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How to Build a Not-For-Profit Facebook

Over a billion people use Facebook. Sorry, that's the predominant way we share information and communicate online; sometimes, especially for those young ones who never go outside anymore, it's the predominant way info gets shared, period. Nothing else...
Brian Merchant
8.17.12
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Plus Pool

A few dudes in Brooklyn think swimming in New York's rivers is a cool 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 the thing will actually be...
MOTHERBOARD STAFF
8.17.12
Design

The Algorithmic Fashion Designer: Meet Hyejin Hong Of Studio K

Moving beyond the needle and thread, Korean fashion designer Hyejin Hong looks to geometry, computer science, and mathematics to build her classic collections.
Kyuhee Baik
8.17.12
Question Of The Day

Is it OK to Sell Paternity Tests Out of the Back of a Van?

Because some guy in New York is actually doing that.
Lloyd Greenall
8.17.12
Music

The Makers of Carnival

Meet some of the makers of Carnival, courtesy of Red Stripe.
VICE Staff
8.17.12
News

Pussy Riot Have Been Found Guilty

Unsurprisingly, Pussy Riot were found guilty on charges of hooliganism today. People everywhere are expected to get angry. We went down to the Russian embassy in London last night to see what was going with the pro-Pussy Riot protest groups.
Henry Langston
8.17.12
The Photo Issue 2012

A Better Place

This selection of photos features shots of a spiderweb amid a backdrop of trees, a country landscape from an aerial view, and a home with a very active chimney.
Gregory Halpern
8.17.12
Art

Slipstream Converts The Turbulence Of Flowing Water From 2D Drawings Into A 3D Sculpture

Check out this violently elegant sculpture inspired by water, from architects FreelandBuck.
Sami Sharaf
8.17.12
Motherboard Blog

Your 3D Printed Steak Is Served, But Is It Meat?

This is actually a thing on the horizon: meat created _in vitro_ by a 3D printer. "2,500 chicken breasts, please. I'll be back in an hour or so." Which is cool and all, but I think we're pretty much past the point of being shocked by the capabilities...
Michael Byrne
8.17.12
videos

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
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