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Watch Dogs Turn into Sausages (and Back Again) in Thomas Edison's 1904 Film "Dog Factory"
_Videodrome is Motherboard's weekly look at the weird old archival footage lurking around the web. Check out old posts "here":http://motherboard.vice.com/search/posts?keyword=videodrome&commit=Search._
I'm not going to wade into the Thomas Edison vs...
Derek Mead
8.10.12
Hey Ron!

Hey Ron! - Should I Sell My Piss and Dirty Panties?
We’re in a recession for crying out loud. Times are hard and everybody has to have a hustle, even if that hustle involves urine-soaked dirty drawers. I won't hate if you do it, just don't put a return address on your pee and panties package.
Ron Hemphill
8.10.12
Motherboard Blog

Meet the Pentagon's New Militarized Earthworm
Sometimes DARPA works in mysterious ways. With a $2.8 billion annual operating budget, the Pentagon's (in)famous research and development arm exists to develop future forward technology that will keep our military a stride ahead of the rest, and the...
Adam Estes
8.10.12
Pen Pals

Back in Jail and Smoking Green Beans
So it’s back to the stinkin’ clink again. My state tour of various jails and institutions now includes Westchester County Jail in Valhalla. Because I have had felonies and been Upstate before, I got put in a dorm with a buncha cutthroat criminals who...
Bert Burykill
8.10.12
Music

Delicious with Mish Episode Two: Featuring Macey and Tony of Needles//Pins
Oh, hey guys! Step into my living room; sit at my perfect kitchen table for another edition of Delicious with Mish. This week I invited Tony DuBroy (bass) and Macey Budgell (drums) of the garage-punk band Needles//Pins to join me.
Mish Way
8.10.12
Music

Hyped: The Week In Links 8/10
Busy week? Here are some things you may have missed.
Sami Sharaf
8.10.12
Motherboard Blog

Future Sex: The Best Offbeatr Porn Projects for Geeks
Yesterday we all learned "about Offbeatr":http://motherboard.vice.com/2012/8/9/the-future-is-bright-for-offbeatr-the-kickstarter-for-porn, the new, Kickstarter-inspired site dedicated to crowd funding of pornography. At its core, the site represents an...
Kelly Bourdet
8.10.12
Stuff

We Interviewed Tommie Smith About the 1968 'Black Power' Salute
Tommie had an interesting story to tell. He says it was a fist raised for the world, not just Black Americans. And he spoke a lot in the third person because he's a badass.
Joshua Haddow
8.10.12
Film

Beauty In Error: The Art of Glitch Is Explored In PBS' Latest Off Book Video
Reveling in technological mistakes.
Kevin Holmes
8.10.12
The Photo Issue 2012

Nothing
Danish-born photographer Asger Carlsen continues to perplex and titillate us with his elegant, yet grotesque images. This selection features confounding images like a bum whose head is part alley cat and a member of Snoop Lion's entourage who literally...
Asger Carlsen
8.10.12
Motherboard Blog

Is There Any Hope for Planetary Big-Science Beyond Curiosity? Maybe Not
You'd think we'd never sent a multi-billion dollar rover to Mars before. Or sent a spacecraft there, or even _seen_ the Red Planet up close for that matter. The PR push behind NASA's latest big-ticket endevour was astounding. Times Square! It's almost...
Michael Byrne
8.10.12
Stuff

The Corrupt Olympics
Who's the real winner when everybody's cheating? We found out.
Clive Martin and Sam Voulters
8.10.12
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