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Motherboard TV: Plus Pool Is A Floating Swimming Pool That Cleans New York's Rivers

In this first episode of our new show Futurestructures, Motherboard meets with the three designers who've hatched a plan to build a high-tech Pool in the not-so-clean waters of New York's East River.
Sean Yeaton
8.17.12
The Sprinkles of the Sandman Issue

Dog Circus

Japan is home to the Super Wan Wan Dog Circus in Tsukuba City. For more than 50 years, owner Hiroaki Uchida has been rescuing abandoned dogs and training them to perform an assortment of tricks, including balancing on huge plastic balls and walking in...
Ellis Jones
8.17.12
Slice of Sneaker

Plus Pool

A few designers in Brooklyn think swimming in New York's rivers isn't an absolutely disgusting idea, so they're planning to build a plus sign-shaped pool, appropriately named Plus Pool, that will float in the city's surrounding waters. What's nuts is...
MOTHERBOARD STAFF
8.17.12
Slice of Sneaker

I Tried to Get the Guys Behind the Plus Pool Arrested

Here is a little behind the scenes anecdote from the filming of Motherboard's "Plus Pool" documentary.
Sean Yeaton
8.17.12
Design

Phillip Stearns Is Turning Digital Glitches Into Warm Blankets

Glitch art gets cuddly with the Glitch Textiles project.
Kevin Holmes
8.17.12
Slice of Sneaker

Behind The Scenes With M.I.A. On The Set Of The "Bad Girls" Shoot

Noisey gets exclusive behind the scenes footage on Miss MC's rad video.
Noisey Staff
8.17.12
Stuff

Cry-Baby of the Week

This week: Mr Fuck Off versus Mrs Pukey Pants!
Jamie Lee Taete
8.17.12
Stuff

Richard Branson's Bad Idea Jamboree

Women, wine, cars that shine.
Gavin Haynes
8.17.12
people who just had sex

Ryan and Dan

Ryan and Dan met on the gay meat market site Manhunt.com. Ryan's a self-proclaimed rimhead... he's really into rimming. He's also a crusader for letting people enjoy themsleves after they cum instead of immediately worrying about pleasing their partner.
VICE Staff
8.17.12
Motherboard Blog

Before Astronauts Drove On the Moon, NASA Thought About Giving Them Bikes

Forty-one years before Curiosity, astronauts first roved the Moon in the Apollo lunar rover.
Amy Shira Teitel
8.17.12
Music

DIE! DIE! DIE! Is Bringing Us Some Hot Sauce

NZ purveyors of punk and exclaimation marks Die! Die! Die! are coming to Australia for a tour that we're presenting. Here's some stuff them and us recently said to eachother
Josh Gardiner
8.17.12
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Studio K: Data-driven Fashion Design

Hyejin Hong of Studio K, one of the most popular contemporary fashion houses in Korea, is fond of using tech-driven processes, like computer programs, to render her designs.
The Creators Project
8.17.12
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