.csmonitor.com/USA/2012/0811/Rover-Curiosity-is-a-star-but-can-it-help-fund-future-of-Mars-exploration...
Leandro Oliva
8.23.12
The Sprinkles of the Sandman Issue

The Baseball Slugger
Hiro Kurata's obsession with baseball gave birth to a character he calls the “Baseball Slugger,” the hero of his surreal scenes. His paintings are chaotic, confusing, and twisted—an obvious reflection on the world’s condition.
Hiro Kurata
8.23.12
Motherboard Blog

Is the United States Is Rolling the Climate Dice for Deadly Mosquitos?
In the words of NASA climatologist James Hansen, the globe is now playing with ""loaded climate dice,"":http://motherboard.vice.com/2012/8/6/nasa-s-top-climate-scientist-blames-climate-change-for-this-hot-summer-and-the-one-before-that--2 a term that...
Michael Byrne
8.23.12
Motherboard Blog

How to Go to the Bathroom on a Fake Asteroid: Talking to Aquarius, Earth's Last Sealab
In July, the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration announced it was killing its funding for the Aquarius Reef Base, which, located off the coast of Key Largo, Florida, is the only sea lab of its kind in the world. Even during a science...
ALEX PASTERNACK
8.23.12
The Sprinkles of the Sandman Issue

Some Serious Thought Was Put Into This Retarded Doll
In May, a very special doll began showing up in stores in Sweden. According to the package, it was supposed to have cerebral palsy. “The retard doll GIL. Treat her like a real retard!” the label read, while the Facebook page for the doll added, “She...
Milene Larsson
8.23.12
Art

Apple Trees, Vinegar, Fruit Baskets, And Coins Become Unusual But Effective Batteries
School science project meets surrealism in these mysterious images.
Kevin Holmes
8.23.12
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