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Marvel at These Awesome Treehouses that Hopefully Won't Be Cut Down

When I was in elementary school, my dad and I built a treehouse in the medium-sized oak growing on the hill behind our driveway. Admittedly, it wasn’t so much of a tree _house_ as a tree _platform_, and I didn’t so much “build” it with my dad as I did...
Trevor Macomber
6.12.12
News

Filibustin' with Willie D - Romney and Obama Need to Read My Jobs Plan

I came up with my own version of the American Jobs Act, code name: Bitch, You Better Not Send One More Job Overseas.
Willie D
6.12.12
BOOOOOOOM

BOOOOOOOM - Synesthesia

Jeff Hamada
6.12.12
Motherboard Blog

The Indestructible Body Armor of Troy Hurtubise, Pt. 2

h4. _Part II of III. Be sure to check out "Part I":http://motherboard.vice.com/2012/6/11/the-indestructible-body-armor-of-troy-hurtubise-pt-1._ Troy Hurtubise is an extreme human. There’s really no other way of putting it. After surviving a brief...
Brian Anderson
6.12.12
Motherboard Blog

With Euro Instability, Can Bitcoin Now Compete with Hard Currency?

It is at once the ‘net’s most inspired invention or its most dangerous project ever depending on who you ask.Bitcoin might be nothing more than the latest Internet scam, a virtual ponzi scheme designed to enrich early adopters, while adding no real...
ALEC LIU
6.12.12
chris milk

Meet Director Chris Milk And Check Out His Latest Installation The Treachery Of Sanctuary

Chris Milk divulges the details of his latest interactive installation, a monolithic tryptic of epic proportions.
The Creators Project Staff
6.12.12
Stuff

The Day We Took Charge of an Army of Homeless Guys High on 2C-B

For a few glorious hours, we were the Pied Pipers of the downtrodden.
Emil and Adam
6.12.12
Motherboard Blog

The World's Biggest Optical Telescope is European and Extremely Large

While the United States' space program may be withering up into a sad nostalgic raisin, at least the Europeans are still thinking extremely large. Member states of the European Southern Observatory and a number of partners, including Brazil, have...
Brian Merchant
6.12.12
Art

The Secrets We Share With Distant Servers

Today the Internet is just another place to be yourself. It’s about micro-confessions per second, the tang of authenticity, an ever-widening scope for self-promotion -- just like in the meatspace. Once upon a time, you could be anyone online -- this...
Ross Perlin
6.12.12
Stuff

What Kids Say About Regrets

"I did evil things, but I didn’t learn anything, and I don’t regret them."
Lisa Carver
6.12.12
Motherboard Blog

Now Anything Can Be the Off Button

Just another example of MIT students having a chuckle
Sean Yeaton
6.12.12
Art

Energy Field Is A 59-Foot Tall LED Rice Field

An immersive reactive lightspace of wonder at the World Expo 2012.
Kevin Holmes
6.12.12
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